Manik Reddy
5th year Graduate Student in Chemistry
reddymr@umich.edu
Hometown: Bangalore, India/St. Paul, MN
In the Bailey Lab, Manik is working on the characterization of latent tuberculosis infection and pediatric sepsis using the microring resonator technology.
GET TO KNOW Manik
Undergraduate Degree: 2021 B.A. in Chemistry from Macalester College in Saint Paul, MN
Favorite food: Toast with garlic butter
Favorite sports to watch: Cricket
Favorite place visited: New Zealand
If you were not doing science, what would you be doing? I’d be a teacher!
What can people find you doing outside of the lab? Playing the piano!
PUBLICATIONS
Multiplexed Protein Diagnostics for Complex Infection-Associated Conditions: Advancing Proof of Concept Biosensors toward Clinical Deployment, A. Vajrala, M.R. Reddy, R.C. Bailey, Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2026.118842
Multiparameter antigen-specific immunoprofiling in subjects with negative IGRA and TST results with potential M. tuberculosis exposures, B. Pathakumari, L.E. Gutierrez, S.A. Faisal, P.A. Sanchez, K. Daniel, V.V Keulen, H.R. Hilgart, M.R. Reddy, E. Theel, R. Laniado-Laborin, J.M. Clain, T. Peikert, R.C. Bailey, P. Escalante, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2026. DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2026.1837269
Multiplexed cytokine profiling identifies diagnostic signatures for latent tuberculosis and reactivation risk stratification, K. Meserve, C.A. Chapman, M. Xu, H. Zhou, H.M. Robison, H.R. Hilgart, P.P. Arias-Sanchez, B. Pathakumari, M.R. Reddy, K.A. Daniel, T.M. Cox, C.L. Erskine, P.K. Marty, M. Vadiyala, S. Karnakoti, V.V. Keulen, E. Theel, T. Peikert, C. Bushell, M. Welge, R. Laniado-Laborin, R. Zhu, P. Escalante, R.C. Bailey, PLOS One, 2025. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316648
Implementation and Evaluation of a ChatGPT-Assisted Special Topics Writing Assignment in Biochemistry, M.R. Reddy, N.G. Walter, Y.V. Sevryugina, ACS Journal of Chemical Education, 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00226