Lab Members
Allan John R. Barcena
Graduate Student
ajbarcena@mdanderson.org
B.S. in Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila
M.D.-Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine (Candidate), University of the Philippines Manila
Research Interests: Absorbable cell-loaded/drug-eluting cardiovascular medical devices
Erin Marie D. San Valentin
Graduate Student
edsan@mdanderson.org
B.S. in Agricultural Biotechnology, University of the Philippines Los Banos
MSc in Molecular Medicine (Candidate), St. Luke’s Medical Center – College of Medicine (Philippines)
Research Interests: Nanocarriers for theranostic applications
Marvin R. Bernardino
Research Data Coordinator
mrbernardino@mdanderson.org
Research Interests: Microsurgery, 3D printing
Carleigh Klusman
Medical Student, Baylor College of Medicine
carleigh.klusman@bcm.edu
B.S. in Biomolecular Science, University of Michigan
Research Interests: Interventional Radiology, Medical Devices
Benjamin Martin
Medical Student, Baylor College of Medicine
benjamin.martin@bcm.edu
B.S. in Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA
Research Interests: Oncology, Surgical Oncology
Melancon Lab Alumni – Postdoctoral Fellows
Jossana Damasco, Ph.D. (03/2018-06/2022)
Chemistry, University at Buffalo
Currently a Research Scientist at Nanocomposix (Fortis Life)
Daniel Hagaman, Ph.D. (08/2019-05/2020)
Chemistry, Drexel University
Currently a Senior Scientist at Locus Performance Ingredients
Li Tian, Ph.D. (07/2014-03/2018)
Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah
Currently a Staff Fellow at Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Burapol Singhana, Ph.D. (02/2013-03/2018)
Department of Chemistry, University of Houston
Currently a faculty member at Thammasat University and Chulabhorn International College of Medicine, Thailand
Melancon Lab Alumni – Graduate and Medical Students
Huckie Del Mundo, M.D.
Joy Perez, M.D.: Ph.D. Candidate
Raniv Rojo, M.D.: Ph.D. Candidate
Melancon Lab Alumni – Medical Students
Ashley Chang, M.D.
Aaron Chen, M.D.
Adam Swigost, M.D.
Patrick Lee, M.D.
Yang Qiao, M.D.
Melancon Lab Alumni – Undergraduates
Sarah Honegger
Ajay Kumar
Olivia Liu
Noel Vincent
Amy Mu
Paul Behlau
Karthik Thapa
James Feng
Thomas Rogers
Linfeng Lu
Saisree Ravi
Lucas Wang
Patrick Slattery