RIJAL LAB

Current Lab Members

Ramesh Rijal, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Principal Investigator

**Anushka Tennakoon** PhD student
(Fall 2025)
*Studies host mechanisms in intracellular bacterial infection.*

**Simon Kumar Shrestha**
PhD student
(Fall 2025)
*Studies host mechanisms in intracellular bacterial infection.*

**Bradley Hopkins**
PhD student
(Spring 2026)
*Studies* *mycobacterial stress adaptation and antibiotic tolerance*.

**Abdelrahman Ayman Hasan Khader**
Research Technician
(Spring 2026)
*Studies host mechanisms in intracellular bacterial infection.*

Tohura Easha
Undergraduate Researcher
(Spring 2026)
Studies host responses to mycobacterial infection through a collaborative drug repurposing project (Mississippi INBRE)

**Amara Loving**
Undergraduate Researcher
(Spring 2025)
*Studies* *mycobacterial stress adaptation and antibiotic tolerance*

**Diwakar Giri**
Undergraduate Researcher
(Fall 2025)
*Studies host mechanisms in intracellular bacterial infection.*

**Parker Yarborough** Undergraduate Researcher
(Fall 2025)
*Studies* *mycobacterial stress adaptation and antibiotic tolerance*

Past Lab Members