Alura D'Souza

Major: Biological Sciences (concentration in Infectious Disease & Global Health)

Minor: Bioengineering

Mentor: Dr. Mary Ann McDowell

Project title: Exploring the use of pyrazolo [5,1-c] [1,2,4] triazine loaded chitosan-based nanoparticles against Leishmania donovani

Career Plans: Graduate school for Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering or Immunology/related

Summer experiences: COS-SURF (2023 & 2024)