Meet the Team

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Corrine Ying Xuan Chua, Ph.D.

Assistant Research Professor
Ph.D. in Cancer Biology,
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

portrait of Grace Hsuan-Chen Liu, Ph.D.

Grace Hsuan-Chen Liu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. in Biomedical Science,
Baylor College of Medicine

portrait of Nicola Di Trani, Ph.D.

Nicola Di Trani, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. in Material Science and Engineering,
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Daniel Davila-Gonzalez, M.D., Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. in Biotechnology,
Tecnológico de Monterrey

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Jesus Paez-Mayorga, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, MD Candidate
Ph.D. in Biotechnology,
Tecnológico de Monterrey

Fernanda Paola Pons-Faudoa, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, MD Candidate
Ph.D. in Biotechnology,
Tecnológico de Monterrey

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Simone Capuani, M.S.

Graduate Research Fellow
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino

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Jocelyn N Campa-Carranza, M.S.

Graduate Research Fellow
M.D./Ph.D. Candidate, Tecnologico de Monterrey
M.S. in Biomedical Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey

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Dixita I Viswanath, B.S.

Visiting Research Graduate
M.D/Ph.D. Candidate, Texas A&M University
B.S. Science in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
Rice University

Marta Graziano, B.S.

Visiting Graduate Research Fellow
M.S. Candidate in Mechatronics, Politecnico di Torino

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Nathanael Hernandez, B.S.

Research Assistant II
B.S. in Animal Science,
Texas A&M University – Kingsville

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Robin Vander Pol, B.S.

Research Assistant I
B.S. in Biology,
Baylor University

Shani Saunders, B.A.

Research Technician III
B.A. in Political Science,
Rice University

Visiting Undergraduate Students

  • Dawson Garret Benner
    Visiting Undergraduate Fellow from Texas A&M University
  • Rebecca Elizabeth Taylor
    Visiting Undergraduate Fellow from Texas A&M University
  • Anish Easwaran
    Visiting Undergraduate Fellow from Texas A&M University

Alumni

Visiting Scientists and Staff

Shivani Sathish, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist, 2017
Country of origin: India
Currently: Pioneer Technology Fellow at OIST, Japan
Jade Darwish, B.S.
Research Assistant I, 2019
Country of origin: USA
Currently: U of St. Edwards
Antonia Susnjar, B.S.
Research Assistant I, 2017-2019
Country of origin: Croatia
Currently: PhD Student at Purdue University, IN
Jessica Rhudy, M.S.
Research Assistant II, 2016-2018
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Clinical Coordinator at UTMDACC
April Gilbert, M.S.
Research Assistant II, 2016-2017
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Research Investigator, Stem Cell Transplantation, UTMDACC
Priya Jain, M.S.
Research Assistant I, 2015-2017
Country of origin: India
Currently: Field Automation Engineer at Tecan

Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associates

Marc Sprouse, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2019-2020
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Research Scientist at Clayton Foundation for Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Silvania da Silva Teixeira, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2019-2020
Country of origin: Brazil
Currently: Research Instructor at U of Colorado, Denver
Antons Sizovs, Ph.D.
Research Associate, 2018-2019
Country of origin: Latvia
Currently: Engineer at Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis
Xiaowen Liu, Ph.D.
Research associate I, 2018
Country of origin: China
Currently: New Product Lead at Pfizer
Marco Folci, M.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Specialist Physician in Allergy and Immunology, Milan, Italy
Andrea Ballerini, M.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017
Country of origin: Italy
Currently:
Sara Passos, Ph.D.
Research Associate, 2016-2017
Country of origin: Brazil
Currently: Team Lead at Characterization Team, Abcam
Jenaro Garcia-Prieto, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014-2016
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at U of Miami
Marco Farina, Ph.D.
PhD Student, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014-2018
Home Country: Italy
Currently: CEO of Omnidermal Biomedics MENA, Dubai, UE
Giacomo Bruno, Ph.D.
PhD Student, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013-2018
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Senior Expert System Engineering at Novartis
Robert Lyle Hood, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2012-2014
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Assistant Professor at UTSA
Silvia Ferrati, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2011-2012
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Manager, Translational Medicine at Aeglea BioTherapeutics
Shyam Bansai Sunder, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-2010
Country of origin: India
Currently: Research Fellow at U of Louisville
Enrica De Rosa, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2009
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Research Program Manager, HMRI

