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
Joint Faculty
Gheath Alatrash, D.O., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Stem Cell Transplantation & Cellular Therapy
Medical Director, Cancer, Leukemia, and
Immunity Post Stem cEll transplant (ECLIPSE)
Jin Seon Im, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Stem Cell Transplantation & Cellular Therapy
Yair Reisner, Ph.D.
Professor
Stem Cell Transplantation & Cellular Therapy
Adjunct Faculty
Gang Bao, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Jason T. George, M.D, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
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
Research Personnel (cont.)
Lisa St. John, Ph.D.
Scientific Manager
lstjohn@mdanderson.org
713-563-3351
Molldrem Lab
Pariya Sukhumalchandra
Research Investigator
psukhuma@mdanderson.org
713-563-3352
Molldrem Lab
Maria Tanguma
Sr. Clinical Studies Coordinator
mctangum@mdanderson.org
713-563-5295
Molldrem Lab
Marco Williams
Sr. Clinical Investigation Tech
mljeffer@mdanderson.org
713-563-5295
Molldrem Lab
Chunlei Yu, M.S.
Associate Computational Scientist
CYu5@mdanderson.org
Shukla Lab
Ling Yu, Ph.D.
Research Investigator
lingyu@mdanderson.org
Molldrem Lab
Mao Zhang, M.P.H.
Research Investigator
MZhang3@mdanderson.org
Al-Atrash Lab
Administrative Personnel
Roxanna Anaya
Administrative Coordinator
RAnaya@mdanderson.org
713-794-4851
Kendall Coleman
Grant Program Manager
KDColeman@mdanderson.org
713-792-0959
Gina Dimiceli, M.S.W.
Administrative Director
gdimiceli@mdanderson.org
713-792-3503
April Holubar
Associate Director Research Planning/Development
adkral@mdanderson.org
713-745-0132
Rhonda Levi, M.P.A.
Executive Assistant
RLLevi@mdanderson.org
713-792-5268
Ami Patel, M.B.A.,M.H.A.
Financial Analyst
avala@mdanderson.org
346-723-2821
Trainees
Timothy Bi
MD/PhD Graduate Student
tmbi@mdanderson.org
Bachireddy Lab
Qierra Brockman, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
qbrockman@mdanderson.org
Bachireddy Lab
Valerio Ciaurro, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
vciaurro@mdanderson.org
Thandapani Lab
Wenjie Chen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
wchen20@mdanderson.org
Gu Lab
Yu-Hsiang Chen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
YChen50@mdanderson.org
Bachireddy Lab
Daisy Diaz-Rohena
PhD Graduate Student
DYDiaz@mdanderson.org
713-745-7555
Sampath Lab
Nicole Dawson
SHP Student
NDawson@mdanderson.org
713-563-9497
Molldrem Lab
Maison Grefe
MS Graduate Student
MGrefe@mdanderson.org
713-794-4851
Im Lab
Srinath Muralidharan Lakshmivenkatesh
PhD Graduate Student
SLakshmivenkates@mdanderson.org
Shukla Lab
Fengyi Mao, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
fmao1@mdanderson.org
Casellas Lab
Samer Mathkour
PhD Graduate Student
smathkour@mdanderson.org
Shukla Lab
Amal Mechaal, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
AMechaal@mdanderson.org
Bachireddy Lab
Vishakha Pawar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
VPawar@mdanderson.org
Sampath Lab
Jyotsana Singh, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
JSingh1@mdanderson.org
Sampath Lab
John R. Sanchez
PhD Graduate Student
jrsanchez@mdanderson.org
Sampath Lab
Olga Sizova, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
OSizova@mdanderson.org
713-563-3334
Molldrem Lab
Rolando Vedia, M.S.
PhD Graduate Student
RAVedia@mdanderson.org
Molldrem Lab
Charmelle Williams
PhD Graduate Student
cdwilliams7@mdanderson.org
Sampath Lab