Professor and Director
Professor and Director
Dr. Bidhan Bandyopadhyay, PhD, MS, FRSPH
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Dr. Bandyopadhyay is a Professor in the Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension of the Department of Medicine at the George Washington University (GWU) School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He is a Senior Investigator & Chief of Calcium Signaling Laboratory, and Director of Imaging Core Laboratories at the Washington DC VA Medical Center (DCVAMC). He is also a Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Catholic University of America. Dr. Bandyopadhyay received his Bachalor of Science with Hons. in Physiology and Master of Sciences with specialization in Neurophysiology from University of Calcutta, India. He did his PhD in Biochemistry from University of Calcutta, India. Dr. Bandyopadhyay has significant postdoctoral trainings in Pharmacology from Georgetown University and in Molecular Biology from University of Maryland. He worked as a Fogarty International Research Scientist at NIH Intramural Research Program and received an Award from the Director of NIDCR. He is the recipient of Joseph M. Krainin, M.D. Memorial Young Investigator Award from National Kidney Foundation and also received several other Awards from NIH, VA-ORD and DCVAMC.
Dr. Bandyopadhyay served as the Board of Director at the Institute for Clinical Research and the chair of IACUC, SRS and member of R & D committee at DCVAMC. He served in several NIH (member and co-chair) and VA ORD study sections for last ten years as an expert in calcium signaling and pathophysiology of kidney and oral diseases. His Lab has been helping students through an innovative career transition research program towards professional studies (PhD/MD/DDS/PharmD). Many of them are now either engaged in medical practice or working as independent scientist/faculty within US and abroad. As a creative and passionate Scientist/Professor Dr. Bandyopadhyay is dedicated to bench-bedside preclinical and transnational research to developed research and educational program in Molecular Medicine and Biomedical Engineering simulating pathological mechanisms using genetic, pharmacological, and transnational approaches to solve the problems in Biomedicine. As PI, Dr. Bandyopadhyay is currently funded with investigator-initiated grants to study mechanism of calcium nephrolithiasis in animal model and studying Lab-on-a-Chip model of kidney and cardiovascular diseases. Many of his seminal research contributions and news making discoveries are published in top-notch journals viz JBC, RSC, Cell press and Nature journals, which were cited by more than 3300 articles h-index 27 (i10-index 38). Dr. Bandyopadhyay is the Review Editor of several high impact Elsevier and Nature journals and in Editorial Board of many highly rated journals (Scientific Reports).
Expertise and research interests: G-protein coupled receptor regulated Ca2+ transport via TRP channels in kidney, lung and salivary gland. 3D microfluidics to reach a new level of understanding on biological crystallization including vascular calcification. Preclinical study to develop strategy to restore function for patients with CKD, COPD and TBI.
Current Lab Members: Research Scientists and Research Staff
Current Lab Members: Research Scientists and Research Staff
Samuel Shin
Research Coordinator (2017-current)- Samuel is currently persuing PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Catholic University of America (CUA). He did his UG from UMD and has some clinical experience. He joined as PostBac and learned many techniques viz. Ca2+ imaging and patch clamp. He published as 1st author in WJN, Cellular Signaling, and Genes and Diseases, and International Immunopharmocology, and CEPP. He is also co-authored in Nature Scientific Reports, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of Material Chemistry B, and Journal of Crystal Growth. He received the oral presentation award in 2022 and 2023 of the NKF NCA Fellows Meeting and presented his findings as poster in the 2022 CUA Research Week and an oral presenter during the 2024 CUA Research Week. He also presented his research at the ASN Kidney Week Conference in 2019 and 2023. He is currently working on five other manuscripts for submission.
Dr. Onyebuchi C. Ukaeje
Dr. Onyebuchi C. Ukaeje is a Post-doctoral Research Scientist in Calcium Signaling Lab. He received his Ph.D in Bioengineering from Cyprus International University. His topics includes studying stone-forming mechanisms involving macromolecular transporters, using, biochemical, elemental and microfluidic techniques. He has presented his research at the NKF fellows research forum. He has two first author publications: one in Crystals which was featured in the front cover of journal, and Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology. Several of his research works have been submitted for publication and some manuscripts are in preparation for submission.
