Shikha Nayar

Shikha Nayar is an accomplished Systems Immunology Team Lead at Immunai since May 2022, focusing on leveraging systems immunological insights to enhance drug development processes in collaboration with external partners. Prior to this role, Shikha served as a Systems Immunologist and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai from August 2016 to March 2024, where efforts centered around advancing therapeutic approaches for Crohn's disease patients through single-cell genomics. Shikha also held a Graduate Student Writer position at The Company of Biologists, contributing to the expediting of the peer review process for preprints. Academic credentials include a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and a Bachelor's degree in Biology from Duke University, supplemented by diverse research and teaching experiences, including a role as a Teacher and Volunteer in Kolkata, where curriculum development and community outreach were key contributions.