Welcome to The Rangan Lab!

PRASHANTH RANGAN, Ph.D.

Professor

prashanth.rangan@mssm.edu

Prash got his undergraduate engineering degree in Industrial Biotechnology in India. While pursuing his undergraduate degree, he spent a summer rotation working in a virology lab which left an indelible mark. His work that summer focused on understanding the contribution of RNA structures to retroviral infections. He decided to pursue graduate studies working on viruses and RNA. But while attending graduate school, he was introduced to the book "The RNA World." Reading that book completely opened his eyes to the role of RNA in the origin of life and broadened his perspective. For his Ph.D., he studied how RNA folds to attain its final structure an important determinant for its function. For his Post-Doctorate fellowship, he chose to work on the germline, where it is known that RNA regulation plays a pivotal role. His lab works on RNA and chromatin regulation in the germline.

Megha Padubidri

M.S. in Biomedical Sciences from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

megha.padubidri@mssm.edu

Megha joined the Rangan Lab in Summer 2025 as a Research Associate after receiving her M.S. She is currently studying how the nucleus is reprogrammed during oocyte specification. Outside of work, you're likely to find Megha exploring the city, behind a camera or curled up with a good book!

Anu Ramamoorthy

BSc Honours (Highest Distinction) in Life Sciences from Yale-NUS College, Singapore

anupriya.ramamoorthy@icahn.mssm.edu

Anu joined the Rangan Lab at Mount Sinai as a PhD student in Summer 2023. She comes from Singapore, where she previously did stem cell and aging research in the lab of Nicholas Tolwinski. She is currently investigating cytoplasmic reprogramming during oocyte specification, with a focus on ribosome turnover. Outside of the lab, Anu loves playing board games, petting every dog she meets, and making her world-famous (not really) banana bread.

Brandon santana

Brandon is a student from Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics placed in the Rangan Lab. He is a part of CEYE’s Lloyd Sherman Scholars Program, a 2 year course for high school students focused on enhancing lab readiness and biotechnology skills. He is currently studying the loss of germ cells in Drosophila. In his free time, Brandon enjoys working out, listening to music and hanging out with his friends.

JOSALIND CHAN

Josalind is a student from Richard R. Green High School and is a volunteer researcher through the Tisch Cancer Institute’s SPARKED Program. She is currently researching Drosophila ovaries in the Rangan lab. Outside of the lab, she enjoys amigurumi, knitting, and crocheting clothes.

Jennifer wong-Deyrup, PH.D.

Senior Research Scientist at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Julia Tang

Student at New York Institute of Technology College of Medicine

Katarina Tlucková

Post-doctoral Fellow at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria’s Bernecky Lab

Ryan Palumbo

Post-doctoral Associate at Upstate Medical University

Patrick Blatt

Scientist in Quality Control, Virology-Development at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

pooja flora

Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside

Alicia McCarthy

Associate Support Scientist at 10x Genomics

Elliot martin

Ph.D received from MCDN Program, Employee at SOHPiA GENETICS

Kahini Sarkar

Epigenetics account manager at Hologic Diagenode

Maitreyi upadhyay

Preceptor at Harvard University (Department of Stem cell and Regenerative Biology)

https://hscrb.harvard.edu/people/mity-upadhyay/

noor kotb

Epigenetics account manager at Hologic Diagenode

Shane Breznak

Scientist at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

shruti venkat

ian rapisarda

D.O. student at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

michelle pollak

Ph.D. student at Drexel University