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PhD Scientific Writer & Publication Strategist | Immunology, Infectious Disease & Multi-Omics Expert

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I am a PhD-trained scientific writer, publication strategist, and biomedical researcher with 18+ years of experience transforming complex genetic, immunologic, and translational research into clear, accurate, and impactful scientific communications. I specialize in producing high-quality manuscripts, reviews, grant narratives, institutional regulatory-aligned documentation, and data-driven analyses for academia, biotech, and clinical research teams. With a publication record of 20+ peer-reviewed papers, I bring deep experience in crafting compelling scientific stories supported by rigorous multi-omics analytics. I have led and coordinated cross-functional publication teams, managed full manuscript pipelines, and developed scientific narratives that have supported more than $8M in awarded research funding. My expertise spans molecular biology, microbiology, immunology, infectious diseases, computational biology, machine learning, and clinical translation. I am highly proficient in R/Bioconductor for data interpretation and analysis, and figure generation, and in producing publication-ready visualizations, executive summaries, and scientific presentations. I help clients develop polished, well-structured, and scientifically sound documents that are aligned with journal, regulatory, and stakeholder expectations—delivered with reliability, clarity, and strategic insight.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Microbiome Research
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Omics
• ☆ Transcriptomics
• ☆ Genomics
• ☆ Epigenetics
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Image Processing
• ☆ Predictive Modeling & Analytics
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Data Exploration
• ☆ Cluster Analysis
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Data Manipulation
• ☆ Machine Learning
• ☆ Data Mining
• ☆ Data Cleaning
• ☆ R
• ☆ Medical Writing
• ☆ Medical Content Writing
• ☆ Research Summaries & Abstracts
• ☆ Medical Copywriting
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Experimental Protocols
• ☆ SOP & Protocol Writing
• ☆ White Papers
• ☆ Case Studies
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Literature Review
• ☆ Systematic Literature Review
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Grant Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Medical Writing, Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Meta-Research, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Healthcare Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Image Analysis, Algorithm Design-ML, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Basic Life Research Scientist

Stanford University School of Medicine

November 2021 - Present

Postdoctoral Scholar

Stanford University School of Medicine

June 2019 - November 2021

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Boston College

July 2016 - May 2019

Education

Ph.D. Genetics and Genomics (Molecular and cell biology)

University of Connecticut

August 2007 - July 2016

B.tech Industrial Biotechnology (Biotechnology)

Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute

July 2003 - May 2007

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Maxim E. Zaslavsky, Erin Craig, Jackson K. Michuda, Nidhi Sehgal, Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Ji-Yeun Lee, Khoa D. Nguyen, Ramona A. Hoh, Tho D. Pham, Katharina Röltgen, et al. (2025). Disease diagnostics using machine learning of B cell and T cell receptor sequences . Science.

Ti-Hsuan Ku, Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Elizabeth J Zudock, Ryuichiro Abe, Samuel Yang (2025). Neutrophil extracellular traps have active DNAzymes that promote bactericidal activity . Nucleic Acids Research.

Ryuichiro Abe, Jyong-Huei Lee, Siew Mei Chin, Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Kristel C. Tjandra, April M. Bobenchik, Kathleen E. Mach, Joseph C. Liao, Pak Kin Wong, Samuel Yang (2025). Precision single cell analysis to characterize host dependent antimicrobial response heterogeneity in physiological medium . Lab on a Chip.

Kristel C. Tjandra, Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Manuel Roshardt, Elizabeth J. Zudock, Zhaonan Qu, Kathleen E. Mach, Okyaz Eminaga, Joseph C. Liao, Samuel Yang, Pak Kin Wong (2024). Growth independent morphometric machine learning workflow for single-cell antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Klebsiella pneumoniae to meropenem . Frontiers in Imaging.

Naomi L. Haddock, Layla J. Barkal, Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Gernot Kaber, Charles Y. Chiu, Ami S. Bhatt, Samuel Yang, Paul L. Bollyky (2023). Phage diversity in cell-free DNA identifies bacterial pathogens in human sepsis cases . Nature Microbiology.

Kristel C. Tjandra, Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Ryuichiro Abe, Tza-Huei Wang, Samuel Yang (2023). Rapid Molecular Phenotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test for Neisseria gonorrhoeae Based on Propidium Monoazide Viability PCR . ACS Infectious Diseases.

Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Angela J. Rogers, Catherine A. Blish, Kari C. Nadeau, Elizabeth J. Zudock, David Kim, James V. Quinn, Lixian Sun, Oliver Liesenfeld, Samuel Yang, et al. (2022). Using a 29-mRNA Host Response Classifier To Detect Bacterial Coinfections and Predict Outcomes in COVID-19 Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department . Microbiology Spectrum.

