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Principal Investigator

Kaustabh Ghosh, PhD

Kaustabh Ghosh, PhD

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Faculty, Graduate Programs in Biosciences, MCIP Home Area (Faculty Profile)
University of California, Los Angeles
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, 2006
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 2011

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Tel: (323) 342-7164

Researchers

Mahesh Agarwal, PhD

Mahesh Agarwal, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD, Biological Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur University, 2019

Research Interests: Role of leukocytes in the mechanical control of retinal vascular degeneration associated with early diabetic retinopathy

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Adrita Chanda

Adrita Chanda

Undergraduate Research Intern

B. Tech Student, Biotechnology, Vellore Institute of Technology, India

Research Interests: Role of leukocytes in retinal vascular stiffening and degeneration associated with diabetic retinopathy

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Sathishkumar Chandrakumar, PhD

Sathishkumar Chandrakumar, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation and University of Madras, India, 2019

Research Interests: Role and regulation of lysyl oxidase in retinal vascular stiffening and inflammation associated with early diabetic retinopathy.

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Irene Santiago Tierno, MS

Irene Santiago Tierno, MS

Graduate Student

PhD Student, Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (MCIP) Interdepartmental PhD Program, UCLA
MS, Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside, 2019

Research Interests: Mechanobiology of choroidal vascular atrophy in early age-related macular degeneration

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Collaborators

Timothy Kern, PhD

Professor, Center for Translational Vision Research
Gavin Herbert Eye Institute
Department of Ophthalmology
University of California-Irvine

Arup Das, MD, PhD

Regents Professor and Chief, Division of Ophthalmology
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Trevor McGill, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Oregon Health Sciences University

Martha D. Neuringer, PhD

Research Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Clinical Nutrition
Oregon Health Sciences University

Rama Natarajan, PhD

Professor and Chair
Department of Diabetes Complications and Obesity
Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope

Ghosh Group Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

Raja Veerapandian, PhD

2017-2018

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Kansas

Research Fellows

Nikolaos Matisioudis, MS

2020-2021

Current Position: PhD Student in Bioengineering, Univ. of Pennsylvania

Graduate Students

Soroush Ardekani, PhD

2011-2016, Bioengineering

Current Position: Formulation Scientist and Manager, Pacira BioSciences

Arun Bhaskaran, BS, MS

2014-2016, Bioengineering

Current Position: Scientist, Amphastar Pharmaceuticals

Andrea Cabrera, PhD

2014-2018, Bioengineering

Current Position: Scientist, Johnson & Johnson

Shane Eum, BS, MS

2011-2016, Bioengineering

Current Position: Systems Engineer-Operations, BrightInsigh

Neha Palegar, MS

2017-2018, Bioengineering

Current Position: QA Scientist, Schrodinger

Aakash Saha, MS

2018-2019, Bioengineering

Current Position: PhD Student, UC Riverside

Harry Scott, PhD

2011-2016, Bioengineering

Current Position: R&D Scientist, Lumos Diagnostics

Xiao Yang, PhD

2011-2016, Bioengineering

Current Position: Scientist, AdvanBio

Undergraduate Students

Jonathan Bradley

2012-2013

Victoria Guardado, BS

2018-2019, Bioengineering

Boi Quach, BS

2014-2016, Bioengineering

Bilal Abu Seraj, MS

2016-2017, Chemical Engineering

Venkatesh Tavva, BS

2017-2019, Bioengineering

Sedra Tibi, BS

2018-2019, Biology

Alexa Torrens, BS

2016-2017, Bioengineering

Tim Yadegar, BS

2015-2017, Bioengineering

Justin Yan, BS

2018-2019, Biology