Current Lab Members
(click on a person's name to read their bio)
Wythe Lab Alumni:
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) Laboratory Technician I, AbbVie 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 at San Antonio 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 Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-2021) Returned to Brazil patybarbalho at gmail.com
Ms. Karen Berman de Ruiz Research Technician III (2015-2020) Senior Research Assistant, Kaocher Lab at BCM karen.bermanderuiz at bcm.edu
Dr. Alexander M. Herman 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) Currently a Comp. Sci. Master’s Student at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 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
Ms. Claire Cutting Research Technician (2012-2014, @ UCSF) Student at Drexel University College of Medicine claire.cutting at gmail.com
Rotation Students:
2023-2024
Ms. Zaneta Markowska (Term 4, 2023-2024) BIMS Program at UVA School of Medicine uvb2jt@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 Genomes 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 Xander Wehrens Lab
jiao.lu at bcm.edu
Ms. Sofía Aramburu (Term 1, 2019-2020) DDMT Susan Rosenberg Lab sofi.i.aramburu at gmail.com
2018-2019
Mr. Williamson Turner (Term 4, 2018-2019) TBMM Wythe Lab williamson.turner at bcm.edu
Ms. Ivanshi Patel (Term 3, 2018-2019) Dev. Bio. Ronald Parchem Lab ivanshi.patel at bcm.edu
Ms. Ozlem Sert (Term 2, 2018-2019) Dev. Bio. Matthew Rasband Lab ozlem.sert at bcm.edu
2017-2018
Mr. Carlos P. Flores Suarez (Term 4, 2017-2018) Mol. Phys. & Biophysics Wythe Lab carlos.floressuarez at bcm.edu
Ms. Yuan Chang (Term 2, 2017-2018) Mol. Phys. & Biophysics
Russell Ray Lab yuan.chang at bcm.edu
Ms. Vera Hutchinson (Term 1, 2017-2018) Dev. Bio. Jichao Chen Lab Vera.Hutchison at bcm.edu
Mrs. Molly Starkovich (Term 1, 2017-2018) Mol. Phys. & Biophysics Jason Karch Lab Starkovi at bcm.edu
2016-2017
Mr. Zachary Kadow (Term 1, 2016-2017) Dev. Bio. James Martin Lab zachary.kadow at bcm.edu
Ms. Lauren Miterko (Term 2, 2015-2016) Dev. Bio Roy Sillitoe Lab Lauren.Miterko at bcm.edu
2015-2016
Mr. Manuel Cantu Gutierrez (Term 1, 2015-2016) Dev. Bio. Wythe Lab Manuel.CantuGuiterrez at bcm.edu
Mr. Dany Roman (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
