Meet the Team
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Batbileg Bor, PI
Associate Member of Staff, PhD
Dr. Bor received his PhD in molecular biology and postdoctoral training in oral microbiology from UCLA. He is passionate about studying microbes and their impact on our world.
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Deepak Chouhan
Postdoctoral Fellow, PhD
Dr. Chouhan’s primary focus is to understand the impact of TM7 and its host bacteria on innate immunity, both at the cellular and organism level. dchouhan at forsyth dot org
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Ajay Kumar
Postdoctoral Fellow, PhD
Ajay is stuyding the interaction between TM7 and its host bacteria with primary neutrophils to investigate their role in periodontal health. akumar at forsyth dot org
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Lei Lei
Visiting Investigator, PhD
Lei Lei is joining us from West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University. Her research is focused on S. mutans and its impact of caries. llei at forsyth dot org
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Maya Kim
Graduate Scholar, Ms
Maya is a scientist interested in pursuing dental medicine both in clinical practice and research. Currently, she is investigating the effects of Saccharibacteria and its interplay with the host immunity. mhkim at forsyth dot org
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Alex Grossman
Postdoctoral Fellow, PhD
Alex studied T11SS and would like to understand the role played by bacterial secretion systems in TM7 bacteria and their ability to manipulate host biology. alexgrossman.science agrossman at forsyth dot org
Former Members
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Joao Gabriel Silva Souza
Visiting Scholar, PhD, DDS, MSc
Joao joined us from Brazil on prestigious FulBright Brasil Scholarship. He wants to understand oral microbiome and their interaction with artificial materials.
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Nell Spencer
Research Assistant
Masters student at University of New England, with nutrition program.
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Jett Liu
Research Associate, BSc
Current position: MIT microbiology graduate program, NSF fellow.
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Abigail Gonzalez
Visiting Graduate Scholar, PhD
Current position: Global Technical Support Specialist MACSQuant at Miltenyi Biotec.
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Camden Carmichael
Research Assistant
Current position: Strategy Consulting Analyst at Health Advances LLC.
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Divine Eche
Summer Intern
Divine joined us from the Randolph High School. She is one of the few select students from the Forsyth Student Scholar program that aim to provide lab experience to junior investigators.
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Cameron Ruiz
Summer Intern
Cam joined us from Waltham Junior High School. He is one of the few select students from the Forsyth Student Scholar program that aim to provide lab experience to junior investigators. Student at UConn.
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Chris Schuttert, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
Current position: Senior Microbiologist at the High Purity New England, Rhode Island.
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Nadja Tzinis, DDS
Visiting Scholar
Current position: Dentist at Dresden International University
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Jie Nie, DDS, MD
Visiting Scholar
Current position: Associate professor at Peking University, China.
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Otari Chiphishvili
Research Associate, BSc
Current position: Microbiology doctoral student at the University of Washington.