Lab Members

Margarida Almeida Santos, Ph.D. 
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor
MIAlmeidaSantos@mdanderson.org
B.S./M.S., Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Lisbon School of Sciences, Portugal
Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences, Immunology, University of Lisbon Medical School and Gulbenkian Institute of Science, Portugal
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Research Interests: DNA damage and epigenetics in cancer stem cells

Guozhen Gao, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
ggao2@mdanderson.org
B.S., Biology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
Ph.D., Microbiology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Peter Harkins, B.S.
Research Assistant II
prharkins@mdanderson.org
B.S. (Cellular and Molecular Biology) University of Houston-Downtown

Jee Won Hwang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
jhwang4@mdanderson.org
M.S./B.S., Molecular Biology, Pusan National University, Korea
Ph.D., Epigenetics, Sookmyung Women’s University, Korea

Ishita Rehman, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
irehman@mdanderson.org
B.Sc., Microbiology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
M.Sc., Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Ph.D., Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University via Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India

Renee Rubiano, B.A.
GSBS Graduate Student
B.A. (Biochemistry) Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
 

Jôsimar Dornelas Moreira, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
M.S., Pharmacology, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Pharm.D., Unitri - Centro Universitário do Triângulo, Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ph.D., Clinical Immunology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil