Undergraduate students

Yeongseo Son (2022-)

Yeongseo is a third-year Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Genetics major at the University of Georgia. She plans to earn her master’s degree in Comparative Biomedical Sciences through the UGA’s DoubleDawgs program and pursue a career in research. Her previous research experiences involve assisting at a toxicology lab in University of Connecticut and attending Science and Engineering Research Academy at University of California Santa Barbara. At UGA, Yeongseo works on the mechanism that regulate the release of neutrophil elastase from human neutrophils, a project with relevance to cystic fibrosis lung disease.

Gavin Thomas Paul (2023-)

Gavin is a third-year biology major at the University of Georgia in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. He plans to pursue a career in medicine by applying to medical school in the spring of 2024. In the laboratory, Gavin works on projects related to cystic fibrosis, with a focus on studying the effects of neutrophils and their ability to produce neutrophil elastase and kill bacteria.

Areeb Khan (2023-)

Areeb is a second-year biomedical physiology major at the University of Georgia, on the pre-med track. Areeb has experience conducting biology education research at the UGA Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, and has also completed a study investigating the travel patterns of urology residents, in conjunction with the Medical College of Georgia. In addition, Areeb has completed a project with the Emory University School of Medicine in a study analyzing the effects of skin cancer on depression severity, and has been invited to attend a cancer research showcase at the University of Florida. In the Rada Lab, Areeb works on the Klebsiella pneumoniae project, studying the effect of hypothiocyanite on this bacterium. After obtaining promising results in vitro system, Areeb has moved on to in vivo testing of the protocol. Areeb has also been accepted into the St. Jude Pediatric Oncology undergraduate research summer program in 2024 summer.

Snehal Gopal Kancharlawar (2023-)

Snehal is a fourth-year Cellular Biology major in the Franklin School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia. She plans to graduate in May of 2024 and then join a Fellowship program for 1-2 years. She will then pursue a PhD in Infectious Diseases and plans to work in the public health sector in the future. In the Rada Lab, Snehal is researching in vitro neutrophil killing of cystic fibrosis clinical isolates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Julia Frances Gianelli (2023-)

Julia joined the laboratory in her second year at the University of Georgia and is now a third-year biology major in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. She is also working towards a Spanish minor. In the laboratory, she works on projects which test the effectiveness of hypothiocyanite on multiple stains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a major human pathogen also infecting the airways of patients suffering from cystic fibrosis. Julia plans to pursue a career in medicine and will apply to medical school in the Spring of 2024.

Amirreza Moghisi (2023-)

Amirreza is a fourth-year biomedical physiology student at the University of Georgia, with a minor in public health. As a pre-medicine student, he aspires to pursue a future in clinical practice. In the laboratory, his efforts are focused on projects evaluating the effectiveness of in vitro hypothiocyanite treatment against a series of strains of influenza virus, the cause of many infections worldwide. The research involves analyzing the relative efficacy of reactions catalyzed by lactoperoxidase and myeloperoxidase to form the antiviral agent.