Current Lab Members

(click on a person's name to read their bio)

 

Wythe Lab Alumni:

Dr. Carlos Perfecto Flores Suarez, PhD Graduate Student (2017-2023) Currently a CPRIT TRIUMPH Postdoctoral Fellow at MD Anderson Cancer Center carlos.flosuar at gmail.com

Mr. Juan Cerda, III Research Technician II (2020-2022) Currently a grad student in Hyun Lee’s lab at BCM juan.cerdaiii at bcm.edu

Ms. Abby K. Mulhorn Research Technician III (2021-2023) abbym1963 at gmail.com

Mr. Sebastian Calderon Research Technician (2021-2023) Currently a Technician in the Rosen Lab at BCM Sebastian.Calderon at bcm.edu

Mr. Wiliamson D. Turner Graduate Student (2019-2022) Currently Research Compliance Associate (IACUC at BCM) williamson.turner at bcm.edu

Dr. Manuel Cantu Gutierrez, PhD Graduate Student (2016-2022) Currently a Staff Scientist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia cantugutim at chop.edu

Mr. Nicholas Hudson Research Technician II (2021-2022) Masters Student / Statistical Data Science, Texas A&M University (starting Fall 2024) n.hudson52 at gmail.com

Ms. Mely Lopez Project Intern (2021-2022) Currently master’s student at University of Houston (BIoengineering) melylopez11 at gmail.com

Mr. Aden Weybright BCM SMART Program Intern (Summer 2022) Currently a Technician at the University of Virginia aweybright at gmail.com

Ms. Kenzi-Alayna Campbell BCM HGSC-G/GREAT Program Intern (Summer 2022) Currently at North Carolina A&T State University kcampbell2 at aggies.ncat.edu

Mr. Jonathan Largoza High School Summer Intern (Summer 2022) Currently an undergrad at the University of Pennsylvania Jonathan.Largoza at bcm.edu

Ms. Leora Geralnik BCM SMART Program Undergraduate Intern (Summer 2021) Currently at Brandeis University leora.geralnik at gmail.com

Dr. Meng Cui, M.D. Research Technician I (2019-2021) Currently at MD Anderson Cancer Center rolsmoon at gmail.com

Mr. Alex Berlaga Undergraduate Researcher (2019-2021) Currently a student at Rice University awb4 at rice.edu

Mr. Andrew Mu Undergraduate Researcher (2019-2021) Currently a student at Rice University amm30 at rice.edu

Dr. Patricia Goncalves Barbalho, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-2021) Research Scientist, Norgen Biotek (Canada) patybarbalho at gmail.com

Ms. Karen Berman de Ruiz Research Technician III (2015-2020) Currently works in the IACUC Office at Baylor College of Medicine karen.bermanderuiz at bcm.edu

Dr. Alexander M. Herman, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow (2016-2019) FBI Field Agent alexanderherman113 at gmail.com

Ms. Aylin Flores BCM SMART Program Undergraduate Intern (Summer, 2019) Currently at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley aylin.flores01 at utrgv.edu

Mr. Jonathan Zhu Project Intern (Summer, 2019) Obra D. Tompkins High School, Katy, Texas Currently at the Stony Brook University BS/MD combined program JZORIGINAL.ZHU at GMAIL.COM

Mr. Abiud Cantu Gutierrez     CSCI-3300 Undergraduate Intern (Summer 2017, 2018)                    Technician/Data Scientist, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia            abiud.cantugutierrez01 at utrgv.edu

Mr. Alexander M. Rhyner Research Technician (2014-2017) Currently an Automation Engineer at Genomatica, San Diego, CA                                     afishy24 at aol.com 

Mr. Shubh Desai Scientific Research & Design Intern (Summer 2017)           Clements High School       Currently a student at The University of Texas (Austin)                               shubhdes at gmail.com

Ms. Nirva Mumcuyan Dev. Bio. Graduate Student / BCM   (2017)             Currently an English Teacher, Istanbul, Turkey mumcuyan at bcm.edu

Ms. Kesha Silvera                       BCM SMART Program Undergraduate Intern (Summer 2016)   Coppin State University                                 Currently an Associate Software Engineer at SingulOmics kesha.silvera at yahoo.com

Dr. Claire C. Cutting, M.D.                     Research Technician @ UCSF (2012-2014)                                        Pulmonologist / Research Fellow in Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital   claire.cutting at gmail.com

 

Rotation Students:

2024-2025

Ms. Akshita Mirani (Term 2, 2024-2025) BIMS Program at UVA School of Medicine miraniakshita at gmail.com

Mr. Jerry Hou (Term 1, 2024-2025) BIMS Program at UVA School of Medicine (Experimental Path Track) jerryhou at virginia.edu

 

2023-2024

Ms. Gabrielle Largoza (Term 4, 2023-2024) BIMS Program at UVA School of Medicine wkp6uc at virginia.edu

Ms. Dana May (Term 4, 2023-2024) BIMS Program / NGP at UVA School of Medicine kyr3uy at virginia.edu

Ms. Zaneta Markowska (Term 4, 2023-2024) BIMS Program at UVA School of Medicine uvb2jt at virginia.edu

Ms. Rachel DeLancey (Term 3, 2023) BIMS Program at UVA School of Medicine zca9zq at virginia.edu

Ms. Megan Mazzei (Term 3, 2023) BIMS Program at UVA School of Medicine wuc9ap at virginia.edu

Mx. Shay Iyer (Term 3, 2023) BIMS Program at UVA School of Medicine bhe3qa at virginia.edu

 

2022-2023

Ms. Han-Yin Jeng (Term 2, 2022) DDMT han-yin.jeng at bcm.edu

 

2020-2021

Ms. Dharaniya Sakthivel (Term 4, 2021) Genetics & Genomics dharaniya.sakthivel@bcm.edu

Ms. Yasmeen Fahim (Term 3, 2020-2021) DDMT yasmeen.hamed at bcm.edu

 

2019-2020

Mr. Benjamin Belfort (Term 3, 2019-2020) Genetics and Genomics at BCM Benjamin Arenkiel Lab benjamin.belfort at bcm.edu

Ms. Presley Cannon-Stewart (Term 3, 2019-2020) DDMT Program at BCM Currently a Master of Public Health - Epidemiology Student, UNC Chapel Hill presley.cannon-stewart at bcm.edu

Ms. Jiao Lu (Term 2, 2019-2020) DDMT Program at BCM Xander Wehrens Lab
jiao.lu at bcm.edu

Ms. Sofía Aramburu (Term 1, 2019-2020) DDMT Program at BCM Susan Rosenberg Lab sofi.i.aramburu at gmail.com

 

2018-2019

Mr. Williamson Turner (Term 4, 2018-2019) TBMM Program at BCM Wythe Lab williamson.turner at bcm.edu

Ms. Ivanshi Patel (Term 3, 2018-2019) Dev. Bio. Program at BCM Ronald Parchem Lab ivanshi.patel at bcm.edu

Dr. Ozlem Sert, Ph.D. (Term 2, 2018-2019) Dev. Bio. Program at BCM Matthew Rasband Lab ozlem.sert at bcm.edu

 

2017-2018

Dr. Carlos P. Flores Suarez, Ph.D. (Term 4, 2017-2018) Mol. Phys. & Biophysics Program at BCM Wythe Lab carlos.floressuarez at bcm.edu

Ms. Yuan Chang (Term 2, 2017-2018) Mol. Phys. & Biophysics Program at BCM
Russell Ray Lab yuan.chang at bcm.edu

Ms. Vera Hutchinson             (Term 1, 2017-2018) Dev. Bio. Program at BCM                             Jichao Chen Lab Vera.Hutchison at bcm.edu

Mrs. Molly Starkovich (Term 1, 2017-2018) Mol. Phys. & Biophysics Program at BCM         Jason Karch Lab Starkovi at bcm.edu

 

2016-2017

Dr. Zachary Kadow, M.D., Ph.D.                 (Term 1, 2016-2017) Dev. Bio.                                                     James Martin Lab zachary.kadow at bcm.edu

Dr. Lauren Miterko, Ph.D.         (Term 2, 2015-2016) Dev. Bio                                                       Roy Sillitoe Lab Lauren.Miterko at bcm.edu

 

2015-2016

Dr. Manuel Cantu Gutierrez, Ph.D.   (Term 1, 2015-2016)  Dev. Bio.                                                      Wythe Lab Manuel.CantuGuiterrez at bcm.edu

Dr. Dany Roman, Ph.D.             (Term 3, 2015-2016) IMBS                                                           Graeme Mardon Lab, Graduated with PhD Dany.Roman at bcm.edu

 

2014-2015

Ms. Sandra Riad                     (Term 3, 2014-2015) Dev. Bio.                                                      Columbus, OH (graduated from James Martin’s lab with an M.Sc.) sandra.riad at bcm.edu