Pompano Laboratory

Akoolo

Lavoisier Akoolo joined the Pompano Lab as an immunity research scientist in October. He trained and worked as a veterinarian at the University of Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya before going on to Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, where he graduated with a PhD in Veterinary Pathology in 2015. Lavoisier went on to Rutgers New Jersey Medical School for post-doc training in microbial pathogenesis from 2015 to 2020.

Ozulumba

Tochukwu Ozulumba has joined the Department of Chemistry as a Research Associate in the Pompano Lab. Tochi obtained her BSc and MSc degrees in Biochemistry at the University of Nigeria and then completed a PhD in Biomaterials Science at the University of Brighton, United Kingdom. Her PhD project investigated the potential of two-dimensional graphene and titanium carbide MXene nanomaterials to target biological toxins and the incorporation of these materials into composite systems for use in medical devices.

Saleheen

Amirus Saleheen has joined the Department of Chemistry as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Pompano lab in August 2020. Amirus obtained his B.S. in Applied Chemistry & Chemical Engineering at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His Graduate work consisted of developing a novel microfluidic chip to mimic rotary tube culture of rodent brain slices to improve the temporal resolution of downstream perfusate analysis.

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