Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Sharon Y. R. Dent, Ph.D. (formerly Sharon Y. Roth)
Professor
sroth@mdanderson.org
Originally from Garland, Texas
B.Sc. University of North Texas
Ph.D. Rice University
Research Interests: Functions and regulation of histone modifying enzymes; epigenetics
Ying-Jiun "Candy" Chen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
ychen382@mdanderson.org
Originally from Taiwain
B.S. in Plant Pathology, National Chung-Hsing University
Ph.D. in Biotechnology, Academia Sinica and National Chung-Hsing University
Research Interests: Epigenetic regulation in cancer
Bhaskara Govinal Badiger, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
bgovinal@mdanderson.org
Originally from India
B.Sc. in Chemistry, Botany and Zoology, Gulbarga University, Karnataka, India
M.Sc. in Biotechnology, Gulbarga University, Karnataka, India
Ph.D. in Biotechnology, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica and National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan
Research Interests: Epigenetics, transcriptomics and post-translational modifications
Kashmira Ghatge, M.S.
Research Assistant II,
ksghatge1@mdanderson.org
Originally from Mumbai, India
B. Tech in Genetic Engineering, SRM University, India
Master of Molecular Biology, University of Queensland, Australia
Research Interests: Cancer biology, cancer genetics, epigenetics
Evangelia Koutelou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
ekoutelou@mdanderson.org
Originally from Athens, Greece
B.S. University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Ph.D. University of Crete, Heraklion – Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO
Research Interests: Chromatin remodeling complexes in mouse development
Xianghong Kuang, M.D.
Research Scientist
xkuang@mdanderson.org
Originally from China
M.S. in Pharmacology, West China University of Medical Sciences
M.D. West China University of Medical Sciences
Research Interests: The role of histone modifying enzymes in cancer or other diseases
Andrew Salinger, M.S.
Laboratory Manager
apsalinger@mdanderson.org
Originally from Brownsville, TX
B.S. Texas A&M University, College Station
M.S. Texas A&M University, College Station
Former Lab Members
Graduate Students
- Hsueh-Ping (Eva) Chao, Ph.D.
- Yi-Chun (EJ) Chen, Ph.D.
- Yvonne A. Evrard, Ph.D.
- Aimee Farria, Ph.D.
- Ling Huang, Ph.D.
- Eun Ah Kim, Ph.D.
- Xianjiang Lan, Ph.D.
- John Latham, Ph.D.
- Wenchu Lin, Ph.D.
- Wenqian (Vera) Li, Ph.D.
- Huy Phan, Ph.D.
- Brian A. Rowley, B.A., B.S.
- Andria Schibler, Ph.D.
- Geri Srajer, Ph.D.
- Tamara Tripic, Ph.D.
- Li Wang, Ph.D.
- Anjanette Watson, Ph.D.
- Wanting Xu, Ph.D.
- Ke Zhang, Ph.D.
- Wenzhen Zhang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellows
- Boyko Atanassov, Ph.D.
- James R. Bone, Ph.D.
- Ping Bu, Ph.D.
- Jill S. Butler, Ph.D.
- Renée Chosed, Ph.D.
- Judy Davie, Ph.D.
- Diane Edmondson, Ph.D.
- Calley Hirsch, Ph.D.
- Qihuang Jin, Ph.D.
- Yanjie Li, Ph.D.
- Alejandra Loyola, Ph.D.
- Yukio Makai, Ph.D.
- Tania Malave, Ph.D.
- Michael McAndrew, Ph.D.
- Lisa Mustachio, Ph.D.
- Urszula (Ula) Polak, Ph.D.
- Andria Schibler, Ph.D.
- Rod Weilbacher, Ph.D.
- Marenda Wilson-Pham, Ph.D.
- Shannon Wyszomierski, Ph.D.
- Zhijing (Jay) Zhang, Ph.D.
- Jenny Zhao, Ph.D.
Research Scientists/Investigators/Assistant Professors
- Marek Napierala, Ph.D.
- Louis S. Ramagli, Ph.D.
- Tim Macatee
Lab Managers
- Madelene M. Coombes
Research Assistants
- Suzanne Barzee
- Cherie Coco
- Rebecca Lewis
- Elizabeth McIvor
- Alissa Tuttle
- Denise Woods