“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

Julio F. Cordero-Morales, Ph.D.
​(he, him, his)
Associate Professor of Physiology
jcordero@uthsc.edu
Valeria Vásquez, Ph.D.
(she, her, hers)
​Associate Professor of Physiology
​vvasquez@uthsc.edu
Rebeca Caires, Ph.D.
Instructor
2021 - 

Postdoctoral Fellow
2016 - 2021
rcaires@uthsc.edu
Luis Romero Garcia.
Graduate Student (Physiology track)
January 2020-
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​Research Coordinator
May 2017 - December 2019
lromerog@uthsc.edu
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     Briar Bell, MSc.
     Graduate Student (Physiology track)
     February 2019-
     bbell16@uthsc.edu
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     Jungsoo Lee, Ph.D.
     Research Associate
     June 2019-
     jlee240@uthsc.edu
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     Manisha Bade
     Graduate Student (Physiology track)
     April 2022-
     mbade@uthsc.edu​
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     Rakesh Kumar, Ph.D.
    Instructor
    July 2022-
    rkumar15@uthsc.edu​
Alumni:
Tanbir Ahammad, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Potsdoc @ The University of Kansas
Sofia Karabel 
Research Assistant
Currently: Nashville Zoo
 Somdatta Saha, Ph.D.
 Postdoctoral Fellow
 Currently: Postdoc @ Virginia Commonwealth, with Dr. Javier Gonzalez-Maeso
Jonathan R.M. Millet, Ph.D. 
Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Postdoc @ University of Oregon, with Dr. Shawn Lockery
 Efren Garcia, Ph.D.
 Postdoctoral Fellow
 Currently: Postdoc @ St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, with Dr. Taosheng Chen​
Alejandro Mata-Daboin, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar
Currently: Postdoc @ UTHSC, with Dr. Jonathan Jaggar
Francisco (Pako) Javier Sierra-Valdez, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Assistant Professor @ Tecnológico de Monterrey
Phanindra Velisetty, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: ​Staff Scientist @ ‎EMD Serono 
Miguel Medina Muñoz
Research Assistant 
Currently: Postdoc @ University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ramanuj Banerjee, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
​Currently: Department of Biological Sciences and
Bioengineering Indian Institute of Technology.
Michael Kuefner, Ph.D.
Rotation Student
Currently: Scientist at Arbor Biotechnologies
Alex Hughes
Rotation student
Currently: Graduate Student @ St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Brinda Lakshmi, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar