Usheer Kanjee, PhD
Assistant Professor
Usheer obtained his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Toronto studying the acid stress response in E. coli in the laboratory of Prof. Walid A. Houry. He then moved to the laboratory of Prof. Manoj T. Duraisingh at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health where he studied ligand/receptor interactions in malaria parasites and helped to develop red blood cell genetic approaches to identifying host determinants of parasite invasion.
Fun fact: I grew up in Zimbabwe!
Alice Tomlinson, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Earned her PhD at Université Paris Cité in France, where she worked on the characterization of interactions between immune cells and Plasmodium falciparum–infected erythrocytes in the laboratory of Dr. Benoit Gamain.
Fun fact – I’ve been to the eastern-most tip of Australia.
Ellie McArthur, BA
Research Technician II
Graduated from Amherst College in 2025 with a BA in Biochemistry & Biophysics. Wrote an undergraduate honors thesis studying the role of Gasdermin-E in pyroptosis in the Dovey Lab at Amherst.
Fun fact: I am a big St. Louis Cardinals and Blues fan!
Grace Hu
Undergraduate Researcher
WashU 3rd year undergraduate student pursuing a double major in Microbiology and Anthropology Global Health and Environment.
Fun fact: I’m discovering first-hand that making sourdough is an imminent rite of passage for any authentic microbio major!
2025 Summer Intern
Nailah McBeth
Undergraduate Researcher
WashU 4th year undergraduate student majoring in Biochemistry and minoring in French
Fun fact: I am fluent in French!
Nawal Arafa
Undergraduate Researcher
WashU 1st year undergraduate student majoring in Public Health & Society and minoring in Anthropology.
Fun fact: I can read in Arabic!
Will Yuwei Zhang
Undergraduate Researcher
WashU 1st year undergraduate student majoring in Biology with Molecular Biology and Biochemistry specialization.
Fun fact: I cook decent Chinese food – according to my friends (not me!)