Pragati is a graduate student in the TAMU Biology program. She previous completed a Master of Biotechnology (MBIOT) at Texas A&M and she completed her Bachelor’s from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India, where she worked with Dr. Ranjith Kumar CT to screen for modulations in the cGAS-STING host immune pathway on infection with Chikungunya virus (CHIKV). She is a passionate researcher and wishes to pursue a career in immunological research.