Rajanikanth Vadigepalli

Rajanikanth Vadigepalli serves as Professor in the Department of Pathology & Genomic Medicine at Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, and co-directs the Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine PhD Program.

His academic credentials include:

• PhD in Chemical Engineering from University of Delaware (2001)
• BTech in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras (1996)

Dr. Vadigepalli's research employs computational modeling and systems engineering to investigate regulatory network dynamics in mammalian pathophysiology, with focus areas:

• Cardiorespiratory control circuit adaptation in hypertension
• Liver repair mechanisms under alcohol toxicity
• Stem cell differentiation abnormalities in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

His lab integrates bioinformatics with high-throughput genomic techniques including transcriptional profiling and next-generation sequencing.

He leads the Vadigepalli Laboratory and maintains affiliations with the Daniel Baugh Institute for Functional Genomics/Computational Biology, where trainees develop expertise in both computational analysis and experimental validation of gene regulatory networks.