Akankshi Munjal
Faculty Representative
Akankshi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell Biology. Growing up in India, she earned her BS degree in Biology from Delhi University. She then pursued a PhD at Aix-Marseille University in France. In 2016, Akankshi moved to the United States for a postdoctoral position in Harvard Medical School. She joined Duke University in 2022, and established the “Principles of Tissue Morphogenesis Lab.” Her research focuses on using zebrafish embryos to study how organs with the right shapes and sizes form. Akankshi hopes to bring a multicultural perspective to the cell biology community and make academia inclusive and collaborative at all levels.