Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor in Surgery
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2024 - Present
Surgery, Surgical Sciences,
Surgery
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
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2021 - Present
Biochemistry,
Basic Science Departments
Member of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute
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2018 - Present
Duke Human Vaccine Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
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2025 - Present
Duke Cancer Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
An integrated workflow for structural virology with a 100 keV electron microscope.
Journal Article bioRxiv · December 10, 2025 Cryo-EM has revolutionized structural biology, especially for flexible and heterogeneous samples, although access to high end microscopes that enable these studies remains a bottleneck. While 300 keV microscopes have been the go-to for high-resolution stru ... Full text Link to item CiteVaccine induction of heterologous HIV-1-neutralizing antibody B cell lineages in humans.
Journal Article Cell · November 13, 2025 Full text Link to item CiteAn HIV-1 gp41 peptide-liposome vaccine elicits neutralizing epitope-targeted antibody responses in healthy individuals.
Journal Article medRxiv · August 22, 2025 UNLABELLED: Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) that target the HIV gp41 membrane-proximal external region (MPER) have some of the highest neutralization breadth. An MPER peptide-liposome vaccine has been found to expand MPER bnAb precursors in monkeys ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in AIDS
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2030Structural definition of CD4-induced HIV-1 Env conformational changes required for infection
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2030Duke Center for HIV Structural Biology
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (India) ·
2003
Ph.D.
Jadavpur University (India) ·
1996
M.S.
Jadavpur University (India) ·
1994
B.S.