Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Professor
FCole@MDAnderson.org
B.A., Biological Sciences, Hunter College of the City University of New York
Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University
Research Interests: Homologous recombination and germ line mutagenesis
Other Interests: Snorkeling
Favorite PCR machine: Medusa
Laura Denton
Senior Administrative Assistant
Grants Contact
LMDenton@MDAnderson.org
Laboratory Focus: Grant and fellowship submission and compliance
Other Interests: Dancing
Favorite PCR machine: Venus
Julie Beltran
Research Assistant II
JAOntiveros@MDAnderson.org
B.S., Biology, University of Houston, Downtown
Research Interests: Homologous recombination
Other Interests: Baking and sports
Favorite PCR Machine: Mercury
Lakshmi Paniker, Ph.D.
Research Investigator
LPaniker@MDAnderson.org
B.S. and M.S., Zoology, University of Kerala, India
M.S., Biology, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
Ph.D., Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala, India
Research Interests: Double-strand break repair and meiotic hot spot characterization
Other Interests: Gardening
Favorite PCR machine: Mojo
Lisa M. Shriver, C.A.P.
Senior Administrative Assistant
Administrative Contact
LMShriver@MDAnderson.org
Laboratory Focus: Educational Appointments, Summer Program in Cancer Research
Other Interests: Cooking, baking and crafting
Former Members
Joanna Baird
Research Assistant I
Currently, Executive Director, Willow Springs Recovery
Suhani Bhakta
Summer Undergraduate Fellow
Graduate of Texas A&M
Malthilde Biot
M.S. Student
Graduate of Ph.D. program, University of Montpellier, France
Parijat Chakraborty, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Andrew Gage Chance
Summer High School Fellow
Graduate of UT Austin (Biology)
Dennia M. Castro
Research Assistant I
Currently, Research Assistant I, UT MD Anderson
Sierra Cole
Summer Undergraduate Fellow
Currently, Ph.D. student at University of North Carolina
Honorine Destain
Summer Undergraduate Fellow
Currently, Ph.D. student at University of Chicago
Melissa Frasca
Summer Undergraduate Fellow and Ph.D. Student
Currently, Research Data Coordinator, UT MD Anderson
Rueben Flores
Summer High School Fellow
Went on to Flatonia State College
Isabella Ferranti
Research Assistant I
Currently, graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
Mikalah (Gribbell) Ward, MD
Summer Undergraduate Fellow
Graduate of Michigan State College of Human Medicine M.D. Program
Holly Hamilton, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently working at Agendia, Inc.
Ericka S. Humphrey, M.S.
Research Assistant I
Currently, graduate student at UT MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Jiaying "Nebula" Han, Ph.D.
Summer Undergraduate Fellow
Graduate of Rice University
Graduate of Ph.D. program at UCLA
Currently, Associate Director, Corporate Development, Kriya Therapeutics
Rhea Kang, Ph.D.
Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently Scientist III at Luminex
Vindhya Kilaru
Summer Undergraduate Fellow
Graduate of University of California, Berkeley College of Engineering
Currently, Ph.D. candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Emely Larios, M.S.
Master's student
Currently, GSBS graduate student
Summer undergraduate student Nebula Han presents her research project
Lorie Leyva
Summer Undergraduate Fellow
Graduate of Texas A&M, Corpus Christi
Keshav Naick
Summer Undergraduate Intern
Graduate of UT Austin
Currently, Product Consultant at PerfectServe
Linda Odenthal-Hesse
Odyssey Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Pl?n, Germany
Iyineoluwa Okulate
Summer Undergraduate Fellow
Graduate of University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Currently, Associate Researcher, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Aastha Pandey, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Scientist, UT MD Anderson
Tolkappiyan Premkumar
Graduate Student
Currently, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Lindsey Ran
Summer Undergraduate Fellow
Graduate of Rice University
Currently, Research Technician II at Baylor College of Medicine
Maria Sandoval
Senior Research Assistant
Currently pursuing her M.B.A.
Jihan Schepmann
Summer Undergraduate Fellow
Graduate of Southwestern University
Currently, Ph.D. student in organic chemistry, UT Southwestern
April Weiss
Laboratory Technician III
Maciej (Maciek) Zelazowski, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently, Senior Research Associate, Precision for Medicine