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

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

Renee Rubiano, M.S.
Graduate Student
B.A., Biochemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
M.S., The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
 

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