Lab Members
Current Lab Members
Wadih Arap, M.D., Ph.D.
Stringer Professor of Medicine and Experimental Diagnostic Imaging
Deputy Chairman, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1374
Houston, TX 77030
Renata Pasqualini, Ph.D.
Buchanan and Seeger Professor of Medicine and Experimental Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1374
Houston, TX 77030
Postdoctoral Fellows/Residents
- Elena Barbu, Ph.D.
- Andrey Dobroff, Ph.D.
- Bedrich Eckhardt, Ph.D.
- Wouter H. Driessen, Ph.D.
- Patrick Kelly, M.D., Ph.D.
- Bettina Proneth, Ph.D.
- Fernanda I. Staquicini, Ph.D.
Laboratory and Scientific Staff
- Lea A Bitner - Laboratory Technologist
- Marina Cardó-Vila, Ph.D. - Research Scientist
- Dawn R. Christianson, Ph.D. - Drug Development and Intellectual Property Liaison
- Natalie Hernandez - Coordinator, Procurement
- Ryan C. Hill - Programmer Analyst III
- Liliana Guzman-Rojas, Ph.D. - Research Investigator
- Katja Karjalainen, B.S. - Research Assistant II
- Jing Nie, Ph.D. - Research Scientist
- Ming D. Qian, B.S. - Laboratory Coordinator
- Roberto Rangel, Ph.D. - Research Scientist
- Nasser Salameh, Ph.D. - Research Scientist
- Connie Sun, M.S. - Laboratory Manager
- Jessica Sun, M.S., M.B. - Systems Analyst III
Graduate Students with GSBS (The Graduation School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston)
- Julianna K. Edwards, B.S. - Graduate Research Assistant
- Bronk Lawrence, B.S. - Graduate Research Assistant
- Danielle McGrath, Ph.D. - Congratulations! Ph.D. May 17, 2011
- Tracey Smith, B.S. - Graduation Research Assistant
Administrative Staff
- Kay Brown, M.B.A, B.B.M. - Grant Program Manager
- Melinda R. Peña, CPS/CAP - Senior Administrative Assistant
- Monica Tucker - Operations Manager
Visiting Scientists
Rotation Students
- Olaf Broders - University of Heidelberg Undergraduate Student, 2000
- Viviana Cintolesi - M.D., Ph.D. Student, Summer Rotation, 2007
- Jeffrey Easley - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Undergraduate Student, 2006
- Julianna Edwards - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Undergraduate Student, 2006
- Davin F. Fan - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Undergraduate Student, 2007
- Sharon Fernandez - The University of Texas - Houston Medical Student, 2001
- Annie Kwon - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Undergraduate Student, 2008
- Mark LaBarge - Stanford University Undergraduate Student, 2001
- Katherine Leskin - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Undergraduate Student, 2004
- Margaret Magdesian - University of São Paulo Undergraduate Student, 2000
- Shannon Nees - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Undergraduate Student, 2006
- Joyce Philips - The University of Texas - Houston Medical Student, 2001
- Alicia Patterson- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Undergraduate Student, 2006
- Tracey Smith - Baylor University Undergraduate Student, 2005
- Srimeenakshi Srinivasan - The University of Texas Graduate Student, 2008
Former Lab Members
list in alphabetical order
- Marco A. Arap, M.D., Ph.D. - 2002-2003 Postdoctoral Fellow
- Peter Ardelt, M.D., - 2000-2002 Postdoctoral Fellow
- Laura Bover, Ph.D., 2002 - 2004 - Postdoctoral Fellow
- Limor Chen, Ph.D., 2000 - 2003 - Postdoctoral Fellow
- Carlotta Cavazos, P.A. - Physician Assistant
- Tracy D Cooper - Grant Program Manager, Laboratory Medicine, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Flavio Curnis - San Raffaele H. Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Emmanuel Dias-Neto, Ph.D. - Visiting Assistant Professor
- Jeffrey T. Ellard, M.S. - Principal Fac Planner/Designer, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Ricardo J. Giordano, Ph.D. - Research Scientist
- Amin Hajitou, Ph.D. - Lecturer in Gene Therapy of Neurodegeneration, Imperial College, London, England
- Elizabeth O. Hileman, Ph.D.
- Aaisha A. Hussain - Laboratory Technical Assistant
- Diana Jaalouk, Ph.D., 2003 - 2006 Postdoctoral Fellow
- Erkki Koivunen, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Jaesung Kim, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow
- Kisu Kim, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow
- Mikhail Kolonin, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, UT Health Science Center
- Akihiko Kuniyasu, Ph.D., 2003 - 2004, Department of Molecular Cell Function, Graduate School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto City, Japan
- Jami A. Mandelin, Ph.D., 2006 - 2008, Postdoctoral Fellow
- Serena Marchiò, Ph.D., 2000, 2004, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Torino, Italy
- Paul J. Mintz, Ph.D. - Senior Lecturer /Associate Professor, Imperial College - London, England
- Houston J. Miller, Ph.D., 2005 (Sabbatical), Professor of Chemistry, The George Washington University
- Diana N. Nunes, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow
- Yun Oh, M.D. - Assistant Professor, Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Michael A. Pastorello - Laboratory Coordinator
- Israel Ramirez, M.S., M.B.A. - Director, Research Admin Operations, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Brad Restel, M.D. - Resident Physician, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
- Masanori Sato, M.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow
- Bobby Shelvin - Research Investigator
- Beverly J. Smith - Grant Program Coordinator
- Glauco R. Sourza, Ph.D, 2003 - 2008, Postdoctoral Fellow
- Martin Trepel, M.D, 2000 - 2001 Postdoctoral Fellow
- Michael Wang, M.D. - Assistant Professor - Lymphoma and Myeloma, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Virginia J. Yao, Ph.D., 1999 - 2001 Postdoctoral Fellow
- Amado Zurita-Saavedra, M.D., 2002 - 2004 Assistant Professor, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

