Assistant Professor
email: Lakdawala@pitt.edu
PhD: University of California San Diego
Post-Doc: National Institutes of Health (NIAID)
PubMed Publications
Research Assistant Professor
email: valerie.lesage@pitt.edu
PhD: McGill University
Post-doc: Oueen’s University and Lady Davis Institute
Project: Defining the mechanism driving selective assembly of influenza viral RNA.
PubMed Publications
Postdoctoral Fellow
email: jennyjones_xyz@pitt.edu
PhD: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Project: Imaging influenza virus reassortment.
PubMed Publications
Visiting Researcher (Tsinghua University Medical Student)
email: zhihong@pitt.edu
Bachelors: Tsinghua University
Project: Environmental constraints on influenza virus transmission.
PubMed Publication
Research Technician
email: GHP3@pitt.edu
Bachelors: University of Pittsburgh
Project: Influenza transmission in ferrets
Research Technician
email: annika.avery@pitt.edu
Bachelors: University of California – Berkeley
Project: Live cell imaging of influenza infected cells
Elizabeth McGrady
Undergraduate Student
email: elizmcgr@pitt.edu
Major: Molecular Biology (focus: cell and developmental biology)
Project: HA/NA balance in influenza assembly
Undergraduate Student
email: logan.hellinger@pitt.edu
Major: Microbiology
Project: Q-PCR of influenza gene segments
Lab Alumni:
Eric Nturibi (2015-2018)
Technician
Current Position: Medical Student at the University of Pittsburgh
Publication: 2017
Ben Hoffman (2018-2019)
Technician
Current Position: Student in the Physician Assistant Program at the University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Karen Kormuth (2016-2019)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Bethany College
Publications: 2018, 2019
Dr. Amar Bhagwat (2015-2019)
Research Assistant Professor
Current Position: Senior Project Engineer at II-VI Optical Systems
Publication: 2018
Undergraduate Alumni:
2016-2017 Gabrielle Simon
2017-2018 Kyle Grabowski
Rotation/Summer Students:
2016 – Elizabeth McGrady (UPCI Summer Academy)
2016 – Julia Loose (IBGP)
2017 – Azia Evans (PMI)
2017 – Chris Lee (PMI)
2017 – Benni Vargas (PMI)
2017 – Dan Evans (PMI)
2017 – Philip Ziegler (PMI)
2018 – Alex Wells (PMI)
2019 - Xay Somoulay (PMI)
2019 - Alexis Duray (PMI)
