Meet the Team

  • Batbileg Bor, PI

    Associate Member of Staff, PhD

    Dr. Bor received his PhD in molecular biology and postdoctoral training in oral microbiology from UCLA. He is passionate about studying microbes and their impact on our world.

  • Deepak Chouhan

    Postdoctoral Fellow, PhD

    Dr. Chouhan’s primary focus is to understand the impact of TM7 and its host bacteria on innate immunity, both at the cellular and organism level. dchouhan at forsyth dot org

  • Ajay Kumar

    Postdoctoral Fellow, PhD

    Ajay is stuyding the interaction between TM7 and its host bacteria with primary neutrophils to investigate their role in periodontal health. akumar at forsyth dot org

  • Lei Lei

    Mengying Xia

    Graduate Scholar

    Xia is investigating the interactions between Klebsiella species and the oral microbiome, particularly in light of oral Klebsiella’s established associations with systemic diseases and antimicrobial resistance. xmengying at forsyth dot org

  • Alex Grossman

    Postdoctoral Fellow, PhD

    Alex studied T11SS and would like to understand the role played by bacterial secretion systems in TM7 bacteria and their ability to manipulate host biology. alexgrossman.science agrossman at forsyth dot org

  • Adam Silverman

    Staff Scientist

    Adam has deep expertise in assay development and cell free systems. He will be working on CRISPR-based diagnostics and their application in oral/saliva point of care diagnostics.

 Former Members

  • Lei Lei

    Lei Lei

    Visiting Investigator, PhD

    Assistant professor at Sichuan University.

  • Joao Gabriel Silva Souza

    Visiting Scholar, PhD, DDS, MSc

    Joao joined us from Brazil on prestigious FulBright Brasil Scholarship. He wants to understand oral microbiome and their interaction with artificial materials.

  • Nell Spencer

    Research Assistant

    Masters student at University of New England, with nutrition program.

  • Maya Kim

    Maya Kim

    Graduate Scholar, Ms

    Senior Research Associatte at Affinia Therapeutics.

  • Jett Liu

    Research Associate, BSc

    Current position: MIT microbiology graduate program, PhD, NSF fellow.

  • Abigail Gonzalez

    Visiting Graduate Scholar, PhD

    Current position: Global Technical Support Specialist MACSQuant at Miltenyi Biotec.

  • Camden Carmichael

    Research Assistant

    Current position: Strategy Consulting Analyst at Health Advances LLC.

  • Divine Eche

    Summer Intern

    Divine joined us from the Randolph High School. She is one of the few select students from the Forsyth Student Scholar program that aim to provide lab experience to junior investigators.

  • Cameron Ruiz

    Summer Intern

    Cam joined us from Waltham Junior High School. He is one of the few select students from the Forsyth Student Scholar program that aim to provide lab experience to junior investigators. Student at UConn.

  • Chris Schuttert, PhD

    Postdoctoral fellow

    Current position: Senior Microbiologist at the High Purity New England, Rhode Island.

  • Nadja Tzinis, DDS

    Visiting Scholar

    Current position: Dentist at Dresden International University

  • Jie Nie, DDS, MD

    Visiting Scholar

    Current position: Associate professor at Peking University, China.

  • Otari Chiphishvili

    Research Associate, BSc

    Current position: Microbiology doctoral student at the University of Washington.