Ali Nazmi, Ph.D.

I was born and grew up in Egypt. I earned a Bachelor's degree in Poultry Production and a Master's degree in Poultry Breeding from Ain Shams University in Cairo. Then, I moved to the University of California Davis where I earned a Ph.D. in Animal Biology, primarily focused on chicken immune responses against viral diseases. In 2017, I started my first postdoctoral training in Dr. Olivares-Villagómez laboratory at Vanderbilt University Medical Ccenter. My current research investigates the roles of iCD8alpha cells and osteopontin in the survival of intraepithelial lymphocytes during homeostasis and inflammation in mice and humans.