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Mursalin Khan, PhD

Contact: Department of Physiology & Biophysics 

University of Mississippi Medical Center

2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216

Email address: mkhan5@umc.edu 

Education
Ph.D., Biological Sciences 2023
Major: Molecular Biology | Minor: Computational Biology
Auburn University, Alabama | CGPA: 4.00

M.S., Biological Sciences 2016
Major: Immunobiology
Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana | CGPA: 4.00

M.S., Biotechnology 2011
Major: Biotechnology
University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh | CGPA: 4.00 (WES Converted)

B.S., Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology 2009
Major: Genetics
University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh | Dean's List | CGPA: 3.83 (WES Converted)

Positions and Employment
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow — Cardiac Immunology 08/2025 – Present
Dept of Physiology & Biophysics, UMMC, Jackson, MS
Advisor: Dr. Alan Mouton, Assistant Professor
Investigating how macrophage metabolism drives inflammation and cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction

Areas of Interest
Cardiovascular Immunology; Immunometabolism; Inflammation, Cardiac Remodeling; Heart Failure