Lab Members
Allan John R. Barcena
Postdoctoral Fellow
AJBarcena@MDAnderson.org
B.S. in Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila
M.D./Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila
Research Interests: Absorbable cell-loaded/drug-eluting medical devices
Tosha Mae S. Manalastas
Research Assistant II
TSManalastas@mdanderson.org
B.S./M.S. in Chemical Engineering, De La Salle University
Research Interests: Drug delivery systems, 3D bioprinting, electrospinning, tissue engineering
Marvin R. Bernardino
Research Data Coordinator
MRBernardino@MDAnderson.org
B.S. in Data Science, University of Houston-Downtown
Research Interests: 3D printing, imaging, machine learning
Dominic Karl Bolinas
Graduate Student
B.S. in Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila
M.D./Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila
Research Interests: Hydrogels, stem cell regeneration, liver cancer
Kim Claudette J. Fernandez
Graduate Student
B.S. in Biochemistry, University of Santo Tomas
M.S. in Biochemistry (Candidate), University of the Philippines Manila
Research Interests:?Nanomaterials, multi-omics
Maria Isabel C. Idolor
Graduate Student
B.S. in Family Life and Child Development,?University of the Philippines Diliman
M.D./Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine (Candidate), University of the Philippines Manila
Research Interests:?Peptides
Kitz Paul D. Marco
Graduate Student
B.S. in Biochemistry, University of the Philippines Manila
M.D./Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine (Candidate), University of the Philippines Manila
Research Interests: Nanomaterials, cancer therapeutics, bone metastasis
Anna Marks
Graduate Student
AEMarks@MDAnderson.org
B.S. in Applied Mathematics, Wake Forest University
Graduate Student in Medical Physics, MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Research Interests: Photon-counting CT, nanoparticles
Melancon Lab Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows
Archana Mishra, Ph.D.&²Ô²ú²õ±è;(04/2023¨C03/2024)
Life Sciences, Homi Bhabha National Institute
Currently a Scientific Officer at Homi Bhabha National Institute
Jossana Damasco, Ph.D. (03/2018¨C06/2022)
Chemistry, University at Buffalo
Currently a Research Scientist at Nanocomposix (Fortis Life)
Daniel Hagaman, Ph.D. (08/2019¨C05/2020)
Chemistry, Drexel University
Currently a Senior Scientist at Locus Performance Ingredients
Li Tian, Ph.D. (07/2014¨C03/2018)
Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah
Currently a Staff Fellow at Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Burapol Singhana, Ph.D. (02/2013¨C03/2018)
Department of Chemistry, University of Houston
Currently a faculty member at Thammasat University and Chulabhorn International College of Medicine, Thailand
Graduate and Medical Students
Dominic Karl M. Bolinas
Maria Isabel C. Idolor
Kim Claudette J. Fernandez
Huckie Del Mundo, M.D.
Amanda Nowacki
Joy Vanessa D. Perez, M.D.
Raniv Rojo, M.D., Ph.D.
Erin Marie D. San Valentin, M.S.
Medical Students
Sophia Lopez
Tyler Owens
Benjamin Martin, M.D.
Carleigh Klusman, M.D.
Yang Qiao, M.D.
Patrick Lee, M.D.
Adam Swigost, M.D.
Aaron Chen, M.D.
Ashley Chang, M.D.
Undergraduates
Aaron Luong
Isias Workeneh
Sarah Honegger
Ajay Kumar
Olivia Liu
Noel Vincent
Amy Mu
Paul Behlau
Karthik Thapa
James Feng
Thomas Rogers
Linfeng Lu
Saisree Ravi
Lucas Wang
Patrick Slattery
High School Students
Vincent Yeyu Lin