Harshini Mukundan is an Indian-American microbiologist. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [1]
Harshini Mukundan is an Indian-American microbiologist. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [1]
She grew up in India. [2] Mukundan received her Bachelor's of Science Degree in Microbiology from the University of Delhi in 1995. [3] In 1997, she earned in Master's Degree in Microbiology from Barkatullah University and then went on to complete her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. [3]
From 2006, she worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory. [3] Her work focuses on developing tools for detecting infectious diseases. [4]
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