Samshritha Bikki
UMD Post-Bac Researcher (2023 - present), Pre-med General Biology major with a human development minor. Samshritha has been working on mechanism involving ROS generation, Ca2+ signaling gene expression and cell death towards kidney and salivary gland towards stone formation. She presentation her findings in 2025 Fellows Meeting of NKF-NCA.
Michelle Campano
UMD Post-Bac (2024 - present), Pre-med Biology major. She is currently performing patch clamp experiments in kidney cells towards determining the role of Ca2+ signaling mechanisms in inflammation. She is also working to find the mechanism polyphenol effect on kidney tubular cell function. She received an poster presentation award in NKF-NCA Fellows Meeting in 2025.
Aditi Mohapatra
UMD UG Researcher (2024 - present), Pre-med General Biology Sciences major. She is currently working on biochemical mechanisms of crystal-induced gene expressions. She presented her finding in UMD Research Day.
Dr. Hanadi Alqosiri
Dr. Hanadi Alqosiri is a Post-doctoral Research Scientist and Lecturer in the Catholic University of America. She received her MS and Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering from The Catholic University of America. She is working on molecular mechanism of fibrosis in kidney and its role in kidney stone formation. She received an oral presentation award in NKF-NCA Fellows Meeting in 2025.
Past Lab Members (selected)
Past Lab Members (selected)
Dr. Eugenia Awuah Boadi
Dr. Awuah Boadi is a Clinical Scientist, did her MD from University at Buffalo (Jacob School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences), N.Y. She stared as UG student in kidney stone formation project abd published in Nature Scientific Reports. Later, she was the first to show mechanism of melamine in crystals growth and retention (Crystal Growth and Design).. She received NIH Diversity Grant Award to study gender difference in stone formation. Eugenia has presented her research findings in NKF and ASN meetings. She is also the recipient of the Best Poster Presentation Award at the NKF 28th Annual Research Fellows Meeting. Eugenia published as first author in Crystal Growth & Design, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of Materials Chemistry B. and Laboratory Investigation. She was coauthored in many publications including Genes and Diseases, International Immunopharmocology, and CEPP. Eugenia recently joined in Surgery-program in Rutgers Health, N.J.
Dr. Bok-Eum Choi
Dr. Choi was a Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Calcium Signaling Lab. She is currently working as a Research Scientist at the NIH. She was a Post-doctoral Research Scientist in Calcium Signaling Lab. Dr. Choi received her Ph.D in Chemistry from Georgetown University. She worked as postdoctoral fellow at Calcium Signaling Lab, studying the mechanism of stone formation in the salivary gland and kidney using molecular biology and biochemical techniques. She has published papers as 1st author in Scientific Reports and co-authored in International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Genes and Diseases and Journal of Labratory Investigation..
Dr. Farai Gombedza
Dr. Gombedza is a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Chemistry @ Purdue University Northwest. He worked as a Post-doctoral Fellow in Calcium Signaling Lab. in DCVA (2017-2020) on the mechanism of calcium crystal-induced cell death and disease mechanism in kidney and its role in stone formation using ex-vivo 3D microfluidics and in animal models. He was also involved in training the Lab members in Molecular Biology and Biochemical techniques. He published as first author in many high impact journals including Nature Scientific Reports, Nature Cell Death and Discovery and Cellular Signalling. He is the recipient of the Oral Presentation Award at the NKF 28th Annual Research Fellows Meeting.
Dr. Cliff-Lawrence Ibeh
Dr. Ibeh currently working as an MD at University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He worked as a Post-Bac Research Assistant (2015-2017). His work was focused on Ca2+ signaling and physiological studies on the proximal tubule of the kidney. He has 1st author publications in Journal of Cell Sciences and Genes and Diseases. He has published several papers as a coauthor in AJP Cell and AOB. He is
Dr. Peijun Li
Dr. Peijun Li is a full Professor at Shandong First Medical University Jinan, China. Before this he was a PI in Second Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, China. He was working in Calcium Signaling Lab as Research Scientist during 2017-2018. His research was focused on the role of L-amino acid in Ca2+ signaling mechanism in kidney and neuronal cells in animal models. Dr. Li was also involved in training the Lab members in electrophysiological techniques. He was coauthored in International Journal of Molecular Sciences and International Immunopharmocology.
