Apurva Pandey, PhD

Apurva Pandey, PhD is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Evans lab. She obtained her B.Sc.(H) (2014) and M.Sc. (2016) at the University of Delhi, India. In 2021, she obtained her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Stony Brook University, New York, under the supervision of Dr. Eszter Boros. During her PhD she worked on developing, synthesizing, and testing metallo-siderophore-antibiotic conjugates as theranostic probes for bacterial infections. Apurva is a trained radiochemist and has first/co-authored 8 peer-reviewed articles and a book chapter. In the Evans lab, she is currently working on the Granzyme project, developing, and testing Granzyme specific probes as potential diagnostic tools for bacterial and viral infections. Apurva is a proud Ravenclaw, when not in lab she can be found watching space videos, cooking, and collecting Harry Potter merchandise.