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Das Lab 2025
(From Left) Dr. Kundu, Christina, Johnny, Anisha, Henry, Tiffany, Prof. Das, Brendon, Peter, Natalia, Harrison and Rajatabha
Prof. Aditi Das
Group Leader and Director of Research
Laboratory of Lipids and Drug Metabolism
Dr. Debanjan Kundu
Post Doctoral Associate(Y3)
Dr. Kundu received his Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from IIT (BHU) (Advisor: Prof. Vikas Dubey). He is currently evaluating the intricacies of cannabinoid & lipid metabolism by CYP450s in certain cancer subtypes.
Yi-Chien (Tiffany) Tang
Ph.D. Student (Chemistry) G4
B.S. Biochemistry from UCLA
Extensive research experience in using nanodisc for membrane protein studies.
Rajatabha Das
Ph.D. Student (Chemistry) G3
M.Pharma NIPER
Research focuses on protein folding under different lipid composition
Anisha Rai
Ph.D. Student (Chemistry) G3
B.S M.S. IISER Pune
Krishna, KR Thejaswini
M.S. Bioinformatics
BTech Biotechnology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)
Johnny Bui
Ph.D. Student (Chemistry) G2
B.S. Emory University
Harrison Vassar
PURA Awardee Undergraduate Student
B.S (Biomedical Engineering), Junior
Brendon Brown
Ph.D. Student (Chemistry) G2
B.S. UNC Chapel Hill
Sharvari Patil
Ph. D. Student (Chemistry) G1
B.S. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai India and research scientist at Osaka University
Xavier Rousseau
Ph.D. student (Chemistry) G1
B.S. in Chemistry
University of Chicago
Rotation Student
Christina Knight
Undergraduate Student
B.S. (Chemistry), Junior
Bennett Papendick
Undergraduate Student
B.S. (Biochemistry), Sophomore
Małgorzata (Gosia) Lobka
Visiting researcher from the lab of Prof. Joanna Trylska, University of Warsaw
Natalia Parfenov
Undergraduate Student
B.S. (Biochemistry), Junior
Thilo Kalibarga
Wheeler Magnet High School Student
Administrative Support
Ms. Sandra Lawrence
Financial Manager
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Ms. Alexis Miller
Faculty Support Coordinator (FSC)
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Openings
Openings
There are multiple openings for graduate students, undergraduates, postdoctoral research fellows and research technicians to join the team. Please check here.
Lab Alumni
Lab Alumni
GRADUATE STUDENTS, POST-DOCS AND OTHER PERSONNEL
GRADUATE STUDENTS, POST-DOCS AND OTHER PERSONNEL
Justin Kim Ph.D.
Current position: Analyst, Food and Drug Admin (FDA )
Position in Das Lab: Dr. Kim earned his Ph.D. from Division of Nutritional Sciences (DNS) at UIUC. (Advisor: Prof. Aditi Das and Prof. Andrew Steelman). He moved with Dr. Das to Georgia Tech as a postdoc investigating the role of the endocannabinoid system in neuroimmunology.
Pritam Roy. Ph.D.
Current position: Scientist at Sorbonne University
Postion in Das Lab: Post-Doctoral Associate in Das Lab
Dr. Roy obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry from IIT Kharagpur (Advisor: Prof. Dasgupta). He is working on cannabinoid metabolism by P450s.
Hannah Huff, Ph.D.
Current position: Senior Scientist, Cell and Gene Therapy, PPD, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Position in Das Lab: Ph.D. Chemistry (Chemical-Biology), 2020. Hannah worked on the inflammatory regulation of fatty acid metabolizing enzymes. She was awarded the Best poster award MECC conference and travel fellowship by ACS
William Arnold, Ph.D.
Current position: Leadership: Stanford Cryo-EM Scientific Management
PostDoc at UCSF at Yifan Chen and David Julius Lab.
Position in Das Lab: Ph.D. Biochemistry, 2018 Recipient of Colin Wraight Best Paper award, Gordon Hammes Scholar, (RU) Biochemistry, Paper featured in the Faculty of 1000, Govindjee Research Excellence Award (Top graduate student in the program).