Kristel C. Tjandra, Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Ryuichiro Abe, Marjan M. Hashemi, Jyong-Huei Lee, Siew Mei Chin, Manuel A. Roshardt, Joseph C. Liao, Pak Kin Wong, Samuel Yang(2022). Diagnosis of Bloodstream Infections: An Evolution of Technologies towards Accurate and Rapid Identification and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing . Antibiotics. 11. (4). p. 511. {MDPI} {AG}

Kristel C. Tjandra, Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Ryuichiro Abe, Marjan M. Hashemi, Jyong-Huei Lee, Siew Mei Chin, Manuel A. Roshardt, Joseph C. Liao, Pak Kin Wong, Samuel Yang (2022). Diagnosis of Bloodstream Infections: An Evolution of Technologies towards Accurate and Rapid Identification and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing . Antibiotics.

Nikhil Ram-Mohan, David Kim, Angela J Rogers, Catherine A Blish, Kari C Nadeau, Andra L Blomkalns, Samuel Yang (2022). Association Between SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia and Postacute Sequelae of COVID-19 . Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

Nikhil Ram-Mohan, David Kim, Elizabeth J Zudock, Marjan M Hashemi, Kristel C Tjandra, Angela J Rogers, Catherine A Blish, Kari C Nadeau, Jennifer A Newberry, James V Quinn, et al. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia Predicts Clinical Deterioration and Extrapulmonary Complications from COVID-19 . Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Simone A Thair, Ulrike M Litzenburger, Steven Cogill, Nadya Andini, Xi Yang, Howard Y Chang, Samuel Yang (2021). Profiling chromatin accessibility responses in human neutrophils with sensitive pathogen detection . Life Science Alliance.

Marjan M. Hashemi and Nikhil Ram-Mohan and Xi Yang and Nadya Andini and Nicholas R. Gessner and Karen C. Carroll and Tza-Huei Wang and Samuel Yang(2020). A novel platform to accelerate antimicrobial susceptibility testing in Neisseria gonorrhoeae using RNA signatures . Journal of Clinical Microbiology. American Society for Microbiology

Nikhil Ram-Mohan and Michelle M. Meyer(2020). Comparative Metatranscriptomics of Periodontitis Supports a Common Polymicrobial Shift in Metabolic Function and Identifies Novel Putative Disease-Associated ncRNAs . Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. Frontiers Media {SA}

(2019). Regulatory context drives conservation of glycine riboswitch aptamers . PLOS Computational Biology.

(2018). The Transcriptional landscape of Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4 reveals a complex operon architecture and abundant riboregulation critical for growth and virulence . PLOS Pathogens.

Indu Warrier, Carlos Javier Orihuela, Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Zeyu Zhu, Ariana Hazery, Haley Echlin, Jason Rosch, Michelle M. Meyer, Tim van Opijnen(2018). The Transcriptional landscape of Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4 reveals a complex operon architecture and abundant riboregulation critical for growth and virulence . PLOS Pathogens. 14. (12). p. e1007461. Public Library of Science ({PLoS})

Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Aharon Oren, R. Thane Papke(2016). Analysis of the bacteriorhodopsin-producing haloarchaea reveals a core community that is stable over time in the salt crystallizers of Eilat, Israel . Extremophiles. 20. (5). p. 747--757. Springer Nature

R. Papke, Paulina Corral, Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Rafael Haba, Cristina Sánchez-Porro, Andrea Makkay, Antonio Ventosa(2015). Horizontal Gene Transfer, Dispersal and Haloarchaeal Speciation . Life. 5. (2). p. 1405--1426. {MDPI} {AG}

Nikhil Ram Mohan, Matthew S. Fullmer, Andrea M. Makkay, Ryan Wheeler, Antonio Ventosa, Adit Naor, J. Peter Gogarten, R. Thane Papke(2014). Evidence from phylogenetic and genome fingerprinting analyses suggests rapidly changing variation in Halorubrum and Haloarcula populations . Frontiers in Microbiology. 5. Frontiers Media {SA}

Nikhil Ram Mohan, Olga Zhaxybayeva, Ramunas Stepanauskas, R. Thane Papke(2013). Cell sorting analysis of geographically separated hypersaline environments . Extremophiles. 17. (2). p. 265--275. Springer Nature

PREPRINT

Ti-Hsuan Ku, Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Elizabeth J Zudock, Ryuichiro Abe, Samuel Yang (2023). Neutrophil Extracellular Traps have DNAzyme activity that drives bactericidal potential .

