Laxmicharan Samineni is PhD student at at the University of Texas at Austin. He is currently working on developing protein enhanced affordable point-of-use filters for enhanced pathogen removal. His research interests include protein-protein interactions, clean bed filtration models, plant based antimicrobial proteins. Before pursuing doctoral studies, he finished his master’s degree in chemical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (2013-2015), India and then worked for two years as a Process Scientist in the area of Crystallization process development at a pharmaceutical company in India (2015-2017). He graduated from National Institute of Technology in Warangal, India with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering in 2011. He is co-advised by Dr. Manish Kumar and Dr. Tom Truskett