Principal Investigator

Sahil Inamdar, M.S., PhD Candidate

Email: sahil.inamdar@asu.edu

Sahil has a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Mumbai University.  Next, he decided to pursue M.S. from Arizona State University in the same field because of its high-quality interdisciplinary research.  He graduated with Masters’ degree in Fall 2017 and is currently a PhD student at ASU. 

His research interest includes radiotherapy, targeted drug delivery for cancer treatment, immunoengineering, sensors and biomaterials.  

He loves playing tennis, music and road trips. 

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Abhirami P S, M.S., PhD Student

Email: apsuresh@asu.edu

Abhirami is a PhD student in the Biological Design Program. She is interested in immunoengineering, developing therapeutics for disease as well as in-vitro disease modeling. She completed her integrated BS-MS course in Biology from the Indian Institute of Science in 2020. Following that, she has worked as a Project Associate in the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, India, for a year. 

Her hobbies include reading books, listening to music, exploring new places, and trekking.

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Kelly Lintecum, Research Technologist

Email: klintecu@asu.edu

Kelly is an Arizona native. She received a Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Arizona State University in 2012 and graduated from Barrett Honors College.  She is an All USA Academic Team and All Arizona Academic Team member.  Kelly brings a unique skill set to the Acharya lab.  Her research experience is diverse and includes   developing droplet digital PCR platforms to studying the physics of cancer.  She’s a former business owner, lab manager, and mother of two.

Kelly joined the Acharya lab looking to master new skill sets.  Her research interests include immunoengineering, targeted drug delivery systems, and microbiomics.  

She loves backpacking, snowboarding, traveling, yoga, rock climbing, and playing games with her family.

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 Dr. Madhan Mohan Chandra Sekhar Jaggarapu (Sekhar), Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: mjaggara@asu.edu

Dr. Madhan Mohan Chandra Sekhar Jaggarapu received his Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in Chemistry from Andhra University. He received Ph.D. in the area of Chemical Sciences from AcSIR (Academy of Science and Innovative Research)-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, India. Following that he worked as a Research associate for one year in IICT. Then he worked as a post-Doctoral research fellow in Mayo Clinic, Florida for one year in Cancer Biology department and is currently a post-Doctoral research fellow at ASU.

His research work focuses on the development of Biomaterials, nano composites and formulations against cancer and inflammatory tissues.

 He loves playing games, road trip and meditation.

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Michelle Halim, Masters Student with thesis, Research Scientist

Email: mhalim1@asu.edu

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Joslyn Mangal, B.Sc, PhD Candidate

Email: jmangal@asu.edu

Joslyn was born and raised in central California. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Cognitive and Neuroscience with an emphasis in Learning and Memory from The University of Arizona in 2015.

From 2015 – 2018, she began working in clinical research at Synexus. Currently, she is a PhD Candidate in the Biological Design program with research interests in immunoengineering, biomaterials, the gut microbiota, and treating immune-related diseases (e.g. autoimmunity, cancer and food allergies).

She enjoys DIY crafts, yoga and spending time with her dogs.

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Abhirami Thumsi, M.Sc., PhD Student

Email: athumsi@asu.edu

Abhirami is a graduate student under the Biological Design PhD program. She pursued Integrated Masters (B.Sc.-M.Sc.) in Biological Sciences from Bangalore University and graduated with a gold medal in 2017. From 2018-2021, she worked as a Project assistant at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

She wishes to venture into the metabolic realm of auto-immune disorders and develop therapeutics for the same.

In her free time, she likes to read books, play badminton and dance.

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Arezoo Esrafili, M.S. PhD Student

Email: aesrafil@asu.edu

Arezoo has completed her Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Guilan and her Master’s in Process Control and Simulation at the Sherif University of Technology.

She is currently a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Dr. Acharya.

Her research interests include nano-bio materials, drug delivery, and immune engineering. Her hobbies include hiking and yoga.

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 Dr. Nicole Appel, Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: nappel@asu.edu

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