Our lab’s education and training mission
Empowerment . Innovation . Societal Impact . Excellence . Leadership
Our mission is to empower students and trainees to engage in rigorous academic inquiry and cutting-edge research that generates significant positive impacts on society. We strive to cultivate a dynamic learning environment that fosters innovation, creativity, and critical thinking skills, equipping our learners with the necessary tools to tackle the most pressing social challenges of our time. By promoting academic excellence and interdisciplinary collaboration, we seek to cultivate a new generation of leaders who are committed to advancing knowledge and improving the world around them.
Research and Educational activities
UG Honors student in the lab successfully defended her research proposal
Postdoctoral fellow in the lab receives AHA postdoctoral fellowship award
PhD Student in the lab successfully defended his dissertation
Research Intern in the lab successfully completes UAB-CORD Summer Science Program
Present and previous lab members & volunteers
Sarojini Singh, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Project Theme: Brain health and heart disease (American Heart Association postdoctoral Fellowship Awardee)
Praveen Dubey, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Project Theme: mechanisms of cardiac pathophysiology, sepsis, epigenetics
Prasanna Krishnamurthy, MVSc, PhD, FAHA
Project Leader
Project Theme: Cardiovascular Health and Disease
Dr. Mallikarjun Patil
Researcher IV
Dr. Subham Dubey
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
John Henderson
PhD student (Graduated)
NIH T32 Fellowship Awardee
Hien Luong
Master’s Student, BME, UAB (Graduated)
Dr. Darukeshwara Joladarashi
Postdoctoral Fellow
American Heart Association postdoctoral Fellowship Awardee
Dr. Rajarajan A Thandavarayan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
American Heart Association postdoctoral Fellowship Awardee
Dr. Sahana Suresh Babu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Paras Ahuja
UAB SciTech Honors student
Phuong Quach
Research Assistant
Dr. Gopalkrishna Sreejit
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Prince Jeyabal
Research Associate
Ms. Shashirekha K
Research Assistant
Prem K Govindappa, MVSc, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Saminathan Muthusamy
Researcher V
Sherin Saheera, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Gayathri Narasimhan, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Frank S Li
Undergrad, Summer Volunteer, Univ of Texas, Austin, TX
Divya Annamalai
SciTech Honors UG Student Volunteer, UAB, AL
Stephen Ferrell
Summer Volunteer, Birmingham, AL
Nicholas Hohnstein
Volunteer, Birmingham area School, AL