Dr. Amit Joshi
Principal Investigator
Amit received his PhD from Dr. Miriam Greenberg’s lab at Wayne State University in Detroit. He obtained post-doctoral training in Dr. William Prinz’s lab at National Institutes of Health in Bethesda and Dr. Sarah Cohen’s lab at University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. During postdoc he discovered novel family of ER membrane shaping proteins involved in biogenesis of peroxisomes and lipid droplets. He joined UTK in January 2021.
Contact: ajoshi18 AT utk DOT edu
Current Members
Dr. Madhura Pandkar (April 2025-present): Postdoctoral research associate
Morgan House (May 2022-present): BCMB graduate student
Dibyayan Maity (May 2023- present): BCMB graduate student
Karan Khadayat (May 2023- present): BCMB graguate student
Vasudeva Tati (May 2025- present): BCMB graduate student
Shrey Patel (August 2024- present): Undergraduate student
Past Members
Postdocs:
Manasi Apte (Jan 2021-Feb 2022): Current- Program Manager at Ripple Effect Inc.
Suganthan Amirthagunanathan (Nov 2022- June 2025): Current- Postdoc in Dr. Ryan Weiss lab at University of Georgia, Athens.
Rotation Students:
Timothy Simmons (October-December 2021): Current- Graduate student in the Joshi lab
Susmita Khanal (October-December 2021): Current- Graduate student in the Lamichhane lab
Nishita Gogia (December 2021- January 2022): Current- Graduate student in the McCord lab
Hahley Wiltse (January-March 2022): Current- Graduate student in the Alexandre lab
Satavisha Mullick (January-March 2022): Current- Graduate student in the Labrador lab
Morgan House (March- April 2022): Current- Graduate student in the Joshi lab
Dibyayan Maity (October-December 2022): Current- Graduate student in the Joshi lab
Asmita Choudhary (October- Dec 2022): Current-Graduate student in the Lamichhane lab
Karan Khadayat (January-March 2023): Current- Graduate student in the Joshi lab
Suparna Sarkar (January-March 2025): Current: Graduate student in the Alexandre lab
Vasudeva Tati (March-April 2025): Current: Graduate student in the Joshi lab
Undergraduate Students:
Elizabeth Jones (June- July 2021): REU student, Current- PhD student at Dartmouth College
Liliane Nguyen (January-December 2021): Won SURIP award 2021, Current- University of Tennessee, Medical School.
Claire Kaple (Jan 2021-April 2022): Won SURIP award 2021, Current- Cleveland VA Medical Research & Education Foundation
Mia Buono (May 2021-July 2022): Honors student, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Current- Graduate Student in Publich Health at Duke University.
Olivia Brodersen (June- July 2022): REU student, Current- University of Arizona
Caroline Chapman (May 2022-July 2023): Undergraduate Research Assistant, Current- Clinical Trials Assistant with Dr. Buddy Creech at Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program
Shabre Eskridge (October 2021-July 2023): Undergraduate student, AURA award (Spring 2023), Current: Graduate student in the BCMB program at UT, Knoxville.
Emma Ambrosia (May 2023- Dec 2024): Undergraduate Research Assistant, Current- ORNL
Jacob Powell (Jan 2021-June 2024): Undergraduate student, AURA award (Summer 2022). Current: ETSU
Marilyn McCarthy (Sept 2023- May 2025): Undergraduate student, AURA award (Spring 2023), FRAF (Fall 24 and Spring 25). Current: Boston University
Addison Summers (May 2024- May 2025): Undergraduate student.
Abigail Schmitt (August 2024- December 2025): Undergraduate student, University Honors Grant (Spring 2025).
Jackson Walters (January 2025- December 2025): Undergraduate student.
Joshi Lab 