Jesna Varghese

419 LSE 

Stillwater OK 74078

jevargh [at] okstate.edu

I was born and raised in Kolkata, India and am the eldest daughter in my family. I graduated from Scottish Church College, affiliated under University of Calcutta in 2015 with a B.S in Microbiology. I continued my education and earned a M.S degree in Microbiology from St. Xavier’s College, affiliated under the University of Calcutta in 2017. After working for 2 years as a Junior Research Fellow at the North-Eastern Hill University, I decided to pursue my Doctoral Degree at Oklahoma State University.

Currently, I am a Ph.D student in the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department working with Dr. Matthew T Cabeen.