PVM Directory / Chayan Sharma
Chayan Sharma, PhD
Contact Info
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine
625 Harrison Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
About
Dr. Chayan Sharma joined the Dr. Christopher Rice lab in December 2023 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in CPB. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Zoology from the Uni-versity of Delhi, India, and her Master's de-gree from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India. She continued her studies by pursuing PhD in Medical Par-asitology from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandi-garh, India. Her PhD work was focused on designating the pathogenic potential of Acanthamoeba isolates (using in vitro and in vivo assays) and then generating whole-genome and proteomic data for the patho-genic and non-pathogenic isolates. Her cur-rent work is related to identifying and screen-ing novel hit candidates that would ultimately help identify drug-like molecules for developing new drug treatment regimens for free-living amoeba infections.
Education
2023 - PhD | Parasitology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Areas of Interest
- Drug discovery related to free-living amoeba
