Harshini Mukundan

Harshini Mukundan is an Indian-American microbiologist. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[1]

Life

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 to 2022, she worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory. [3] Her work focuses on developing tools for detecting infectious diseases.[4] Her research on developing universal bacterial diagnostics based on innate immune recognition led to an RD100 Award in 2018. Her work on developing portable biosensors for pathogen detection and diagnosis -PEGASUS - lead to an RD100 Award in 2021[5]. She currently is a senior scientist and leads the chemical and biological technologies program portfolio in the Office for National and Homeland Security at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

She is an IF/THEN STEM Ambassador. She received the Women in Technology Award from the New Mexico Tech Council. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[1]. She appeared in “Mission Unstoppable”.[6][7]

Mukundan is married to Rangachary Mukundan, also a senior scientist at Berkeley Lab and has two children. [8]

References

  1. ^ a b "2021 AAAS Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". 2022-03-11. Archived from the original on 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  2. ^ "Harshini Mukundan". UNUM Magazine. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  3. ^ a b c Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, for the U. S. Department of. "Harshini Mukundan". www.lanl.gov. Retrieved 2022-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Harshini Mukundan". UNUM Magazine. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  5. ^ Hall, Heather (2021-12-01). "R&D 100 winner of the day: Portable EnGineered Analytic Sensor with aUtomated Sampling (PEGASUS)". Research & Development World. Retrieved 2026-02-03.
  6. ^ "Local STEM Superstar Harshini Mukundan Featured On Emmy-Nominated Kids TV Show 'Mission Unstoppable'". ladailypost.com. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  7. ^ "LANL scientist shows girls that they can - Albuquerque Journal". www.abqjournal.com. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  8. ^ "Rangachary Mukundan | Energy Technologies Area". eta.lbl.gov. Retrieved 2026-02-03.


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