Tihami Qureshi, Ph.D.

Tihami was born in Nashville, TN to Bengali parents. She earned her B.S. in microbiology and Ph.D. in biochemistry, cellular, and molecular biology from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN. Before joining Burke, she was a postdoc at Albany Medical College, NY. Tihami has broad research interests including electrophysiology/neurophysiology, gene and stem cell therapy, and protein folding. When not in the lab, Tihami enjoys hot yoga, watching zombie TV shows/movies, and playing board games.