Reindolf Addai-Mensah
CUA MS student (2023 - 2024), Rein did MS in Biotechnology. He is a prospective PhD student in BME. Rein's research interested on Ti02 nanocrystal effect on joints.
Jaclyn Sadiua
Researcher from VCU (2019 - 2022), Jaclyn was a researcher working on Ca2+ signaling gene expression in ROS in kidney tubular cells and calcium stone formation. She is coauthored in one manuscript recently been published in in International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Now working on Research and Communications Administration in Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (FABBS),
Sade Evans
Sade Evans is in RN-PhD in JHU. She was a Researcher in the Lab from 2017-2021. She initially worked as a UG student volunteer and then as post-bac Researcher. Her focus was on the calcium and melamine crystals interactions. She presented her research in VA Research week and NKF meeting. Sade published two papers in Nature Scientific Reports.
Dr. Sanjit K. Roy
Dr. Roy, PhD, worked as Research Scientist (2016-2017) in molecular mechanism of kidney stone formation involving calcium crystals.- Published his research in AJP Cell, Genes and Diseases and Cellular Signalling.- Research Scientist at School of Medicine, University of Maryland
Dr. Samuel Yeroushalmi
Dr. Yeroushalmi, MD is a Dermatologist at Cornell University, NY. He worked as Post-Bac. Researcher in 2016, He joined inMD program in GWU School of Medicine. His research has been published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences. As MD student Samuel received the 10th Annual Marilyn Koering Award for Excellence in Anatomy.
Dr. Allen Yiu
Dr. Yiu, MD, is a pediatrician in Orange, California and is affiliated with Corona Regional Medical Center. He received his MD from GW School of Medicine. and did residency in Pediatrics at UC IRVINE. He worked in the Lab as Post-Bac (2013-2015). His scientific endeavor was to understand whether the down/up regulation of intracellular Ca2+ singling pathway can be associated with Ca2+ sensing receptor expression/function and SOCE, compromising cell servival and inducing cell death due to excessive reactive oxygen species generation. He published several 1st author manuscripts in journals such as IJOMS, AJP Cell, and co-authored in Journal of Cell Science and Cellular Signalling.
Miriam Park
Research Assistant (2022 - 2024), Pre-med General Biology Sciences major with Human Development Minor. She was working on amino acid-induced Ca2+ signaling in neuronal and glial cells and published a Manuscript in Experimental Brain Research as 1st Author.
Dr. Donte Pennington
Dr. Pennington worked as TL1 Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Topic: "Intracellular Ca2+ signaling as a biomarker of sarcopenia in African Americans. He was studying the down/up regulation of intracellular Ca2+ signaling pathway that can be associated with ryanodine receptor expression/function and SOCE, compromising the skeletal muscle function. He is now Assistant Professor at West Virginia University.
Saloni Shah
Saloni is in Medical student | Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine. She was UMD UG (2017-2018), worked as Research Student UG project and published her findings in International Immunopharmacol. on L-Arg signaling
Madison Ezell
Research Assistant (2021 - 2023), Pre-med Biological Sciences major. Madison has research interested in cell physiology and biomolecular interaction between proteins and biological crystals. She has one first author (Journal of Crystal Growth) and another co-author publication (International Immunopharmacology). She received best poster Presentation Award at the NKF Annual Research Fellows Meeting.
Lohita Sunkara
UG Researcher from Nova Southwestern University (2019 - 2021), Pharmacy integrated program. She helped on polyphenolic compound effect on kidney tubular cells and calcium stone formation (summer program). She is coauthored in one manuscript recently been submitted.
Seth Baffoe
CUA MS student (2023 - 2024), Seth was a student at the CUA Biotechnology MS integrated program. Seth's research interested on Ti02 nanocrystal effect on kidney tubular cells and gout-like condition. He is currenly persuing PhD in Howard University.
