Meet the Principal Investigator
Andrew Sandstrom, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
Virginia Murchison Linthicum Scholar in Medical Research
Dr. Sandstrom completed his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in the laboratory of Dr. Erin Adams where he investigated the mechanism through which human γδ T cells are able to recognize cancer- and microbe-associated metabolites. He then joined the laboratory of Dr. Russell Vance as a postdoctoral scholar. In the Vance Lab, Dr. Sandstrom described how the NLRP1B inflammasome is able to sense proteolytic cleaved by the Bacillus anthracis Lethal Factor protease. Dr. Sandstrom joined the Department of Immunology at UTSW in January of 2021.
Our Current Lab Members
Photo of the Sandstrom Lab (Fall 2025) Kira Kohlbach
Staff Scientist
Kira joined the lab in March 2021 as a staff scientist.
Harini Desikan
Graduate Student
Harini joined the lab as a graduate student in the Immunology Graduate Program in the spring of 2024.
Luis Mercado-Santiago
Graduate Student
Luis joined the lab as a graduate student in the Molecular Microbiology Graduate Program in the spring of 2024.
Andrea Guzman Paredes
Graduate Student
Andrea joined the lab as a graduate student in the Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program in the spring of 2025.
