Bio

Dr. Saini received his DVM (1996-2001) from College of Veterinary Sciences, Palampur (India) and MVSc in Veterinary Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2001-2003) from College of Veterinary Sciences, Pantnager (India). Thereafter, he completed a Senior Research Fellowship (2003-2005) at Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar (India). He received a dual-PhD (Genetics and Toxicology) under the supervision of Dr. John LaPres at Michigan State University in 2009. After completing postdoctoral training (2010-2014) in the laboratory of Dr. Richard Boucher at the University of North Carolina (UNC), he was promoted to the rank of research instructor at Marsico Lung Institute. He then joined LSU/SVM in 2014 as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. In 2019, he received early tenure with promotion to Associate Professor. Most recently in August 2023, he joined NCSU/CVM as full professor in the department of Population Health and Pathobiology.

 

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Publications

• Acute ozone exposure results in airway epithelial and immune cell disturbances in mice , Inhalation Toxicology (2026)
• Deficiency of ZFP36L1 and ZFP36L2 impairs liver homeostasis and initiates cholestatic liver injury , Hepatology Communications (2026)
• Gene duplication and retrotransposition diversify the antiviral repertoire of macaque IFITM proteins , bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2026)
• Impacts of Mislabeled ECIG Liquids on Primary Particulate Matter Emissions , Toxics (2026)
• Myeloid cell-specific HMGB1 deficiency exaggerates mucoinflammatory responses but promotes bacterial clearance in mucoinflammatory lung disease , Scientific Reports (2026)
• Prior acute ozone injury modulates inflammatory responses to subsequent repetitive ozone exposures in mice , Scientific Reports (2026)
• Single-cell transcriptomics reveal alveolar macrophage-specific responses in single-hit ozone exposure model in mice , American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology (2026)
• Airway epithelial cell-specific deletion of EGFR modulates mucoinflammatory features of cystic fibrosis-like lung disease in mice , Frontiers in Immunology (2025)
• Optimizing Neutrophil Recruitment to Tackle Bacterial Infections , American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology (2025)
• Prior acute ozone injury dampens Th2 responses to subsequent repetitive ozone exposures in mice , Research Square (2025)

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