People
Our research group is multi-disciplinary and extremely diverse.
Our members come from all over the world and we strongly value the different experiences, skills and cultures people bring in to our group.
ADDReB Research Team
Dr. Jayakumar Rajadas, PhD
Dr. Jayakumar Rajadas, PhD
Director - ADDReB of Cardiovascular Institute (CVI, Stanford University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford
Adjunct Professor, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Pharmacy
Email » jayraja@stanford.edu
Mohammed Inayathullah, PhD
Senior Research Scientist/
Associate Director,
Formulation and Drug Delivery
Email » inayath@stanford.edu
Kyle Brewer , PhD
Staff Scientist
Email » kdbrewer@stanford.edu
Kyle is an expert in RNA technology & mass spectroscopic bio-analytical techniques.
At ADDReB, Kyle is currently working on the COL7A (collagen) project.
Kyle is a scientist and entrepreneur. He has previously worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Tony Wyss-Coray in the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, and also worked in conjunction with the laboratory of Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi in the Department of Chemistry and ChEM-H.
Kyle was awarded a BS in Biochemistry and a BA in Chemistry from North Carolina State University while performing research under Dr. Mitch Eddy at the NIH-National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. He earned his PhD in biophysics in the laboratory of Dr. Josep Rizo at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center where he determined a structural model of the synaptotagmin-SNARE complex, proteins key to achieving rapid neurotransmitter release.
Ankur Samanta
AI Intern
Computer Engineering student at University of Toronto
Ankur has worked on 3D deep learning, computer vision, and medical imaging research at ADDReB Lab.
• Created novel multi-modal Transformer model for real-time cardiac abnormality classification
• Developed real-time intra-op TEE and ultrasound imaging 3D reconstruction software (point cloud registration, classification)
• Created novel 3D sequential transformer+capsule net for volumetric segmentation of MRIs and modeling of brain fluid deposits
• Built nanoparticle tracking pipeline, performing particle classification and trajectory modeling on microscopy data
• Developed 3D brain modeling tool using MRI scans and 3D medical thermogram technique modeling 3D spatial+thermal data
Kwang-Min Kim, PhD
Visiting Scientist
Email » kwangmin@stanford.edu
Bhavika Mam, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Bioinformatics & Drug Development
Email » bhavika7@stanford.edu
Bhavika is an expert in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology and a member of the Early Career Committee at CVI, Stanford. Notably, she was awarded the prestigious Stanford PBDI grant in 2023.
Her interests lie in improving health outcomes for diverse populations using inter-disciplinary methods driving together innovation & sustainability.
Bhavika led in silico and in vitro projects focused on therapeutic applications for Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) and played key roles in initiating the projects. Her expertise in structural bioinformatics allowed her to explore the mechanism of collagen type VII in the disease (manuscript in preparation). She successfully extracted and purified recombinant human COL7A, participating in biophysical studies using Surface Plasmon Resonance. Bhavika played a crucial role in formulating and developing COL7A delivery and performed cytotoxicity tests on human keratinocytes for therapeutic purposes in EB (manuscript in preparation).
Rithika Kacham
Intern
Email » rkacham@stanford.edu
Rithika is a rising undergraduate junior, Class of 2025, studying Product Design and concentrating in Biodesign.
Mary Catherine Mantler
Intern
Mary Catherine Mantler is a first-generation nursing student at San Jose State University. While on track to get her BSN, she has participated in multiple research programs, including working in Dr. Rajadas' lab at Stanford. Mary Catherine can be found on Linkedin.