Kristel C. Tjandra, Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Ryuichiro Abe, Tza-Huei Wang, Samuel Yang (2023). Rapid molecular phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility test forNeisseria gonorrhoeaebased on propidium monoazide viability PCR .

Kristel C. Tjandra, Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Manuel Roshardt, Elizabeth Zudock, Zhaonan Qu, Kathleen E. Mach, Okyaz Eminaga, Joseph C. Liao, Samuel Yang, Pak Kin Wong (2022). Machine Learning Workflow for Single-Cell Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing ofKlebsiella pneumoniaeto Meropenem in Sub-Doubling Time .

NL Haddock, LJ Barkal, N Ram-Mohan, G Kaber, CY Chiu, AS Bhatt, S Yang, PL Bollyky (2022). The circulating phageome reflects bacterial infections .

Maxim E. Zaslavsky, Erin Craig, Jackson K. Michuda, Nidhi Sehgal, Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Ji-Yeun Lee, Khoa D. Nguyen, Ramona A. Hoh, Tho D. Pham, Katharina Röltgen, et al. (2022). Disease diagnostics using machine learning of immune receptors .

Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Angela J. Rogers, Catherine A. Blish, Kari C. Nadeau, Elizabeth J Zudock, David Kim, James V. Quinn, Lixian Sun, Oliver Liesenfeld, Samuel Yang(2022). Detection of bacterial co-infections and prediction of fatal outcomes in COVID-19 patients presenting to the emergency department using a 29 mRNA host response classifier . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Andrea M. Makkay, Artemis S. Louyakis, Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Uri Gophna, J. Peter Gogarten, R. Thane Papke (2020). Insights into gene expression changes under conditions that facilitate horizontal gene transfer (mating) of a model Archaeon .

Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Simone A. Thair, Ulrike M. Litzenburger, Steven Cogill, Nadya Andini, Xi Yang, Howard Y. Chang, Samuel Yang (2020). Integrative profiling of early host chromatin accessibility responses in human neutrophils with sensitive pathogen detection .

(2019). Regulatory context drives conservation of glycine riboswitch aptamers . [].

OTHER

Nikhil Ram-Mohan, David Kim, Angela J Rogers, Catherine A Blish, Kari C Nadeau, Andra L Blomkalns, Samuel Yang(2021). Association Between SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia and Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Nikhil Ram-Mohan, David Kim, Elizabeth J Zudock, Marjan M Hashemi, Kristel C Tjandra, Angela J Rogers, Catherine A Blish, Kari C. Nadeau, Jennifer A Newberry, James V Quinn, et al.(2020). SARS-CoV-2 RNAaemia predicts clinical deterioration and extrapulmonary complications from COVID-19 . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Michelle M. Meyer(2019). Comparative metatranscriptomics of periodontitis supports a common polymicrobial shift in metabolic function and identifies novel putative disease-associated ncRNAs . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Matt Crum, Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Michelle M. Meyer(2019). Regulatory context drives conservation of glycine riboswitch aptamers . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Indu Warrier, Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Zeyu Zhu, Ariana Hazery, Michelle M Meyer, Tim van Opijnen(2018). The Transcriptional landscape of Streptococcus pneumoniae reveals a complex operon architecture and abundant riboregulation critical for growth and virulence . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Indu Warrier, Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Zeyu Zhu, Ariana Hazery, Michelle M Meyer, Tim van Opijnen(2018). The Transcriptional landscape of Streptococcus pneumoniae reveals a complex operon architecture and abundant riboregulation critical for growth and virulence . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

CONFERENCE POSTER

(2017). Etiology of the progression of Periodontitis: A meta survey of the genes and putative regulatory mechanisms driving disease. Boston Bacterial Meeting.

(2013). Analysis of geographically distant hypersaline waters reveals unique halobacterial community compositions. Halophiles.

(2013). Structure in a halobacterial community on a temporal scale. Halophiles.

(2011). Diversity of Bacteriorhodopsins in Hypersaline Waters from Geographically Distant Salterns. GRC Archaea.

(2011). Diversity of Bacteriorhodopsins in Hypersaline Waters from Geographically Distant Sites. NEMPET.

(2010). Diversity of Bacteriorhodopsins in Hypersaline Waters from Geographically Distant Salterns. Halophiles.

(2009). Developing a Genetic Model for Halorubrum spp. ASM.

DISSERTATION THESIS

(2016). Haloarchaeal Species Genesis: Diversity, Recombination, and Evolution . University of Connecticut.

CONFERENCE ABSTRACT

(2012). Island Biogeography – A glimpse into Haloarchaeal Communities. NEMPET.