Oestreich Lab Team

Principal Investigator

Kenneth J. Oestreich, Ph.D. – Publications
Principal Investigator, Associate Professor
Director, Immunology and Immunotherapeutics Ph.D. Graduate Program (I2GP)
Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship – University of Washington, 2008-2013; Postdoctoral Fellowship – Emory University, 2006-2008; Ph.D. – Microbiology and Immunology – Vanderbilt University, 2006; B.S. – Chemistry – Tennessee Tech University, 2000

Post-Doctoral Scholars

Srijana Pokhrel, Ph.D.– Publications
Post-doctoral Scholar, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Ph.D. – Biomedical Sciences – University of New Mexico, 2020 (Laboratory of Dr. Pamela R. Hall); B.S. – Microbiology – Idaho State University, 2013

 

 

Graduate Students

Melissa Leonard, DVM
Graduate Student, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine
DVM – The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2017; B.S. – Zoology and Environmental Science – Miami University, 2013

 

 

Gayathri Dileepan
Medical Student/Graduate Student, M.D./Ph.D. Medical Scientist Training Program, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
B.S. – Microbiology; Genetics, Cell Biology and Development – University of Minnesota Twin Cities, 2020

 

 

 

Research Staff Members

Robert Warren
Research Assistant for the Oestreich Laboratory
B.S. – Biological Sciences – The Ohio State University, 2019

 

 

 

Oestreich Lab Alumni

Jasmine Tuazon, Ph.D. – Publications
Medical Student/Graduate Student, M.D./Ph.D. Medical Scientist Training Program, The Ohio State University College of Medicine; Ph.D. –Biological Sciences Graduate Program – Ohio State University, 2023 (Laboratory of Dr. Ken Oestreich); B.S. – Biochemistry – Baylor University, 2017
Currently: Medical Student, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

Devin M. Jones, Ph.D. – Publications
Former Graduate Student, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, The Ohio State University College of Medicine; Ph.D. –Biological Sciences Graduate Program – Ohio State University, 2023 (Laboratory of Dr. Ken Oestreich); B.S. – Biological Sciences – The College of William & Mary, 2018
Currently: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Merck, Cambridge, MA.

Kaitlin A. Read, M.S., Ph.D. – Publications
Former Graduate Student, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, The Ohio State University College of Medicine Ph.D. –Biological Sciences Graduate Program – Ohio State University, 2023 (Laboratory of Dr. Ken Oestreich) M.S. – Biological Sciences, Cell and Organ Systems – University of Delaware, 2013 (Laboratory of Dr. Michelle Parent); B.S. – Biological Sciences, Biochemistry – Virginia Tech, 2009
Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, UPenn, Laboratory of Dr. Jim Riley.

Bharath Sreekumar, Ph.D. – Publications
Former Graduate Student, Translational Biology Medicine and Health (TBMH) Ph.D. program, Virginia Tech; Ph.D. – Immunology/Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health – Virginia Tech, 2019 (Laboratory of Dr. Ken Oestreich); M.S. – Cell and Molecular Biology – University of New Haven, 2013; B.S. – Industrial Biotechnology – Anna University, 2010
Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher, Gladstone Institute, UCSF, Laboratory of Dr. Melanie Ott, M.D. Ph.D.

Michael Powell, Ph.D. – Publications
Former Post Doctoral Scholar, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University College of Medicine; Ph.D. – Immunology/Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health – Virginia Tech, 2019 (Laboratory of Dr. Ken Oestreich); B.S. – Bioengineering – University of Maryland, 2013
Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher, Emory University, Laboratory of Dr. Jeremy Boss

Simran ‘Nikki’ Sandhu, M.D.
Former Medical Student Researcher for the Oestreich Lab, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine; M.D. – Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, 202o; B.S. – Biological Sciences – Virginia Commonwealth University, 2016
Currently: Medical Resident, Anesthesiology, George Washington School of Medicine

Mustafa Rasheed, M.D.
Former Medical Student Researcher for the Oestreich Lab, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine; M.D. – Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, 2020; B.S. – Biological Sciences, Biochemistry – Virginia Tech, 2014; B.A. – Chemistry – Virginia Tech, 2014
Currently: Medical Resident, Emergency Medicine, Emory School of Medicine

Sol Moon, M.D.
Former Medical Student Researcher in the Oestreich Lab, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine; M.D. – Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, 2020; B.A. – Molecular and Cellular Biology – University of California at Berkeley, 2014
Currently: Medical Resident, Urology, UAB School of Medicine

Sam Dickerson
Former Undergraduate Researcher for the Oestreich Lab
B.S. –  Biological Sciences – Virginia Tech, 2020
Currently: Medical student, Eastern Virginia Medical School

Shah ‘Jawad’ Zafar, M.D.
Former Medical Student Researcher for the Oestreich Lab, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
M.D. – Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, 2017; M.H.S. – Molecular Microbiology and Immunology – Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 2013; B.S. – Biological Sciences – University of Maryland, 2011
Currently: Internal Medicine Resident, University of Maryland Medical Center

Ian D. Cooley, M.D.
Former Medical Student Researcher for the Oestreich Lab, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
M.D. – Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, 2017; M.S. – Biology – University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2013; B.A. – Economics – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009
Currently: Rheumatology Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University

Emily Martin
Former Undergraduate Researcher for the Oestreich Lab
B.S. –  Microbiology – Virginia Tech, 2017
Currently: Ph.D. candidate, Wake Forest University, laboratory of Dr. Gloria Muday

Chandra Baker
Former Research Specialist I for the Oestreich Lab; B.S. – Biochemistry – Virginia Tech, 2007
Currently: Research Associate and Laboratory Manager, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Paul W. McDonald, Ph.D.
Former Research Scientist for the Oestreich Lab; Ph.D. – Neuroscience – Vanderbilt University, 2006; B.S. – Physiology – University of California, Santa Barbara, 1998
Currently: Senior Analyst, Proactive Worldwide

Ashlyn Anderson, Ph.D.
Former Undergraduate Researcher for the Oestreich Lab; B.S. – Biological Sciences – Roanoke College, 2016; Ph.D. – University of Alabama at Birmingham, laboratory of Dr. Laurie E. Harrington, 2022