Profile

Dr. Rajesh Chandramohanadas began his scientific career as a protein biochemist. Subsequently, he gained expertise in the areas of proteomics, chemical biology and mechanobiology to pioneer a multi-disciplinary research program to unravel avenues for novel diagnostics, therapeutic, and vaccine development for infectious diseases. Chandramohanadas Laboratory studies blood cell pathologies arising from systemic diseases, oxidative/chemical damage and microbial infectious agents such as Plasmodium spp, causative agent of Malaria. An exciting new direction of our lab aims to understand molecular determinants of red blood cell tropism exhibited by Plasmodium spp, with over-arching implications in parasitic adaptations, zoonosis and progressive drug resistance.