Yianni Kanaras
-(2017-2019) UG Research Assistant - Presented his research in the NKF meeting and published as co-author in Journal of Cell Science and Nature Cell Death Discovery.- Researcher at US Army Medical Research Institute, Aberdeen
Aneil Srivastava
Dr. Dominique Dotson
- PhD, worked as Post-doctoral Fellow (2017). She worked on Salivary gland dysfunction.- Now Faculty at Coppin State University
Leron Maddi
- UG student from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, worked as Research Student (2017 and 2020)- Co-author of paper published in Journal of Crystal Growth.
Yuyan Chen
UMD UG Researcher (2019 - 2020)- Her research focus was on uric acid and mono sodium urate interaction with calcium crystals. She coauthored a paper published in Journal of Crystal Growth. Yuyan in now a Cell and Molecular Biology PhD Student at University of Arkansas
Harrison Streeter
- Helped in writing reviews and manuscripts. Research Fellow at US Government Research Institute
Anne Mustafa
- UMD UG Researcher (2021 - 2022), Premed Neurology and Physiology major. Worked on the physiological mechanism of ROS-induced Ca2+ signaling.
Nhu Le
UMD UG Researcher (2021 - 2022), Microbiology major. Nhu is working on the calcium and pH induced mechanism of cell survival and death.
Alex Pu
- Gemstone UMD UG, worked as Research Volunteer (2017)
Jacob Zeitler
- UMD UG, worked as Research Volunteer (2016)- Presently Associate Scientist at GlaxoSmithKline
Nazira A. Alli
- UMD UG, worked as Research Volunteer (2015-16)- Published in WJN as coauthor- Currently Staff Researcher at USAMRICD
Cory Reyes
- UMD UG student (2015-16)- Researcher at CNMC . He is coauthored in one manuscript in.Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology
Gireesh Subramaniam
- UG from William and Mary, worked as Research Student (2016-2017)- Presently Research Fellow @ CDC
Jasmine Okosun
- UMD UG Thesis Student, Global Scholar program 2015- Presently Registered Nurse @ · MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Dr. Clarissa Jacknow
- UMD UG Thesis Student, 2014 - 2015, Currently, DO, Danbury Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology Program
Dr. Cecilia Akintonde
- UMD UG, worked as Research Volunteer (Summer 2014)- Obtained DDS at UMB is a pediatric dentist in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Sumiyya Raheem
- UMD UG, worked as Research Assistant (2015-16)- Presently PhD student @ Rutgers, NJ. She is coauthored in manuscript recently been accpted .in Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology.
Dr. Ivan Lau
- UMD UG, worked as research assistant (2013-2016)- 1st author publication in AOB - Obtained PharmD from HU Pharmacy School- Pharmacist @ Shoppers
Mariyam Al-Shatti
-UMD UG, worked as Research Assistant (2011-2012)- Published as coauthor in Lab on a Chip- Presently @ Aji Bio-Pharma in CA
Dr. Prince K. Amponsah
- UMD UG, worked as Research Assistant (2011-2012)- Published as coauthor in Lab on a Chip - Obtained PharmD from UMES
Ajay Potluri
- High school student @ Westfield High School, worked as Research Intern (Summer of 2013-2016)- Co-author in AOB - Currently in BS/MD program @ VCU
Dr. Yasamin Abbaszadeh
- UMD UG - worked as a Research Volunteer (2013) - Obtained DDS from HU- Private practice
Razia Sultana
– GMU UG, worked as Research Assistant (2011-2013)– Presented in NKF, published in JCDD – Presently works in NSAC
Dr. Adedoyin Kalejaiye, MD
- ENT Resident (2011-2012)- Published paper in IJOMS- Presently Otolaryngology Chair @ Howard University Hospital
Dr. Prianka Das
- RU PharmD Research Intern (2011)
- Worked as Research Intern
- Presently practicing pharmacy
Dr. Daniel Callaghan, MD
- GU MD Student (2011 -2012)- Georgetown University, Dermatologist, Boston, Massachusetts- Published two manuscripts.
Dr. Hana Na, MD
Dr. Hana Na, MD, Georgetown University- - Opthalmologist private practice
February 2019. CS Lab members at the DC VA Medical Center
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