Faculty & Staff

Primary Faculty

Jeffrey J. Molldrem, M.D.
Professor & Chair 
Virginia H. Cockrell Distinguished Professor in Immunology
Executive Director, Cancer, Leukemia, and
Immunity Post Stem cEll transplant (ECLIPSE)
Scientific Director, Oncology Research for Biologics and
Immunotherapy Translation (ORBIT)

Julio Alcantara Montiel, M.D., Ph.D.
Instructor

Pavan Bachireddy, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Scientific Director, Evolution of Cancer, Leukemia, and
Immunity Project (ECLIPSE)

Rafael Casellas, Ph.D.
Professor

Karen Clise-Dwyer, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Advanced Cytometry & Sorting Facility at South Campus (ACSF)
Co-Director, Flow Cytometry & Cellular Imaging Facility

Shengqing (Stan) Gu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Pappanaicken Kumar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Sijie Lu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Qing Ma, Ph.D.
Professor

Deepa Sampath, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Sachet Shukla, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Director, Computational Biology, Cancer, Leukemia, and
Immunity Post Stem cEll transplant (ECLIPSE)
Director, Cancer Vaccine Program

Palaniraja (Raja) Thandapani, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Abel Trujillo-O'Campo, Ph.D.
Instructor

Research Personnel

Bety Alvarado-Hernandez, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
balvarado3@mdanderson.org
Shukla Lab

Rong Cai, M.S.
Sr. Research Assistant
RCai@mdanderson.org
Molldrem Lab

Doug Chan, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
ddchan@mdanderson.org
Molldrem Lab

Kathryn Cox
Flow Cytometry Lab Coordinator
kequinta@mdanderson.org
713-563-3350
South Campus Flow Cytometry Core

Faezeh Darbaniyan, Ph.D.
Sr. Data Scientist 
fdarbaniyan@mdanderson.org
Casellas Lab

David Dwyer
Flow Cytometry Lab Coordinator
ddwyer@mdanderson.org
South Campus Flow Cytometry Core

Juan Gallegos, M.S.
Data Scientist
JJGallegos@mdanderson.org
Shukla Lab

Lorena Garaicoechea, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
LLGaraicoechea@mdanderson.org
Casellas Lab

Zhongqi Ge, Ph.D.
Sr. Data Scientist
ZGe@mdanderson.org
713-792-5915
Bachireddy Lab

Helen He, Ph.D.
Principal Research Scientist
hhe@mdanderson.org
713-563-3330
Molldrem Lab

Alyssa Koch 
Research Assistant 1
ARKoch@mdanderson.org
Casellas Lab

Jaehyun Lee
Research Assistant I
JLee52@mdanderson.org
Bachireddy Lab

Xiaohong Leng, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
XLeng@mdanderson.org
713-745-7557
Bachireddy Lab

Dan Li, Ph.D.
Principal Research Scientist
danli@mdanderson.org
713-563-3349
Ma Lab

Chaomei Liu
Research Laboratory Coordinator
cliu@mdanderson.org
713-563-6134
Sampath Lab

Olawunmi Osilesi
Laboratory Technician
OOOsilesi@mdanderson.org
713-563-3373
Al-Atrash/Molldrem Lab

Veena Papanna, M.S.
Flow Cytometry Lab Coordinator
vpapanna@mdanderson.org
713-563-3345
South Campus Flow Cytometry Core

Arnau Peris Cuesta, M.B.
Associate Data Scientist
APeris@mdanderson.org
Shukla Lab

Anne V. Philips, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
AVPhilips@mdanderson.org
713-563-3337
Molldrem Lab

Na Qiao, Ph.D.
Sr. Research Scientist
nqiao@mdanderson.org
713-563-3337
Al-Atrash Lab

Kuhu Rai
Research Assistant II
krai1@mdanderson.org
Shukla Lab

Karen Ramirez
Laboratory Manager
kmramirez@mdanderson.org
713-563-3345
South Campus Flow Cytometry Core

Matthew Ramirez
Research Technician
MSRamirez1@mdanderson.org
713-563-3345
South Campus Flow Cytometry Core

Anna Sergueeva, Ph.D.
Principal Research Scientist
asergeev@mdanderson.org
713-794-4724
Molldrem Lab