Team

Our Team

Vishnu Cuddapah, MD, PhD

Principal Investigator

Haein Kim, PhD

Staff Scientist

Chitrakshi Pant, PhD

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Kat Bochtler, PhD

Research Associate

Bhargavi Gundamalla, MS

Bioinformatics Analyst

Harita Mani

Graduate Student

Christine Esparza

Medical Student

Ashlee Prejean

Master's Student

Alexander Ritsch

Research Technician

Fernanda Valle Sirias

Research Technician

Ryan Ji

Research Intern

William Liu

Undergrad Rockstar

Shivani Patel

Undergrad Rockstar

Nakula Prabakaran

Undergrad Rockstar

Angella Zhao

Undergrad Rockstar

Cuddapah lab - 2026

New Year? More cake! Happy birthday, Matt!

Happy birthday, Kat!

Max capacity: 13

Velvet Tacos

Cuddapah lab - 2025

The first lab members! Brave souls.

When elephants visited the NRI...

CSI Houston, ft Drosophila melanogaster

We love science!

Fly Pushing

Science is mysterious

Science is fun

Yes, Haein can make ANYTHING

The loud table at Torchy's

ALL the tacos

...and all the paletas

Cuddapah Lab in an anime multiverse dimension

Happy birthday, Angella!

Lab meeting fun

Happy birthday, Shivani!

The lab is growing!

up to no good...

Genuine Cup for Neurodiverse Players

Genuine Cup for Neurodiverse Players

Future Gen Alpha Cuddapah Lab members

Abstract expressionist cake cutting, by Chitrakshi Pant. Happy birthday!

Lab dinner!

?plonkas?

Lab dinner!

extended lab fam

do your best fly impression

Happy birthday, Haein! Bye bye, cake

Happy birthday, Will!

White coat ceremony!

Chitrakshi's presenting? Lab turns up!

Epilepsy Youth Forum, ft Shivani

Happy birthday, Nakula!

Hoorrray! Harita rocked her quals!

trickortreat

Happy birthday, Harita!!

Birthday celly! You guys are the best

Happy birthday, Fernanda!! Paris Baguette=yum