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
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
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