Faculty & Staff
Jeffrey J. Molldrem, M.D.
Professor & Chair
Virginia H. Cockrell Distinguished Professor in Immunology
Leader of Cancer, Leukemia, and Immunity Post Stem cEll transplant (ECLIPSE)
Scientific Director, Oncology Research for Biologics and Immunotherapy Translation (ORBIT)
Rafael Casellas, Ph.D.
Professor
Karen Clise-Dwyer, Ph.D.
Professor
Qing Ma, Ph.D.
Professor
Deepa Sampath, Ph.D.
Professor
Pavan Bachireddy, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Andrew Dunbar, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Shengqing (Stan) Gu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Sijie Lu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Sachet Shukla, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Palaniraja (Raja) Thandapani, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Zhihong Zeng, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Julio Alcantara Montiel, M.D., Ph.D.
Instructor
Wingchi Leung, Mb.Ch.B., Ph.D.
Instructor
Dustin McCurry, M.D.
Instructor
Abel Trujillo-O'Campo, Ph.D.
Instructor
Joint Faculty
Gheath Al-Atrash, D.O., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Stem Cell Transplantation & Cellular Therapy
Jin-Seon Im, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Stem Cell Transplantation & Cellular Therapy
Adjunct Faculty
Gang Bao, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Jason George, M.D., Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Alejandro Marinos Velarde, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Research Personnel
Beatriz (Bety) Alvarado-Hernandez, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
balvarado3@mdanderson.org
Shukla Laboratory
Jared Brottem
Research Assistant II
jcbrottem@mdanderson.org
Thandapani Laboratory
Rong Cai, M.S.
Research Investigator
RCai@mdanderson.org
Molldrem Lab
Doug Chan, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
ddchan@mdanderson.org
Molldrem Lab
Kathryn Cox
Flow Cytometry Lab Coordinator
kequinta@mdanderson.org
713-563-3350
South Campus Flow Cytometry Core
Emerie Danson
Assistant Data Scientist
eedanson@mdanderson.org
Bachireddy Laboratory
Faezeh Darbaniyan, Ph.D.
Sr. Data Scientist
fdarbaniyan@mdanderson.org
Casellas Lab
Linda Fabris
Sr. Research Scientist
lfabris@mdanderson.org
Dunbar Lab
Juan Gallegos, M.S.
Data Scientist
JJGallegos@mdanderson.org
Shukla Laboratory
Zhongqi Ge, Ph.D.
Sr. Data Scientist
ZGe@mdanderson.org
713-792-5915
Bachireddy Laboratory
Maison Grefe
Research Assistant II
MGrefe@mdanderson.org
713-794-4851
Im Lab
Hong (Helen) He, Ph.D.
Principal Research Scientist
hhe@mdanderson.org
713-563-3330
Molldrem Lab
He Huang
Research Assistant II
hhuang7@mdanderson.org
Gu Laboratory
Abdul Khalique, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
akhalique@mdanderson.org
Thandapani Laboratory
Jaehyun Lee
Research Assistant II
JLee52@mdanderson.org
Bachireddy Laboratory
Xiaohong Leng, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
XLeng@mdanderson.org
713-745-7557
Bachireddy Laboratory
Dan Li, Ph.D.
Principal Research Scientist
danli@mdanderson.org
713-563-3349
Ma Lab
Chaomei Liu
Research Investigator
cliu@mdanderson.org
713-563-6134
Sampath Lab
Olawunmi Osilesi
Laboratory Technician
OOOsilesi@mdanderson.org
713-563-3373
Molldrem Lab
Bohu Pan
Data Scientist
bpan2@mdanderson.org
Shukla Laboratory
Veena Papanna, M.S.
Flow Cytometry Lab Coordinator
vpapanna@mdanderson.org
713-563-3345
South Campus Flow Cytometry Core
Shaohua Peng
Research Investigator
speng@mdanderson.org
Al-Atrash Lab
Arnau Peris Cuesta, M.B.
Associate Data Scientist
APeris@mdanderson.org
Shukla Laboratory
Anne V. Philips, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
AVPhilips@mdanderson.org
713-563-3337
Molldrem Lab
Na Qiao, Ph.D.
Sr. Research Scientist
nqiao@mdanderson.org
713-563-3337
Al-Atrash Lab
Kuhu Rai
Research Assistant II
krai1@mdanderson.org
Shukla Laboratory
Karen Ramirez
Laboratory Manager
kmramirez@mdanderson.org
713-563-3345
South Campus Flow Cytometry Core
Matthew Ramirez
Research Technician
MSRamirez1@mdanderson.org
713-563-3345
South Campus Flow Cytometry Core
Lorena Rusciano, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
LLGaraicoechea@mdanderson.org
Casellas Lab
Anna Sergueeva, Ph.D.
Principal Research Scientist
asergeev@mdanderson.org
713-794-4724
Molldrem Lab
Lisa St. John, Ph.D.
