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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.
Associate Professor
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Valeria Vásquez, Ph.D.
​Associate Professor

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Luis Romero Garcia, Ph.D.
Postdoc
​March 2024 -


Graduate Student (Physiology)
January 2020 - March 2024 
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​Research Coordinator
May 2017 - December 2019
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​[email protected]


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     Briar Bell, Ph.D.
     
Postdoc
     August 2024-

     
     Graduate Student (Physiology)
     February 2019 - July 2024
     
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     [email protected]​


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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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Sonia Paz, Ph.D.
Postdoc
March 2024-

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    Leidys French Pacheco, Ph.D.
    Research Assistant
    June 2024-

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    Jude Campbell
    Master's student
    September 2024-
    
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Arles Urrutia, Ph.D.
Postdoc
October 2024-

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Alumni:
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: @ Washington University, with Dr. 
Bryan Copits.
Tanbir Ahammad, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Scientist at Scientist-Catalent Pharma Solutions
Sofia Karabel 
Research Assistant
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: Principal Scientist at Union Chimique Belge
Miguel Medina Muñoz
Research Assistant 
Currently: Postdoc @ University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ramanuj Banerjee, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
​Currently: Research Associate in the 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
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