Farzana Begum, M.S.
Graduate Student
Farzana Begum, is a Ph.D. Graduate Student in the Maryanovich Lab. Farzana graduated from Manhattan College in 2020 with a B.S in Chemical Engineering and a minor in Mathematics. Following graduation, she began working at Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories as a chemist where she worked on developing lipid nanoparticle formulations for various mRNA vaccines and therapeutics. In 2021, Farzana joined the Viral Vaccines department of Pfizer as an associate scientist to work on propagating, characterizing, and quantifying various viruses for vaccine development. After her time as an associate scientist, Farzana entered the Ph.D. program at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2022. Farzana has now joined the Maryanovich lab and is working on investigating the mechanisms behind the effect of ROS on the immune response to Acute Myeloid Leukemia.