POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE:
The Mehta Lab is seeking energetic and highly motivated individuals to immediately fill postdoc positions. Our research is focused on vascular injury and repair using genetically altered mice models (see Tauseef et al JEM 2012; Knezevic et al JEM 2009; Chava et al Blood 2012; Rayees et al Cell. Report) with an interest in expanding into transcriptomics, metabolism, structural modeling and drug discovery. Our works incorporates a range of approaches including molecular signaling, live cell imaging, FACS analysis and scRNAseq/ATACseq and gene delivery. Experience with FACS, cellular imaging and signaling, mouse models of lung injury and drug therapeutics is highly preferred.  Send your resume and contact references as pdf to: dmehta@uic.edu. University of Illinois is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Current Lab Members

Past Trainees

Ian Rochford

Predoctoral; 05/21

Current Position: Associate Science Writer, Prescott Medical Communications Group

Rayees Sheikh, PhD

2015-2020

Current Position:  Ramalingam Fellow, Assistant Professor, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM)

Nitya Nand Srivastava, PhD

2016-2018

Current Position: Research Associate,  Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York

Pascal Yazbeck

Predoctoral Student

01/17

Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Harvard Medical School, Tanya Mayadas Lab

Mohammed Faraz Uddin, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

11/12 - 05/15

Current Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, MA

Honit Piplani, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

07/14 - 03/15

Current Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, CA

Sukriti Sukriti, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

04/11 - 04/14

Kristina Gianstos Adams, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

09/12 - 09/13

Current Position:  Regulatory Scientist, FDA, Washington

Lili Yue, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

04/12 - 05/13

Current Position:  System Analyst, Blue Cross Blue Shield

Bhushan Desai, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

02/12 - 02/13

Current Position:  Senior Scientist, L Path Industries, Chicago, IL

Tracy Thennes, PhD

Predoctoral Student

08/07 - 01/13

Current Position:  Director of Regulatory Research, Medline Industries, IL

Monica Smith, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

09/09 - 10/11

Koteshwara Rao Chava, MD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

11/08 - 10/11

Current Position:  Internist, Department of Anesthesiology, University of London

Wei Zhang, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

01/09 - 10/10

Current Position: Research Associate, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiwa University, New York

Nebosja Knezevic, MD, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

01/05 - 10/09

Current Position:  Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Director of Clinical Research, Advocate

                               Illinios Masonic Medical Center

Melissa Brannen, MD

Fellow

(01/05 - 10/07)

Current Position:  Pediatrician, Penn State, Hersey Medical Center, PA

Itendar Singh, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

11/03 - 10/06

Current Position:  Research Assistant Professor, University of Rochester, NY

Arun Roy, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

10/03 - 10/04

Current Position:  Associate Professor, Calcutta University, India

Michael Holinstat, PhD

Predoctoral Student

08/99 - 09/04

Current Position:  Associate Professor, Ann Arbor University, MI

Mohammad Tauseef, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL

Charu Rajput, PhD

Instructor

Current Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Univeristy of Michigan, MI

Alejandra Chavez, PhD

Predoctoral Student

2007 - 2014