Nirosha Murugan is an interdisciplinary scientist with a strong passion for research and teaching. From a top-down approach, her lab combines principles and state-of-the-art techniques from neuroscience, regenerative medicine, and cancer biology, to investigate how cancer cell fate can be reprogrammed into healthy cells using regenerative microenvironments, and in turn, how cancer microenvironments can modulate the function of distant organ systems such as the brain to induce cancer-related cognitive and neurological impairments. She has taught courses on neuroscience, human physiology, regenerative medicine, biochemistry, and biostatistics at various colleges in Northern Ontario, Laurentian University, University of Toronto, and Harvard University.

Murugan is currently an assistant professor at the Algoma University, Ontario, Canada. She has received the Governor General Award, Bronze Medal issued by the Government of Canada and the Beckman Scholar Mentorship issued by Tufts University.