Dr. Angela Archambault, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Dr. Archambault is from Albuquerque, NM where she got her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry. She received her PhD in Immunology from Washington University in Saint Louis working with Dr. John Russell. She worked briefly at the University of New Mexico after graduate school, but returned to Saint Louis to rejoin the MS group at Washington University. In her free time, Angela enjoys camping with her three children. She is active with the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri and enjoys being the leader of her daughter's troop. Angela also participates in training future scientists by sharing her love of science with a local elementary school in St Louis City.
Dr. Sravanthi Bandla, M.S. Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Sravanthi Bandla is from the South of India, where she received a Bachelor of Pharmacy and Master of Pharmacy in Pharmaceutics. She worked as an intern and contract employee at Novartis Health Care, India and as an assistant professor at Vignan Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences. In 2013, she moved to Ireland to pursue a MSc in Biomedical Science, followed by a PhD in Biochemistry at the National University of Ireland. Her PhD project was based on the role of B-cell immunoglobulin binding protein in multiple sclerosis. Part of her PhD project was carried out at the Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation at the University of Glasgow. She lives in Saint Louis with her husband. She enjoys nature, gardening and painting.
Dr. Jameson “Jamie” Holloman, M.D.
Resident
Jamie was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in Rye, New York. He attended Georgetown University as an undergraduate and as a graduate student to obtain a B.A. in English and a MS in Physiology. He went on to Georgetown University School of Medicine for medical school. He is currently a Neurology resident at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St Louis, Missouri.
In graduate school, Jamie studied stem cell transplantation in multiple sclerosis. In medical school, he worked in a neuroscience lab culturing rat and human astrocytes in a novel cell media. He also worked with the Georgetown MS department to study vitamin D supplementation in patients with multiple sclerosis. For his work he received the Dean’s Research Scholarship and the Roger D. Semerad Award for research in the neurosciences.
He is interested in studying the role of glial cells in MS pathogenesis, the pathophysiology underlying neurodegeneration in progressive multiple sclerosis and the cellular processes driving demyelination and remyelination in multiple sclerosis. He plans on pursuing a lab-based research fellowship in multiple sclerosis after residency.
Abraham Ogbaslase, B.S.
Medical Graduate Student
Abraham is a second year medical student at Washington University that was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. Before coming to WashU, Abraham received his BSc from the University of Toronto. Abraham has been a part of the Wu Lab since June 2019 and, in addition to enjoying science and medicine, Abraham loves playing basketball, soccer, dance, backgammon and karaoke. He has also been involved in several musical productions, including Shrek and Chicago.
Kenneth Lee, B.A.
Research Technician I
Kenneth was born in South Korea and grew up in Rhode Island. He graduated from WashU in 2020 with a B.A. in Neuroscience and a minor in Psychology and has been a part of the Wu Lab since July 2020. He is fascinated by the intersection of immunology and neuroscience and plans on pursuing a PhD in either field in the hopes of becoming a professor in the future. Outside of the lab, he enjoys playing tennis, singing and playing the ukulele, and watching Boston sports teams beat everyone.
Ritu Trivedi
Research Assistant
Ritu Trivedi is an undergraduate junior at WashU from Dallas, Texas. She is pursuing a major in Neuroscience, on the pre-med track, as well as a minor in Spanish and has been a part of the Wu Lab since January of 2019. Before coming to St. Louis, she worked as an intern in the Monson Lab at UT Southwestern. Aside from research and academics, Ritu is a member of the WashU Raas dance team, a WUSA (Washington University Student Associate) for first-year students, and a PLTL leader for Calculus.
Vikram Murugan
Research Assistant
Vikram Murugan is an undergraduate junior at WashU from Irving, Texas. He is pursuing a major in Global Health, through the pre-med track, as well as a minor in Biology. Vikram joined the Wu lab in the Fall of 2019 and is interested in the intersection of immunology and neuroscience. Apart from research and academics, he is a part of a health-based professional fraternity, environmental sustainability board, and a service-based honorary program for Juniors.
Alexandra Martinez-Lopez
Research Assistant
Alex is an undergraduate junior at Wellesley College born in El Salvador but raised in Durham, North Carolina. She is pursuing a major in Neuroscience and has been a part of the Wu lab since May of 2020. Before joining the Wu lab, Alex worked as a research trainee in the Beltz Lab at Wellesley College and the Taylor Lab at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Aside from research, Alex enjoys training to compete on the MIT Ballroom Dance Team and volunteering with Glasswing.