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 Associate Editor for the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents.

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 and has become a leader in the laboratory during her tenure.

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.

Jackson Watkins, MSc, Research Specialist

Jackson is from Denver, Colorado and graduated with an MSc from Northwestern University in Earth and Planetary Sciences (2024), as well as an MSc from Colorado State University in Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology (2020). His research interests and background include inactivation of respiratory pathogens, antibiotic resistant organisms, and -omic approaches for understanding microbial community dynamics. In addition, he teaches courses in climate and ecology at the College of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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.