Lab Members
Meet my Team
The Awosile Lab is powered by a dynamic and interdisciplinary team committed to advancing public health through One Health, epidemiology, and antimicrobial resistance research. We bring together researchers, students, and collaborators across disciplines to tackle some of the most pressing health challenges of our time.
Yamima Tasnim (PhD fellow)
Yamima Tasnim is a dedicated PhD student in One Health Sciences, combining her expertise in Mathematics and Epidemiology. Growing up in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, she earned her BSc and MSc in Mathematics from Jahangirnagar University and a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the American International University-Bangladesh. Yamima had done her internship as a research associate at the Bangladesh National Nutrition Council and the Directorate General of Health Services and served as a health-seeking behavior and practice counselor at a medical camp by the Rotary Club of Mukto Swadesh during COVID-19 in Bangladesh.
She began her journey as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Fall of 2022, supported by the TTU Graduate Fellowship (Distinguished Graduate Student Assistantship-DGSA). Her current research focuses on the diagnostics of beta-lactam antimicrobial resistance (AMR) within the One Health framework, with a particular emphasis on the phylogenomic study of beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and microbial diversity from diverse hosts, including migratory geese, cattle, dogs, horses, pigs, coyotes, wild hogs, and environmental samples from across the USA. Using advanced techniques like LC-DAD-MS and MALDI-TOF-MS, Yamima has demonstrated her technical proficiency in AMR detection.
She has completed coursework in One Health concepts, biostatistics, food safety, leadership, applied One Health, and population health and management. Her active engagement in prestigious conferences—such as the American Society for Microbiology (2023), the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases (2024), the International One Health Symposium (2024), and the Amarillo Research Symposium2024—showcases her commitment to advancing research in her field. Currently, she is serving as the treasurer of the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine Graduate Student Association (TTUSVM-GSA), demonstrating her leadership qualities.
Md. Kaisar Rahman (PhD Candidate)
As a devoted veterinarian and aspiring epidemiologist, Md Kaisar Rahman’s enthusiasm lies in unraveling the intricate connections at the human-animal-environment interface to comprehend and proactively mitigate diseases affecting both animals and humans. He completed his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) and Masters in Epidemiology from Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University. He served as a Research Officer (Epidemiology) in the USAID PREDICT-2 project, a collaboration between EcoHealth Alliance and the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control, and Research in Bangladesh from 2017 to 2021. Currently, he is immersed in his doctoral journey in One Health Sciences, with a focus on Epidemiology, where he actively contributes as a graduate research assistant. His PhD research titled “Epidemiological distribution of beta-lactamase genes in Enterobacteriaceae at the One Health interface in the United States“.
His research endeavors span a diverse range, including epidemiological disease surveillance and outbreak investigation on emerging infectious diseases. He has engaged in studies such as Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Resistance, Food safety, Surveillance data analytics, Systematic reviews, Meta-analyses, Quantitative analysis, and Predictive modeling.
Rahman’s academic achievements have been recognized through numerous awards, including the Helen DeVitt Jones Graduate Fellowship (2022-2025) and the Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2024-2025). He also contributes to the academic community as a reviewer for journals like Infection and Drug Resistance, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Veterinary Medicine and Science, Antibiotics, and BMC Veterinary Research.
Dr. Saroj Gopali (Post doctoral fellow)
Saroj Gopali is a Post Doctoral Research Associate. He received the B.S. degree in Computer Science, Master’s degree in Software Engineering and Ph.D degree in Computer from the Texas Tech University, Lubbock. His industry experience includes a software internship at Nemalife, where he developed object detection model. He participated as an Entrepreneur Lead in the National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program 2022 Summer I cohort. In this role, he collaborated with his team to conducted over 100 interviews with professionals, tested numerous hypotheses on social engineering prevention, and successfully pitched a startup idea that was selected for the TTU Accelerate 2023 cohort.
He has research experience in Time series, Deep learning models, Natural Language Processing, and Large language models in IoT, cybersecurity. His research interest includes Time series analysis, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Cybersecurity, Deep learning, Machine learning, and Large language model.
His academic excellence and research contributions have been recognized through several awards, including the TTU Outstanding Thesis Dissertation Award 204 and the Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship for the academic year 2023-2024. He actively contributes to the academic community as a reviewer and program committee member for conferences and journals such as IEEE BigEACPS, IEEE COMPSAC, MDPI Electronics, Processes, MDPI IoT and ACM SAC.