Scientific Manager
lstjohn@mdanderson.org
713-563-3351
Molldrem Lab
Pariya Sukhumalchandra
Research Investigator
psukhuma@mdanderson.org
713-563-3352
Molldrem Lab
Maria Tanguma
Sr. Clinical Studies Coordinator
mctangum@mdanderson.org
713-563-5295
Molldrem Lab
Shishir Waghray
Research Assistant I
swaghray@mdanderson.org
Dunbar Lab
Danwei Wang
Research Assistant II
dwang20@mdanderson.org
Gu Laboratory
Marco Williams
Sr. Clinical Investigation Technician
mljeffer@mdanderson.org
713-563-5295
Molldrem Lab
Chunlei Yu, M.S.
Associate Computational Scientist
CYu5@mdanderson.org
Shukla Laboratory
Ling Yu, Ph.D.
Research Investigator
lingyu@mdanderson.org
Molldrem Lab
Yu Zhou
Sr. Data Scientist
yzhou18@mdanderson.org
Thandapani Laboratory
Mengchuan Zhuang
Assistant Data Scientist
mzhuang1@mdanderson.org
Bachireddy Laboratory
Postdoctoral Fellows
Valerio Ciaurro, Ph.D.
vciaurro@mdanderson.org
Thandapani Laboratory
Wenjie Chen, Ph.D.
wchen20@mdanderson.org
Gu Laboratory
Yu-Hsiang Chen, Ph.D.
YChen50@mdanderson.org
Bachireddy Laboratory
Fengyi Mao, Ph.D.
fmao1@mdanderson.org
Casellas Lab
Amal Mechaal, Ph.D.
AMechaal@mdanderson.org
Bachireddy Laboratory
Vishakha Pawar, Ph.D.
VPawar@mdanderson.org
Sampath Lab
Dongyan Song, Ph.D.
dsong3@mdanderson.org
Casellas Lab
Priyanshu Srivastava, Ph.D.
psrivastava@mdanderson.org
Thandapani Laboratory
Bijal Thakkar, Ph.D.
bkthakkar@mdanderson.org
Bachireddy Laboratory
Jing Zhang, Ph.D.
jzhang42@mdanderson.org
Bachireddy Laboratory
Students
Aya Albittar
College Student
aaalbittar@mdanderson.org
Shukla Laboratory
Timothy Bi
M.D./Ph.D. Student
tmbi@mdanderson.org
Bachireddy Laboratory
Daisy Diaz-Rohena
Ph.D. Graduate Student
DYDiaz@mdanderson.org
713-745-7555
Sampath Lab
Juline Deppen
Graduate Research Assistant
jndeppen@mdanderson.org
Shukla Laboratory
Arya Draksharam
College Student
adraksharam@mdanderson.org
Shukla Laboratory
Julian Gascoyne
Graduate Research Assistant
jmgascoyne@mdanderson.org
Shukla Laboratory
Nina Howard
Research Medical Student
nghoward@mdanderson.org
Gu Laboratory
Audra Iness
Rotating Research Resident
aniness@mdanderson.org
Bachireddy Laboratory
Shruthi Kannan
Graduate Research Assistant
skannan3@mdanderson.org
Bachireddy Laboratory
Rithvik Katikaneni
College Student
rkatikaneni@mdanderson.org
Bachireddy Laboratory
Srinath Muralidharan Lakshmivenkatesh
Ph.D. Graduate Student
SLakshmivenkates@mdanderson.org
Shukla Laboratory
Samer Mathkour
Ph.D. Graduate Student
smathkour@mdanderson.org
Shukla Laboratory
Evan Medina
College Student
emedina2@mdanderson.org
Shukla Laboratory
Joshua Morse
M.D./Ph.D. Student
jmorse1@mdanderson.org
Molldrem Lab
Rishi Pasumarthi
College Student
rpasumarthi@mdanderson.org
Bachireddy Laboratory
John R. Sanchez
Ph.D. Graduate Student
jrsanchez@mdanderson.org
Sampath Lab
Rolando Vedia, M.S.
Ph.D. Graduate Student
RAVedia@mdanderson.org
Molldrem Lab
Trisha Wathan
Graduate Research Assistant
twathan@mdanderson.org
Molldrem Lab
Charmelle Williams
Ph.D. Graduate Student
cdwilliams7@mdanderson.org
Sampath Lab
Administrative Personnel
Annalea Elwell, B.S., M.B.A.
Department Administrator
abelwell@mdanderson.org
713-563-3334
Roxanna Anaya
Administrative Manager
RAnaya@mdanderson.org
713-794-4851
Kendall Coleman
Administrative Director, Research Program
KDColeman@mdanderson.org
713-792-0959
Sheena Gittens, B.S.
Senior Administrative Assistant
sagittens@mdanderson.org
713-745-6484
Ami Patel, M.B.A., M.H.A.
Senior Financial Analyst
avala@mdanderson.org
346-723-2821
Sanchez Steele, M.S.
Grant Program Coordinator
sksteele@mdanderson.org
832-728-6885
Dean Williams, B.S.
Administrative Coordinator
ddwilliams7@mdanderson.org
713-794-4197