GOWDYENVIRONMENTALLUNGLAB.COM - Key Persons


Anushka Mehta

Job Titles:
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant

Brett Saunders

Job Titles:
  • Technician

Brita Kilburg-Basnyat

Job Titles:
  • Toxicology Study Director at Covance Inc.

Elizabeth Browder

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Evie Schott

Job Titles:
  • Technician

Grace Hutton

Job Titles:
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant

Hannah Lovins

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Research Assistant
​I am a graduate student at The Ohio State University seeking my PhD in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology! I previously earned my Bachelor of Science in Biology from Indiana Wesleyan University in April 2020. My research interests reside in pulmonary physiology, development, and immunology. Future goals include teaching at a small liberal arts institution and sharing my passion for Biology and caring for Creation with future scientists! In my free time I enjoy biking, going on walks, eating ice cream, collecting plants, catching up with friends and family, and spending time with my husband, Alex!

Kymberly M. Gowdy

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Principal Investigator
How the environment can alter the pulmonary immune response has been a central focus of my research since graduate school. My lab is currently investigating how scavenger receptors are modulated during different environmental exposures and whether or not this predisposes the lung and cardiovascular systems to chronic diseases (both infectious and inflammatory). My personal interests include reading, hiking, working out, and watching college football and basketball

Michael Yaeger

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Research Assistant, PhD Candidate

Nabeeha Rahman

Job Titles:
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant

Natali Zecchino

Job Titles:
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant

Preet Gudimella

Job Titles:
  • Doctor of Medicine

Sanjay Varikuti

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate