Molecular & Cellular Medicine Faculty and Staff
Principal Faculty
Hubert Amrein, PhD
Professor, Vice Dean of Research
Sensory perception of external chemical world; Molecular/neural basis of sugar and amino acid perception
Vytas Bankaitis, PhD
Professor and Wehner-Welch Foundation Chair in Chemistry
Cellular functions and novel lipid-mediated signal transduction pathways
Kayla Bayless, PhD
Associate Professor
How human endothelial cells, which line interior surface of blood vessels, invade into 3D matrices
Sarah Bondos, PhD
Associate Professor
Tissue-specific regulation of protein function; Functionalizable protein-based materials
Allison C. Rice-Ficht, PhD
Regents Professor
Senior Associate Vice President Research
Director of the Center for Microencapsulation & Drug Delivery
Using biomaterials for controlled release of live and subunit vaccines
Carl Gregory, PhD
Associate Professor
Biology of mesenchymal stem cells and their relation to bone healing
Jun-yuan Ji, PhD
Associate Professor
Cell cycle and transcriptional regulation during development and tumorigenesis
Geoffrey Kapler, PhD
Professor and Head
Replication and transmission of eukaryotic chromosomes
Jason Karpac, PhD
Assistant Professor
Cellular, systemic adaptive signaling networks regulating metabolic homeostasis and affecting aging process
Ryang-Hwa Lee, PhD
Assistant Professor, Institute of Regenerative Medicine
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of therapeutic effects of mesenchymal stem cells
Fei Liu, PhD
Associate Professor
Mesenchymal stem cells' roles in growth and metastasis of cancer; Application of MSCs for cancer treatment
Steve Maxwell, PhD
Associate Professor
Cancer; Oncogenes; Tumor suppressor; Genes programmed cell death (apoptosis); Chemoresistance; and Angiogenesis
Siegfried Musser, PhD
Professor and Associate Head
Molecular mechanism of protein transport across biological membranes
Darwin J. Prockop, PhD
Professor, Director of Institute for Regenerative Medicine Mesenchymal stem cells' therapeutic benefits for brain injury, epilepsy, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease
J. Martin Scholtz, PhD
Professor, Executive Associate Vice President for Research
Protein folding and misfolding using biophysical techniques
Ashok K. Shetty, PhD
Professor, Associate Director, Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Enhancing brain function after injury, disease or aging
Irtisha Singh, PhD
Assistant Professor
Computational Biology, Genomics, Epigenetics, Machine Learning, Bioinformatics
Raquel Sitcheran, PhD
Associate Professor
NF-B (nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells) proteins role in regulating cancer cell behavior
David Threadgill, PhD
Professor, The Tom and Jean McMullin Chair of Genetics,
Director of the Whole Systems Genomics Initiative at Texas A&M
Cancer genetics; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Environmental response genetics; and Systems genetics resources
Gregg B. Wells, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Role of protein structure in diseases
Robin Fuchs-Young, PhD
Professor
Institute for Biosciences and Technology
Basic mechanisms of breast carcinogenesis
Joint Faculty Appointments
Angela Arenas-Gamboa, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Assistant Professor
Vaccine development against select agents
Roderick H. Dashwood, PhD
Professor and Director
Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms in cancer development
Scott Dindot, PhD
Assistant Professor
Epigenetic and genetic mechanisms of phenotypic variation and disease
Sheila Dobin, PhD
Associate Professor
Improve patient outcomes and physician screening for referral to genetics/genetic testing
L. Rene Garcia, PhD
Associate Professor
Chemo/mechano-sensory and motor outputs changes under various physiological conditions
Yun (Nancy) Huang, PhD
Assistant Professor
DNA methylation/demethylation balance maintenance in mammals; Aberrant DNA methylation contribution to cancer
Thomas J. Kuehl, PhD
Professor
Mingyao Liu, PhD
Professor
Cells receiving/processing information from physiochemical environments under normal and disease conditions
Wenshe Liu, PhD
Professor
Understanding of the epigenetic chromatin regulation and the development of therapeutics that target chromatin epigenetics
Deqiang Sun
Assistant Professor
Biological insights in transcriptional and epigenetic regulation in development and diseases
Robert Yu-Lin Tsai, PhD
Associate Professor
Molecular mechanism that drives self-renewing proliferation of stem cells
James E. Womack, PhD
W.P. Luse Endowed & Distinguished Professor
Comparative genomics with emphasis on evolutionary relationships of mammalian genomes
Fen Wang, PhD
Professor & Director
Molecular basis of cell signaling; Aberrant cell signaling leading to birth defects and cancers
Research Faculty
Rachel Lynch, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Metastatic colorectal cancer
Tetsuya Miyamoto, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Neuroscience
Raimund Ober, PhD
Research Professor
Molecular/cellular biology; cancer therapeutics; and immunology
Roxanne Reger, MS
Research Assistant Professor
Deborah Threadgill, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
E. Sally Ward, PhD
Research Professor
Autoimmunity and cancer therapeutics
Zhigang Xie, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Molecular/cellular mechanisms regulating neural stem cell homeostasis in the developing mammalian brain
Emeritus Faculty
Garret M. Ihler, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Adjunct Professor
Arthur E. Johnson, PhD
Regents Professor Emeritus
C. Nick Pace, PhD
Distinguished Professor
Regents Professor
McMullin Professor of Genetics
Protein solubility, stability, and folding
Robert D. Wells, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Center for Genome Research
Institute of Biosciences & Technology
Research Staff
Abbey, Colette
abbey@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Research Associate
142 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0761
Abraham, Anish, PhD
aabraham@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0657
Ahn, Ji-Eun
ahn@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
242 Reynolds Bldg.
979.436.0802
Amaral, M. Elisabete, PhD
amaral@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Research Scientist
455 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0866
Attaluri, Sahithi, MPharm
attaluri@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Research Assistant
240 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9672
Bageshwar, Umesh, PhD
bageshwar@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Research Scientist
448 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0861
Bewaji, Oluwatosin
obewaji@tamhsc.edu
Project Manager
202 Reynolds Bldg.
979.436.0788
Bing, Shuai, MD
shuai@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Senior Research Associate
240 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9656
Challa, Dilip, PhD
dilip@wardoberlab.com
Postdoctoral Research Associate
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0740
Chao, Jerry Yen-Ching, PhD
chao@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0659
Chen, Yan, PhD
yanchen@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
242 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0798
Cho, Junhaeng, PhD
junhaengcho@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0741
Chowdhury, Rajdeep, PhD
rchowdhury@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
448 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0861
Cornstubble, Zaida
cornstubble@tamhsc.edu
Research Assistant
428 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0852
Cuomo, Danila
cuomo@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Visiting Scholar/Research Assistant
428 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0852
Dang, Hung Quang, PhD
hqdang@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Research Scientist
455 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0866
Dave, Sandeep, PhD
dave@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
448 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0861
Dayani, Laila
dayani@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Senior Research Associate
240 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9656
Fujii, Shinsuke, PhD
fujii@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Associate Research Scientist
242 Reynolds Bldg.
979.436.0798
Grabon, Aby
abygrabon@gmail.com
Research Assistant
116 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0756
Hai, Bo, DDS, MD
bhai@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
370 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9646
Hillhouse, Drew, PhD
hillhouse@tamu.edu
Research Assistant Professor
428 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
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Jung, Jiung, PhD
jjung@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
113 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0748
Kang, Xiaofeng, PhD
XFKang@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Associate Research Scientist
425 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0847 or 458.1549
Khare, Priyanka, PhD
khare@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0744
Kim, Hyemee, PhD
hyemeekim@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
228 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0969
Kodali, Maheedhar, PhD
kodali@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
240 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9657
Lambertz, Isabel
lambertz@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Research Specialist
210 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0786
Lee, Dong, PhD
dwlee@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
113 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0748
Liu, Mengmeng, PhD
mengmengliu@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
233 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0797
Liu, Qisong
qisongliu@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
228 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0969
Madhu, Leelavathi Narayana, PhD
madhu@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
240 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9660
McDermott, Mark, PhD
mcdermott@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Assistant Research Scientist
116 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0756
Milutinovic, Bojana, PhD
milutinovic@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
228 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0696
Mitra, Eeshika
emitra@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Research Assistant
240 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9680
Miyamoto, Chika
cmiyamoto@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Lab Technician
249 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0802
Mlih, Mohammed, PhD
mlih@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
238 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0766
Mo, Min, PhD
mo@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0741
Murphy, Wesley
wmurphy@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Research Assistant
116 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0756
Nitcher, Megan
mmnitcher@tamu.edu
Research Assistant
428 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0852
Person, Alexandra
aperson@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Research Associate
204 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0779
Rao, Xiaolan, BA
rao@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Research Assistant 240 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9656
Reed, Catrina, PhD
creed@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Research Scientist
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0741
Shi, Xiangyu
shi@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Research Assistant
233 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0766
Spier, Madison
spier@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Research Assistant
210 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0784
Storey, Stephen, PhD
storey@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Assistant Research Scientist
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0743
Sun, Wei, PhD
sun@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0740
Swiercz, Rafal, PhD
swiercz@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Research Scientist
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0741
Tripathi, Ashutosh, PhD
tripathi@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
116 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0756
Vogel, Andrew
vogel@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Research Assistant
240 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0852
Upadhya, Raghavendra, PhD
rupadhya@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
240 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9659
Wang, Bo
bwang@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0659
Wang, Xiaoli
xiaoli.wang@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0741
Zahabiyon, Mahla
zahabiyonkuroda@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Research Assistant
