People
![Nitin J. Karandikar](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/Karandikar-Small.jpg?h=a8cc0a9d&itok=-36AxJiN)
Nitin J. Karandikar, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
![Jaffar Alfardan](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/alfardan.jpg?h=f06149cf&itok=4sDtCAgd)
Jaffar Alfardan, MD
Title/Position
Pathology Resident, (6-month rotation) 2004-2004
Post-lab position: Pathology Residency Program, UT Southwestern
![Lynn Averill](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/averill.png?h=f06149cf&itok=DvRQt2zq)
Lynn Averill, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Immunopathology Fellow 2004-2006
Post-lab position: Immunolabs
![Chris Ayers](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/ayers.png?h=f06149cf&itok=zT5DU__I)
Chris Ayers, BS, PhD
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Molecular Microbiology Program 2005-2009
Postdoctoral Fellow, UT Southwestern 2009-2011
Post-lab position: Opexa Pharmaceuticals
![Yu Bai](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/bai.png?h=f06149cf&itok=KbEAI2Bd)
Yu Bai, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Immunopathology Fellow 2002-2003
Post-lab position: Molecular Pathology Fellowship, UT Southwestern
![Wallace (Hunter) Baldwin](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/balwin.png?h=f06149cf&itok=PzewWSvW)
Wallace (Hunter) Baldwin, MS
Title/Position
Research Assistant 2010-2012
Post-lab position: Research Asst., Emory University
![Ethan Baughman](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/baughman.png?h=f06149cf&itok=1TRKzv9D)
Ethan Baughman, BS
Title/Position
Research Assistant 2003-2008
Post-lab position: Medical Student, UT Southwestern
![Andrew Benagh](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/benagh.png?h=f06149cf&itok=WXZ5uar-)
Andrew Benagh, MS
Title/Position
MSTP (M.D./Ph.D.) Student, Immunology Program 2007-2011
Post-lab position: Dallas ISD Teacher
![Brian Biegler](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/biegler%281%29.png?h=f06149cf&itok=KxAITT9k)
Brian Biegler, MS
Title/Position
Research Assistant 2003-2005
Post-lab position: Graduate Student, UNT Fort Worth
![Alexander Boyden](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/boyden.jpg?h=4eb9b6aa&itok=L-NXlKr8)
Alexander Boyden, PhD
Title/Position
2014-2020: Postdoctoral Fellow
2020-2024: Research Assistant Professor
Post-lab position: Tenure-track Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
![ashley brate](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/ashley_brate_120x143.jpg?h=f06149cf&itok=lQdbpK-C)
Ashley Brate, MS
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology 2015-2020
Post-lab position: Scientist at Cygnal Therapeutics in Cambridge, MA
![Michael Crawford](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/crawford.png?h=f06149cf&itok=MDrX0xLH)
Michael Crawford, BS
Title/Position
Research Technician 2001-2002
Post-lab position: Medical Student, UTMB, Galveston
![Michael Crawford](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/crawford%281%29.jpg?h=e6e22ef9&itok=qNIJMrLl)
![Khrishen Cunnasamy](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/cunnasamy.jpg?h=f06149cf&itok=qY0Rcfie)
Khrishen Cunnasamy, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Fellow 2011-2013
Post-lab position: Postdoctoral Fellow, UT Southwestern
![Anna Dahlgren](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/dahlgren.jpg?h=91185e3f&itok=fibK2O1E)
Anna Dahlgren
Title/Position
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Student 2015
![Syed Faisal](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/thumb_faisal_sm.jpg?h=eb2f9c88&itok=lo8QXy5k)
Syed Faisal, PhD
Title/Position
Faculty Scientist (Asst Prof) 2013-2014
Post-lab position: National Inst of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), India
![Mihail Firan](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/firan.png?h=f06149cf&itok=QvUvX2Qf)
Mihail Firan, MD
Title/Position
Immunopathology Fellow/Postdoctoral Research Associate 2005-2009
Post-lab position: Pathology Resident, UT Southwestern
![Maycie Garibay](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/garibay.png?h=f06149cf&itok=bh4Ku113)
Maycie Garibay
Title/Position
Research Assistant 2007-2010
Post-lab position: PA School UT Southwestern
![Jace Heath](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2024-04/Jace-Heath.jpg?h=c39bdf06&itok=TqlhG5SI)
![Farah Itani](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/farah_itani.jpg?h=1e6f29fa&itok=us_5ACh0)
Farah Itani, MS
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology 2013 -2017
Post-lab position: Postdoctoral researcher, Alios BioPharma (Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies), San Francisco, CA
![Aditya Joglekar](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2024-05/aditya-joglekar-cropped.jpg?h=17faeebc&itok=PsbfwkcU)
![Kshitija Kale](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/kshitija-kale182x216.jpg?h=20a4ae3e&itok=_kNpMcDM)
![Venkatesh Kashi](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/kashi%281%29.jpg?h=f06149cf&itok=uWMRYZOw)
Venkatesh Kashi, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2010-2013
Post-lab position: Postdoctoral Fellow, UT Southwestern
![aditya kulkarni](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/aditya-kulkarni182x216.jpg?h=1b01036d&itok=nkSAHwvS)
![Leah Laageide](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/leah-laageide.jpg?h=f06149cf&itok=bxdT0Qmw)
Leah Laageide, BA
Title/Position
Emory D. Warner Fellow 2018-2019
Post-lab position: Medical Student, University of Iowa College of Medicine
![Tommy Lee](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/lee_alumni.jpg?h=f06149cf&itok=N6St_eG3)
Tommy Lee, BA
Title/Position
Research Technician 2009-2013
Post-lab position: PhD program, Baylor Medical Center, Houston
![Riyaz Mehta](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/mehta%281%29.png?h=f06149cf&itok=-2PygsR1)
Riyaz Mehta, BS
Title/Position
Masters Student, BME Program; Research Assistant 2002-2004
Post-lab position: Associate Scientist, VaxDesign Corporation, Orlando, FL
![Jason Mendoza](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/mendoza%281%29.png?h=f06149cf&itok=CLyl8b7v)
Jason Mendoza, PhD
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Immunology Program 2004-2009
Post-lab position: Postdoctoral Fellow, UT Southwestern Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellow 2009-2011
Post-lab position: Teva Neuroscience
![Imran Mohiuddin](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/mohiuddin.png?h=f06149cf&itok=-NMRz2n0)
Imran Mohiuddin, BS
Title/Position
MSTP (M.D./Ph.D.) Student, Immunology Program 2007-2012
Post-lab position: Medical Student (MS3), UT Southwestern
![Aaron Mohr](/sites/karandikar.lab.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-06/mohr.jpg?h=f06149cf&itok=RVNSLPY9)
Aaron Mohr, BA
Title/Position
Pathology Masters Student 2013-2014
Post Lab Position: Student, Wash U Law School
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