Dishant Aggarwal

Masters Student, Advisor: Dr. Kavita Sharma

Office: Eames Complex

Research Interests:
Metabolomic analysis of gut microbiome, Role of probiotics in the pathophysiology of diseases (like Alzheimer disease, aging, IBD, etc.).

Seyedeh Melika Akaberi

PhD Student, Advisor: Dr. Marvin Schulte

Office: MH Graduate Office: 758

Research interests:
Interaction of viral proteins with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, positive modulators for nicotinic receptors.

Nirajan Bhattarai

PhD Student, Advisor: Dr.Marvin Schulte

Office: Eames Complex

Thesis:
Development of a novel in-silico pipeline for discovery of positive modulators of acetylcholine neurotransmission

Research Interests:
Drug Discovery, Neuro-Pharmacology, Computational Neuroscience, Electrophysiology, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Molecular Biology

Biwash Ghimire

PhD Student, Advisor: Dr. Ali A. Habashi

Office: Eames Complex

Thesis Title:
A comprehensive study on synthesis, formulation, characterization, and therapeutic potential of a novel Angiotensin 1-7 analogue.

Research Interests:
My research interests include drug formulation and delivery of peptidomimetics. My study focuses on the improvement of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic properties of small molecules and peptides by formulation of liposomes and lipid nanoparticles, with an emphasis on Renin Angiotensin System.

Pradeep Giri

PhD Student, Advisor: Dr. Ali A. Habashi

Research Interests:
Drug formulation and Delivery, Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Study, 3D Bioprinting in tissue engineering and disease modeling.

Elizabeth Kara

PhD Student, Advisor: Dr. Danny Xu

Research Interests:
Early phase drug discovery and development, as well as behavioral neurosciences.

Jamison Lee

PhD Student, Advisor: Dr. Jesse Jones

Research Interests:
Zebrafish PTSD Behavioral Studies, Neuroscience

Allison Loyola Manrique

Masters in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Advisor: Dr. Mark Austin

Research interests:
Clinical research in neuroscience

Sameena Mateen

PhD Student, Advisor: Dr. Srinath Pashikanti

Research Interests:
Drug Discovery, Medicinal Chemistry, Design and Synthesis, in Vivo Screening, and Instrumental Analysis.

Christopher Nicolet

PhD Student, Advisor: Dr. Danny Xu

Research Interests:
Computational drug discovery, protein modeling, molecular simulation, drug repurposing, toxicology, and biomedical informatics.

Anyauba A Nmaju

PhD student, Advisor: Dr. Sarah Hobdey

Thesis Title:
Characterizing a new therapeutic strategy for the treatment of necrotizing soft tissue infections caused by Group A Streptococcus.

Research Interests: 
Our lab is at the forefront of developing novel immunotherapeutic approaches to manage Necrotizing soft tissue infections. Our research is concentrated on several areas of expertise such as Infectious diseases, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology, Bioinformatics, and Pharmacokinetics. We are determined to find a breakthrough solution that will revolutionize the treatment of this debilitating condition.

Nikole O’Neal

PhD Student, Advisor: Research-Dr. Jared Barrott, BYU: Academic-Dr. Ali Habashi

Thesis Title:
Optical Genome Mapping (OGM) for enhancing diagnostics and genetic research for patients with cancer and germline diseases.

Research Interests:
Pharmacogenomics, pathology, cancer biology, biospecimen management, laboratory sciences.

Jordan Oman

PhD Student, Advisor: Dr. Srinath Pashikanti

Thesis Title:
Synthesis of Vitamin C Analogs as Positive Allosteric Modulators (PAMs) of a9a10 Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptors for the Treatment of Hearing Loss

Research Interests:
Synthesis of natural products, Synthesis of small molecules targeting nicotinic receptors, Drug discovery

Pooja Sapkota

PhD Student, Advisor: Dr. Marvin Schulte

Thesis Title:
Discovery of Positive Allosteric Modulators of alpha9/alpha 10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors for the treatment of hearing loss.

Research Interests:
Our lab specializes in neuroscience research, primarily focusing on the investigation of ligand-gated ion channels, with a particular emphasis on nicotinic receptors. My study is directed towards examining modulators of these receptors, aiming to identify potential therapeutic targets, in conditions such as Hearing Loss and Alzheimer’s Disease. My areas involve electrophysiology, binding assays, and protein extraction.

Janhabee Shrestha

Master’s Student, Advisor: Dr. Solomon Zeleke

Research Interests:
Drug discovery

Angelina(Jiemin) Yuan

PhD Student, Advisor:

Research Interests:

Sabina Yeasmin, M. Pharm.

PhD Student, Advisor: Marvin K. Schulte, PhD

Office: MER 745C

yeassabi@isu.edu

Research Interests:
Our neuroscience based lab focused on studying functions of ligand gated ion channel
receptors, particularly nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. We study nicotinic receptors modulators
to find possible new therapeutic agents for diseases caused by alteration of nicotinic receptor
functions. We are also studying endogenous Ly6 proteins to discover novel mechanisms of
different neurological disorders like Alzheimer disease.