Lab Members

Lalit K. Beura BVSc, PhD

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
email: lalit_beura@brown.edu
twitter: @lalit_beura1

Lalit was born and raised in India. He completed his undergraduate degree in Veterinary Science but managed to steer clear of the clinical practice. Lalit was more interested in the research side of things, so after Vet school, he pursued a Master’s degree that allowed him to do bench research. After finishing his master’s degree at the Indian Institute of Technology, he joined Fernando Osorio’s lab at the University of Nebraska to study host-pathogen interaction in a positive sense RNA virus. There, he developed an appreciation of the host immune system, specifically adaptive immunity. In 2011, he joined David Masopust’s cellular immunology group at the University of Minnesota. There he investigated fundamental aspects of memory T cell functions in mucosal organs. In 2019, he started his independent faculty position at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

 

Hasan.jpgMohammad H. Hasan, PhD

POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE
email: mohammad_hasan@brown.edu

Hasan finished his graduate training in Ritesh Tandon’s lab at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) where he studied cytomegalovirus-host interactions. After a short postdoctoral stint in the Glover lab (UMMC) focused on human intestinal immunity he moved to Brown to learn everything about T-cell immunology. When not in the lab, Hasan likes to relax by either playing flute or fishing.

 

Geongoo Han, PhD

POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE
email: geon_goo_han@brown.edu

Goo is a joint postdoc with Shipra Vaishnava’s lab. He finished his PhD degree at the Seoul National University in South Korea where he studied the relationship between the gut microbiome and host physiology. After a short period of postdoctoral research in the same lab, he moved to Brown University to study microbiome-immune interactions. In his spare time, Goo enjoys playing basketball, running, and traveling.

 

 

Farha J. Mithila, BSc

GRADUATE STUDENT
email: farha_mithila@brown.edu

Farha is a graduate student in MCB program. She received her bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from University of Massachusetts Boston. After graduation, she worked at Tufts University as a post-baccalaureate research scholar. Her previous research includes organic chemistry, photochemistry, and hematology. Farha also volunteers with American Red Cross Disaster Services. In her spare time, she enjoys painting, scrapbooking, gardening, and reading books.

 

Ying Lin, BSc

GRADUATE STUDENT
email: ying_lin@brown.edu

Ying is a graduate student in the Pathobiology program. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Cell Biology & Biochemistry at University of California, San Diego in 2016 and worked at the same institution as a research associate under Dr. JoAnn Trejo until 2021. In her previous lab, she studied the non-canonical activation of protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1) and endothelial barrier disruption.

 

Delia Demers

SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
email: delia_demers@brown.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Julian Ramprashad

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER

email: julian_ramprashad@brown.edu

Julian is an undergraduate student concentrating in Biology on the Immunobiology track. His work in the lab focuses on modeling T resident memory formation in the uterine epithelium during chlamydia infections. Previously, he has also done research on Candida parapsilosis viluence factors. In his leisure time he enjoys playing the flute and piano, hiking, and reading.

 

Yousuf Suleman

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER
email: yousuf_suleman@brown.edu

Yousuf is an undergraduate student in the Program of Liberal Medical Education studying Biology on the Immunobiology track. His previous research includes work with drosophila melanogaster and lumbriculus variegatus and the medicinal properties of Shiitake and Reishi mushrooms. In his spare time he enjoys working out, playing basketball, and cooking.

 

 

 

Past Lab Members

  • Corinne Perloski, Research Assistant (current Research Assistant at University of Virginia)
  • Ola Hassan, Rotation Student (current Graduate student in Pathobiology program at Brown University)
  • Maria Armillei, Research Assistant
  • Elena Jin, Undergraduate Researcher
  • Bryan Kwon, Undergraduate Researcher
  • Jessica Pacia, Research Assistant (current Research Assistant in Siddle Lab at Brown University)
  • Max Ulibarri, Undergraduate Researcher