Meghna Gupta is a tenure-track assistant professor at OHSU. She started the research group in February 2024. She received extensive experience in membrane protein structural biology using CryoEM and X-ray crystallography as a postdoctoral scholar and specialist in the Stroud lab at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). During this time she received a postdoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association (AHA) followed by a K99/R00 pathway to independence award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA)/NIH for her research on peroxisome biology.

Nitesh Kumar Khandelwal is a Research Assistant Professor in the department and associated with the Gupta lab. He began this position at OHSU in January 2025. Prior to this, he completed postdoctoral training at the University of California, San Francisco, and the University of Arizona. His expertise lies in fungal pathogenesis and membrane protein structural biology.

Paras Kumar is a postdoctoral scholar in the Gupta Lab at OHSU, where he joined in July 2025. Before joining OHSU, he served as a Junior Specialist in the Stroud Lab at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He earned his Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University in India, where his research focused on the structural and functional characterization of SLC26 transporters. He holds an M.Sc. in Microbiology from Banaras Hindu University and a B.Sc. in Microbiology from the University of Delhi, India. His research expertise spans yeast genetics, molecular biology, membrane protein purification, and single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (CryoEM). Paras is currently investigating the mechanisms of cellular proteostasis and protein quality control, with a specific focus on peroxisomal pathways.