Hi! I’m Mihir, a fourth year undergraduate at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)! I am currently working towards obtaining my B.S. in Computational and Systems Biology and intend on attending graduate school in Genetics/Genomics as a PhD student in Fall 2025. I am currently supervised by Dr. Paivi Pajukanta.

My Research

I’m currently interested in exploring the basis of disease, specifically obesity and other cardiometabolic traits, through integration of genetic and epigenetic omics data. Specifically, I have worked with single-nucleus RNA and ATAC sequencing data, as well as built polygenic risk scores (PRS) to quantify genetic/variant level risk for cardiometabolic traits. I am eager to pursue further studies within this realm, as well as explore the effects of genetic variation between populations on disease.

My Interests

1. Genetic variation
2. Risk associations for disease
3. Sports/Gym
4. Exploring new music genres
5. Travel