Faculty

Alexxai Kravitz, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: alexxai@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
The study of basal ganglia circuits and how their function changes in disease states such as obesity, addiction, and anxiety disorders
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Kristen Kroll, PhD
Professor
- Email: kkroll@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of neural development and its dysregulation to cause neurodevelopmental disorders
Key words
human pluripotent stem cell, autism, neuron, neurodevelopmental disorders, cerebral organoid, epigenetic regulation, transcriptional regulation, neurobiology, embryonic stem cell, neural stem cell, transcription, gene regulatory network, chromatin, embryo

Hrishikesh Kulkarni, MD, MSCI
Associate Professor
- Email: hkulkarn@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Modulating the complement system to mitigate pneumonia and acute lung injury
Key words
complement, pneumonia, lung injury, transplant, ICU, translational

Terrance Kummer, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: kummert@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Understanding the mechanisms underlying neuronal trauma and neurodegeneration during and following acute brain injury
Key words
traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer disease, microsscopy, imaging, microdialysis, MRI, diffusion tensor imaging

Shinjini Kundu, PhD, MD
Assistant Professor
- Email: kundu@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
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Barbara Kunkel, PhD
Professor
- Email: kunkel@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Molecular genetic analysis of disease development in Pseudomonas syringae-Arabidopsis interactions
Key words
plant-microbe interactions, bacterial pathogenesis, auxin, IAA, Type III effector protein, genetics, plant biology

Sebla Kutluay, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: kutluay@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Human immunodeficiency virus-host interactions
Key words

Jennie Kwon, DO, MSCI
Associate Professor
- Email: j.kwon@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
Dr. Kwon performs clinical and translational research focused on the microbial ecology of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO), and their relationship to the fecal microbiome and the microbiome of the built environment.
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George Kyei, MB, ChB, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: g.kyei@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
HIV latency and reservoir maintenance
Key words