Lab Members

Denae Neill, B.S.
Senior Research Assistant 
DWJohnson3@MDAnderson.org
Research interests: FLASH radiation therapy, preclinical treatment, hypoxia studies
Alma Mater: Texas A&M University

Brett Velasquez, B.S.
Senior Research Assistant
BDVelasquez@MDAnderson.org
Research interests: Physics-based modeling in medical research, systems research
Alma Mater: University of Houston

Edgardo Aguilar, B.A.
Laboratory Technician
EAAguilar1@MDAnderson.org
Research interests: FLASH-RT, animal models use in research
Alma Mater: University of Houston

Alexander Baikalov, M.S.
Research Assistant II
ARBaikalov@MDAnderson.org
Research interests: FLASH radiotherapy, spatially fractionated radiotherapy, radiochemistry
Alma Mater: Technical University of Munich, Germany (M.S., B.S.)
 

Nolan Esplen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
NMEsplen@MDAnderson.org

 

Lucy Whitmore, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
LWhitmore@MDAnderson.org
Research interests: FLASH radiotherapy, VHEE radiotherapy, beam optics, cancer research, medical imaging
Alma Mater: University of Manchester
 

Elise Konradsson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
EKKonradsson@MDAnderson.org
Research interests: FLASH RT, translational cancer research, radiobiology, dosimetry
Alma Mater: Lund University, Sweden
 

Trey Waldrop, B.A.
M.D./Ph.D. Student, Radiation Physics Research
TWaldrop@MDAnderson.org
Research interests: Radiobiology, FLASH-RT, tumor microenvironment, tumor immunology
Alma Mater: Augustana University (SD)
 

Kevin Liu, M.S.
Graduate Research Assistant
KLiu1@MDAnderson.org
Research interests: FLASH, radiation detection and dosimetry, radiation biology
Alma Mater: Columbia University (M.S.), University of Michigan (B.S.E.)

Emily Caggiano, B.S.
Graduate Research Assistant
EGCaggiano@MDAnderson.org
Research interests: Cancer, drug development, metastasis, metabolism
Alma Mater: Ohio University Honors Tutorial College
Twitter: @ecagg15

Alan Lopez, M.S.
Graduate Research Assistant
AELopez@MDAnderson.org
Research interests: Radiotherapy, FLASH-RT, Monte Carlo simulations
Alma Mater: The University of Texas at El Paso (M.S., B.S.)

Luke Connell, M.S.
Graduate Research Assistant 
LConnell@MDAnderson.org
Research Interests: FLASH radiation therapy, additive manufacturing in RT
Alma Mater: Columbia University (M.S.), Ramapo College of New Jersey (B.S.)

Nihar Shetty
Undergraduate Student 
NShetty1@mdanderson.org
Research Interests: FLASH radiation therapy, Measurement Software

Safee Baig
Undergraduate Student 
SABaig@mdanderson.org
Research Interests: FLASH radiation therapy