228 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9681
Zeitouni Gregory, Suzanne, PhD
zeitouni@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
426 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9648
Zhao, Qingguo, PhD
qzhao@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
370 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9646
Zhao, Xiao, PhD
xzhao@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
238 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0766
Graduate Research Assistants
Arabiotorre Duran, Angela
arabiotorreduran@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
116 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0756
Booth, Rebecca
rmbooth@tamu.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
261 Reynolds Bldg.
979.436.0806
Haskell, Andrew
haskell@tamu.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
426 Reynolds Bldg.
979.436.9652
Hemba Waduge, Rajitha Udakara Sampath
sampath@tamu.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
233 Reynolds Bldg.
979.436.0797
Kamradt, Michael
kam1987@mac.com
Graduate Assistant-Research
105 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0748
Lee, Dongju
dongjulee@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
116 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0756
Li, Xiao
icymoon@neo.tamu.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
233 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0797
Luo, Linjie
lluo@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
226 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0788
Mantilla Rojas, Carolina
cmantillar@tamu.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
428 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0852
Martinez, Elliott
elliott.martinez@tamu.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
116 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0756
McNeill, Eoin
mcneill@medicine.tamhsc
Graduate Assistant-Research
426 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9652
Mendes, Gabriela
mendesgg@tamu.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
261 Reynolds Bldg.
979.436.0806
Molaei, Maral
mmolaei@cvm.tamu.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
238 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0766
Osborn, Benjamin
ruy343@tamu.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
116 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0756
Pan, Simin
span@tamhsc
Graduate Assistant-Research
426 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9652
Pflug, Kathryn (Casey)
pflug@tamu.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
113 Reynolds Bldg.
979.436.0748
Popp, Julie
jpopp@cvm.tamu.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
428 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0852
Rafiee Vahid, Milad
rafieevahid@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0659
Ramakrishnan, Sreevidhya
ramakrishnan@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
446 Reynolds Bldg.
979.436.0741
Sakai, Andrei
sakai@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
448 Reynolds Bldg.
979.436.0861
Salvador, Anna
annacsalvadr@tamu.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
428 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0852
Scoggin, Kristin
scoggin@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
428 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0852
Sveeggen, Timothy
sveeggen@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
142 Reynolds Bldg.
979.436.0761
Vandehoef, Crissie
cvandehoef@medicine.tamhsc
Graduate Assistant-Research
238 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0766
Wahl, Kim, DVm
kwahl@cvm.tamu.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
428 Reynolds Bldg.
979.436.0852
Wang, Yaxi
yaxi.wang@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
116 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0756
You, Sungyong
syou@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0664
Zhang, Linying
linyingzhang@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
455 Reynolds Bldg.
979.436.0866
Zheng, Yuanning
yzheng@medicine.tamhsc
Graduate Assistant-Research
226 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0788
Staff
Jones, Cari
cari-jones@tamu.edu
Senior Administrative Coordinator
4209 Medical Research Education Building II
979.436.0856
Eubanks-Garcia, Lisa
leubanks@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Business Administrator I
4209 Medical Research Education Building II
979.436.0855
Garcia, Cynthia
cgarcia@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Business Coordinator I
228 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0509
Griffin, Amy
agriffin@tamhsc.edu
Business Coordinator I
4209 Medical Research Education Building II
979.436.0854
Student Employees
Badillo, Victoria
Badillo@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Student Worker
440 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0858
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Student Worker
142 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0761
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Student Worker
426 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9652
El Nihum, Lamya
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Student Worker
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0805
Eldouh, Amir
amire22@tamu.edu
Student Worker
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0805
Fernandez de la Vega, Joshua
joshvega17@tamu.edu
Student Worker
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0805
Field, Hannah
field@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Student Worker
428 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
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Guentzel, Ashley
guentzeln@tamu.edu
Student Worker
455 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
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jorgejaimes@tamu.edu
Student Worker
428 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
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Student Worker
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
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Student Worker
428 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
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skyup315@tamu.edu
Student Worker
116 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0756
Koehler, Brian
koehler@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Student Worker
370 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9646
Kurudo, Kaitlyn
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Student Assistant
228 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9681
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anexandratwlam@tamu.edu
Student Worker
113 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0748
Lopez Gonzalez, Luis
luislopezgonz98@gmail.com
Student Worker
233 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0797
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lunabuitrago@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Student Worker
233 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0797
Matsuyoshi, Sawaka
matsuyoshi@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Student Worker
428 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
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Medler, Dawson
dawsonmedler@yahoo.com
Student Worker
142 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0761
Mohapatr, Biswajeet
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Student Worker
202 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0782
Okawara, Rie
r.okawara11@tamu.edu
Student Worker
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0805
Pagtalunan, Justine
jp00629@surrey.ac.uk
Student Worker
238 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0766
Patch, Christopher
chrispatch@tamu.edu
Student Assistant
228 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9681
Porter, Gabriella
gabriellaporter@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Student Worker
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0805
Rockwell, Heidi
heidi17@tamu.edu
Student Worker
116 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0756
Tahan, Daniel
dstahan@tamu.edu
Student Worker
426 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9652
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Student Worker
202 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0782
Thawerbhoy, Sarah
sthawerbhoy@tamu.edu
Student Worker
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0805
Verma, Akshat
aksh2106@tamu.edu
Student Worker
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0805
Zhang, Andy
dxz15a@tamu.edu
Student Worker
446 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0805