Venkat Ramakrishna Ungarala, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Public Health Sciences
Biography
Hometown: Hyderabad, India
Lab affiliation (Department): Dr. Zachary Bitzer (Public Health Sciences)
Dr. Venkat Ramakrishna Ungarala is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Penn State Center for Research on Tobacco and Health. His research integrates analytical chemistry, molecular biology, and toxicology to understand oxidative stress and inflammation induced by tobacco and nicotine products. His current work focuses on evaluating how e-cigarette wick materials and e-liquid compositions influence toxicant emissions, including aldehydes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).