Dr. Ram Khattri

After completing masters in physical chemistry (from Tribhuvan University, Nepal), I joined The University of Akron, Ohio and received my 2nd Masters followed by PhD in bio-analytical chemistry under the supervision of Dr. Thomas C. Leeper in 2016. I initiated my Post-Doctoral education at UF in the NIH funded Southeastern Center for Integrated Metabolomics (SECIM) in 2016 under the supervision of Dr. Matthew E. Merritt for three years. As a SECIM post doc, I worked with samples ranging from body fluids to freeze clamped tissues from living systems. I also initiated metabolomics and fluxomic studies based on 1H, 2H, and 13C NMR in skeletal muscle as part of a NIH funded pilot project awarded to Elisabeth Barton (mechanics core PI). I worked with Dr. Walter and Barton as a Post-Doctoral Fellow (from July, 2018-July, 2019) to expand my knowledge of muscle and pathophysiology, particularly as related to the muscular dystrophies. From July, 2020 (in Dr. Terence Ryan's lab in UF), I am working on studies related to discovery of the mechanisms of muscle dysfunction in chronic kidney disease, impaired mitochondrial energetics as a driver of hemodialysis and the roles of PFKFB3 in peripheral artery disease.