Education
BS, University of California, Davis
MS, Keck Graduate Institute & City of Hope
MSTM thesis mentor: Mingye Feng, PhD
MSTM thesis project: Examining the Phagocytosis of CAR-Macrophages
Fellowships, honors, awards:
Dean’s List – Keck Graduate Institute
Dean's Honor List – University of California, Davis
Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation - University of California, Davis
Research/Professional Experiences:
Research Associate, Instil Bio
Undergraduate Research Assistant – Laboratory of Dr. Philipp Zerbe, College of Biological Sciences, UC Davis
Vice President and Treasurer – Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity
Publication:
1. Karunanithi, P.S., Berrios, D., Wang, S. and Zerbe, P. (2019), Elucidating diterpene biosynthesis in Setaria italica (foxtail millet) towards enhancing stress tolerance in food crops. The FASEB Journal, 33. https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.lb311
2. Karunanithi, P.S., Berrios, D.I., Wang, S., Davis, J., Shen, T., Fiehn, O., Maloof, J.N. and Zerbe, P. (2020), The foxtail millet (Setaria italica) terpene synthase gene family. Plant J, 103: 781-800. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14771.