Krithika Rajaram

Krithika Rajaram is an Assistant Professor of Microbiology at The Ohio State University, affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on understanding malaria parasite metabolism, organelle biology, and cellular transport mechanisms in Plasmodium falciparum. She leads a lab located in rooms 440, 444, and 446 of the Biological Sciences Building.

Education:

• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University (2020)
• Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington (2015)
• B.Tech., Anna University, India (2008)

Her research interests include determining how P. falciparum sustains itself during red blood cell invasion, studying organelle structures like the mitochondrion and apicoplast, and analyzing transport proteins across membranes. Recent work highlights metabolic vulnerabilities and organelle-dependent survival mechanisms.

Publications span topics like apicoplast function, metabolic adaptations to drug exposure, and transmission-blocking compounds. No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in her profile.

Laboratory activities emphasize genetic tools and metabolomic techniques to dissect parasite biology, with ongoing projects targeting metabolic pathways and transport mechanisms as potential drug interventions.