Sona Jain, Ph.D.
Current position: Professora (Professor) Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Position in Das Lab: Visiting Researcher
Daniel McDougle, M.D. Ph.D.
Current position: Rheumatology Research Fellow, University of Michigan
Position in Das Lab: Ph.D. Comparative Biosciences, 2016, M.D. Residency at IUSM
American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellow
Joseph O' Albert Award (Top graduate student in the program)
Jahnabi Roy, Ph.D.
Current position: Regulatory Scientist and Senior Staff Fellow, Food and Drug Admin (FDA )
Position in Das Lab: Ph.D. Chemistry (Chemical-Biology), 2018. Jahnabi was a versatile chemist who worked on creating stable derivatives of endocannabinoids for study in cancer and immunology. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jahnabi-roy-5a670896/
Daryl Meling, Ph.D.
Current position: Scientist at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Position in Das Lab: Ph.D. Biochemistry, 2015. Daryl was a molecular biologist with experience in working on protein structure and function. He was a technician in the Das lab.
Snehita Sri Varma, M. S.
Current position: Principal Data Analyst at Capital One
Position in Das Lab: Masters in Bioengineering 2013
Amrita Palaria Ph.D.
Current position: Post-doctoral scholar at UCSF
Ph.D. Biochemistry student who completed her Ph.D. from UMass Amherst under Kim Trembley
ALUMNI UNDERGRADUATE AND OTHER STUDENTS
ALUMNI UNDERGRADUATE AND OTHER STUDENTS
Amogh Kambalyal MD
Das Lab (2012-2015)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, IUSM
John Rouck MD
Das Lab (2013-2016)
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Wash U.
Anna Denissouk
(2022-2025)
Peter Chapman
PURA Awardee
(2023-2025)
Henry Mastrion
PURA Awardee
(2024-2025)
(Joining MD at MCG)
Toko Narita
RIES-Nakatani Visiting Researcher
Undergraduates, Research Specialists, and Visiting researchers
At Georgia Tech
Toko Narita (2025 Summer), RIES NAKATANI Visiting Researcher
Henry Mastrion (2024-2025), PURA awardee, Undergraduate Researcher, BS Biochemistry, placement; Medical College of Georgia
Peter Chapman (2023-2025), PURA awardee, Undergraduate Researcher, BS BME
Anna Denissouk (2022-2025), Undergraduate Researcher, BME, Current: MS GaTech
Robert Vrolijk (2022-2024) Undergraduate Researcher, Chemistry, PURA Awardee, Current: Industry
Madison Smerz (2023), Bagwell Summer Fellow, Undergraduate, Biochemistry
At UIUC
Sathvik Pai (2021-2022), Material Science and Engineering Undergraduate
Kendall Blackenburg (2021-2022), Chemical Engineering undergraduate
Mark Eschbach (2019-2022), Lab Manager: Placement: Illinois sustainable technology center
Angel Lopez (2021-2022), Research specialist: Placement: MD at South Illinois University Medical School
Daphne Shravanthi Anand (2020-2021), Research Specialist, Placement: Ph.D. MCB
Aayush Kaul (2018-2021), MCB undergraduate, Highest Distinction in Thesis, Placement: MD Rush University
Ben Ray (2018-2020), Berkowitz Summer Fellow, Currently, CEO of a start-up
Alfredo Martinez-Ruiz (2019-2020), MCB Honors, Summer fellowship
Swapnil Shah (2017-2020), MCB Honors, Highest Distinction, campus top 100 scholar : Placement: MD Creighton Medical School
Diane Wei (2018-2019), MCB Honors, Placement: MD University of Toledo
