title: Harshini Mukundan
text: # Harshini Mukundan
  
  Harshini Mukundan is an Indian-American microbiologist. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  
  ## Life
  
  She grew up in India. Mukundan received her Bachelor's of Science Degree in Microbiology from the University of Delhi in 1995. In 1997, she earned in Master's Degree in Microbiology from Barkatullah University and then went on to complete her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
  
  From 2006, she worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Her work focuses on developing tools for detecting infectious diseases.
  
  She appeared in “Mission Unstoppable”.
  
  