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“A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.”  Marie Curie (1867-1934)


Principal Investigators

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Julio F. Cordero-Morales, Ph.D.
Professor
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Valeria Vásquez, Ph.D.
​Associate Professor

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     Briar Bell, Ph.D.
     
Postdoc
     August 2024-

     
     Graduate Student (Physiology)
     February 2019 - July 2024

     

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     Manisha Bade
     Graduate Student (Biochemistry and Cell Biology)
     April 2022-
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     Angela Jaramillo, Ph.D.
    Postdoc
    July 2023-
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    Leidys French Pacheco, Ph.D.
     Research Associate
    November 2025 -    

    Research Assistant
    June 2024 - October 2025
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    Jude Campbell
    Master's student
    September 2024-
    
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             Jin Bin Tian, Ph.D.
           Assistant Professor 
           September 2025- 
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Tala Amawi
Visiting PhD Candidate (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
October 2025-

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  ​       Sahil Lall, Ph.D.
        Postdoc
        November 2025-

        
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Alumni:
Luis O. Romero, Ph.D.
Postdoc; Graduate Student; Research Coordinator
Currently: Postdoc with Teresa Giraldez, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain.
Sonia Lopez-Paz, Ph.D.
​Postdoc

Arles Urrutia, Ph.D.
Postdoc
Rebeca Caires, Ph.D.
Instructor; 
Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: 
Clinical research associate I for the Department of Global Pediatric Medicine, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Jungsoo Lee, Ph.D.
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Research Associate
Rakesh Kumar, Ph.D.
Instructor
Currently: Senior Scientist 
with Dr. Bryan Copits, Washington University
Tanbir Ahammad, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Scientist at Scientist-Catalent Pharma Solutions
Sofia Karabel 
Research Assistant
Currently: Staff Nurse, Children's of Alabama

Somdatta Saha, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Postdoc 
with Dr. Javier Gonzalez-Maeso, Virginia Commonwealth
Jonathan R.M. Millet, Ph.D. 
Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Postdoc 
with Dr. Shawn Lockery, University of Oregon
Efren García, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Senior Researcher with Dr. Scott Blanchard, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Alejandro Mata-Daboin, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar

Currently: Instructor with Dr. Jonathan Jaggar. University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Francisco (Pako) Javier Sierra-Valdez, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Assistant Professor, Tecnológico de Monterrey, México
Phanindra Velisetty, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Principal Scientist at Union Chimique Belge
Miguel Medina Muñoz, Ph.D.
Research Assistant 
Currently: Research Associate with Dr. Kerri Coon, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ramanuj Banerjee, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
​Currently: Project Scientist in the Indian Institute of Technology
Michael Kuefner, Ph.D.
Rotation Student

Currently: Principal Scientist at Arbor Biotechnologies
Alex Hughes, Ph.D.
Rotation student
Currently: Assistant Research Professor, Medicine-Medical Oncology. University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Brinda Lakshmi, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar
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