Gowthaman Uthaman, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at UMass Chan Medical School. He received his PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University in India and completed his postdoctoral training at Yale University. During his postdoctoral work, he identified Tfh13 cells as a specialized T follicular helper cell population required for the production of high-affinity, anaphylactic IgE and uncovered a central role for cDC2s in priming Tfh cell responses. He established his independent laboratory at UMass Chan in October 2020, where his group studies how innate immune cells and cytokine signals regulate Tfh13 differentiation and pathogenic antibody responses, with the broader goal of understanding the mechanisms that distinguish protective from disease-causing humoral immunity. Gowthaman's research has been recognized with several awards and honors, including the Smith Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, the Charles H. Hood Foundation Child Health Research Award, and the Gershon Fellowship.