Lab Members

Zackery Bulman, PharmD

Zack is from Rochester, NY and went to Pharmacy School at the University at Buffalo. He also completed his Infectious Diseases Pharmacology Fellowship in Buffalo and has been working at UIC as an Assistant Professor since 2017. He currently serves as the Treasurer for the International Society of Anti-Infective Pharmacology and is an Editor for the American Society for Microbiology Journal, mSystems.

Nidhi Singh, PhD, Research Specialist

Nidhi is from India and she received her PhD in 2017 from Vellore Institute of Technology, India. She has numerous publications pertaining to her research projects. Previously she also worked for Ball Horticultural Company, West Chicago. She joined the Precision Antimicrobial Laboratory in September 2020.

Brooke Curry, PharmD, Infectious Diseases Pharmacology Fellow

Brooke is from Monument, CO and graduated from the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. She completed a PGY1 at Texas Children’s Hospital and an Infectious Diseases PGY2 with the UConn School of Pharmacy/Connecticut Children’s.

Arunkumar Karunanidhi, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate

Arun is from Tamil Nadu, India, and he received his PhD in 2016 from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. Previously, he worked as a Postdoctoral Scholar at Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia and as a Project Scientist at Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India. His area of research interest is antimicrobial drug discovery and he started his postdoctoral research in the Precision Antimicrobial Laboratory in May 2023.

Neera Kadiyala, Research Assistant

Neera is from Buffalo Grove, IL, and is currently a PharmD candidate at UIC College of Pharmacy, Class of 2024. She began working in the Precision Antimicrobial Laboratory during her undergraduate years in order to complete her Honors Capstone Project at UIC. After coming into pharmacy school, she continues to work toward this project. Neera was also a Student Awardee for the ACCP Foundation Futures Grant for 2021 under Dr. Bulman’s supervision.

Nene Bah, Research Assistant

Nene Bah is from Chicago, IL and is currently a PharmD candidate for the UIC College of Pharmacy, class of 2024. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Northeastern Illinois University. She is passionate about research and is interested in developing new strategies to treat resistant bacteria.

Osayamen Obanor, Research Assistant

Osayamen is from Katy, TX and graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She is currently a PharmD candidate at UIC College of Pharmacy, Class of 2026 and joined the Precision Antimicrobial Laboratory in May 2023 as part of the Riback Summer Program.