Demetrios Maroutsos, (2016-2019), MCB Honors, High Distinction, Placement: MD UIC, Residency: U Chicago
Insup Hong (2017 - 2019), Biochemistry, High Distinction, Placement: Medical School
John Rouck, (2013- 2016), AHA Scholar, MCB fellow, Highest Distinction, Placement: Medical School, SLU,Residency Columbia University
Currently, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Washington University Medicine
John Krapf, (2014-2017), AHA Scholar, Highest Distinction, Placement: MD UT Houston
Susan Zelasko, (2012-2015), AHA scholar, Fulbright Scholar, Highest Distinction, Placement: M.D-Ph.D. at University of Wisconsin - Madison
Amogh Kambalyal, (2012-2015) Hazel Craig Fellowship, Highest Distinction Senior Thesis, William and Lycan Placement: UIC medical school
Currently, Assistant Professor, Clinical Pediatrics, IUSM https://medicine.iu.edu/faculty/62234/kambalyal-amogh
Eric Magnetta, (2011- 2012), Placement: M.D-Ph.D. Loyola Marymount College
Christopher Mularczyk, (2012-2013), MCB, High Distinction, Placement: MD
Navroop Gill, MCB (2015-2016), Placement: MD
Matthew Posen, MCB (2015-2016), Placement, MD
Mary Fieser (2013), I-STEM, University High School Student
Sherry Qiu, (2012) I-STEM, University High School Student (2012), Placement: MIT
Yarelis Dumengo, (2012), SROP student, MD
Pablo Marrero, SROP student (2012), Placement: Pharmacy school
Prof. Gopal Periyannan (2015), Visiting Researcher, Professor Eastern Illinois Univ.
Kimberly Sam, (2015), Placement: Medical Interpreter
Nicole Sidebotham, D.V.M.
Group Evolution
Group Evolution
Das Lab 2024
(Front) Christina, Anisha, Tiffany, Aditi, Anna, Debanjan, Rajatabha
(Back) Henry, Robbie, Daniel, Justin, Peter
Das Lab 2023
Kim, Robbie, Madison, Das, Tiffany, Anna, Peter, Kundu
Das Lab 2022 (Just moved to Georgia Tech)
Dr. Justin Kim, Prof. Das and Tiffany
Das Lab 2022
(From left) Kendall, Vidya, Dr. Das, Mark, AJ, Dr. Roy and Dr. Kim
October 2020
Das Lab (Covid Times)
Social Distancing: Mark, Aditi, Daphne, Justin, Hannah, Pritam and Mark
Das 2018
2015
Das Lab 2021
(From Left) Dr. Roy, Prof. Aditi Das, Kendall Blackenburg, Angel Lopez, Justin Kim
Das Lab (Covid Times) March 2020
(From top left) Mark, Aditi, Daphne, Hannah, Justin, Alfredo, Swapnil, Aayush and Ben
Das Lab 2019
(From Left) Hannah, Aayush, Unknown character , Ben, Haolin, Swapnil, Justin, Das
2014
(From Left) William, Daryl, Amogh, Aditi, Dan, Jahnabi, Susan, John Rouck
2015-2016
(From Left) Amogh, Kim, Dan, Jahnabi, John Krapf, Aditi, John Rouck, Susan, Will.
2017
(From Left) Nicole, Hannah, Lauren, John, William, Aditi, Demetri (BS), Jahnabi (Ph.D. Chemistry), Insup Hong (BS), Josephine (Ph.D. Biochemistry)
2013
Daryl, Aditi, Eric, Snehita, Dan, Susan, Chris
2012
Daryl, Snehita, Eric, Chris, Amrita, Aditi
1996
Aditi Das
B.Sc. Chemistry
St. Stephen's College Delhi
2006
Aditi Das,
Ph.D. Chemistry
Princeton University
2009
Aditi Das, Ph.D.
Biochemistry
NSEC PostDoc
2012
Aditi Das, Ph.D.
New PI
2003
Prof. Michael Hecht and Aditi Das (graduate student dressed up as a cereal killer for Halloween party)
Frick Laboratory Princeton
2009
(From Left) Prof. Steve Sligar, Dr. Mark McLean, Mike Marty , Dr. Ilia Denisov, Dr. Tim Bayburt, Dr. Aditi Das, Aaron, Lena, Mike G. Dan Frank, Amy Shih, Abhinav Luthra
Sligar Lab Holiday Party
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