Anika Kalra joined the Kwon Lab in 2026 as a Bioinformatics Research Technician II. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Biology with a minor in Engineering Entrepreneurship from the University of Pennsylvania and her Master of Science in the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Her graduate research focused on a meta-analysis in R examining the impact of microplastics on the gut microbiome of mice. At the Kwon Lab, she executes existing sequencing and metagenomic pipelines, develops and optimizes new analytical workflows, and contributes to data analysis across projects. Outside of the lab, Anika enjoys hot yoga, trying new soup recipes, and traveling.