Ph.D. / M.D. Students

Gulsah Malgir, M.S.
Graduate Research Fellow, 2019-2021
Country of origin: Turkey
Currently: Research Fellow at U of Houston
Vittoria Vigano, Ph.D.
Visiting graduate research fellow, 2019
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Unknown
Antonia Silvestri, Ph.D.
PhD student, 2018-2019
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Research Fellow Politecnico di Torino
Jeremy Ho, M.D.
Visiting graduate research fellow, 2016, 2018-2019
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Resident Physician at New York Presbyterian
Karoline Stenning, M.D.
Visiting graduate research fellow, 2018
Country of origin: Peru
Currently: MSc Student Entrepreneurship at Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Giovanni Scorrano, M.S.
PhD student from Rice U, 2015-2016
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Project Manager at Biesse Group, Italy
Thomas Geninatti, Ph.D.
PhD student from UCAS, consulting, 2011-2016
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Director, Corporate Development at Gilead Sciences

Graduate Students

Nevio Racca, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2020-2021
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Internship at SPEA, Turin
Dennis Wang
Summer Undergraduate Research Intern, 2016
Country of origin: USA
Currently: MD Student at Texas Tech, El Paso
Valentina Serafini, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2018-2019
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Unknown
Graziano Lolli, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2018-2019
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Data Analyst at OpEx Global Services, Baxter International Inc.
Nicola Ferrante, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2018-2019
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: R&D Firmware Engineer at Medtronic
Federica Pesaresi, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2019-2020
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Biomedical Engineer at DiaSorin, Italy
Matteo Hirsch, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2018
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: PhD Student at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Maria Luisa Lotito, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2018
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Biomedical Engineer at LifeBee
Nicola Di Marzio, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2017-2018
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: PhD Graduate at AO Foundation
Veronica Vighetto, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2017-2018
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: PhD Student at Politechnico di Torino, Italy
Francesca Ferraro, B.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2017
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Quality Engineer at U-blox
Gianluca Torchio, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2017
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Biomedical Engineer at Medtronic
Giulia Rizzo, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2016
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: R&D Biomedical Engineer at ValoTec, France
Alessia Caron, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2016
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Support and Training Specialist at Roche
Celeste Marcato, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2015
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Biomedical Engineer at U-blox
Elena Riscaldina, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2015
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Biomedical Engineer at Phitec
Bernardo Barile, M.S.
MS Student, 2014
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Resident Engineer at Vivisol, Italy
Jacopo Secco, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2013
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: CTO & DTO, Co-founder of Omnidermal Biomedics
Kathy Olafson, B.S.
PhD Student from U of Houston, 2013-2017
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Unknown
Stefano Filippini, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2012
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Research Investigator at UTMDACC
Tommaso Novellino, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2010-2012
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Biomedical Engineer, LFW
Giacomo Ferrari, B.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2010-2012
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Software Engineer at Socrata
Erika Zabre, M.S.
Research Assistant II, 2010-2013
Country of origin: USA
Currently: PhD candidate
Kevin Plant, M.S.
Visiting Research Fellow, 2009
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Vice President of Software, Spectral MD, Dallas
Antonio Botrugno, M.S.
Visiting Research Graduate, 2009
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Researcher at DiaSorin

High School and Undergraduate Students

Bella Gabriela Alvarez
Summer Research Intern, 2021
Country of origin: Mexico
Currently: Bioscience Student at Tecnológico de Monterrey
Hector Salazar Martinez
Medical Student, 2020
Country of origin: USA
Currently: 3rd year medical student at Weill Cornell Medicine
Ryan Blanchard
Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2019
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Graduate Research Assistant at Texas A&M
Ryan Blanchard
Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2019
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Graduate Research Assistant at Texas A&M
Roscoe Prince
Summer Research Intern, 2018
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Product Design Engineer at Gibson Reports
Lucas Esnaola
Laboratory Technician, 2018-2019
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Bioengineering Student at Rice

Alumni

Visiting Scientists and Staff

Shivani Sathish, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist, 2017
Country of origin: India
Currently: Pioneer Technology Fellow at OIST, Japan

Antonia Susnjar, B.S.
Research Assistant I, 2017-2019
Country of origin: Croatia
Currently: PhD Student at Purdue University, IN

April Gilbert, M.S.
Research Assistant II, 2016-2017
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Research Investigator, Stem Cell Transplantation, UTMDACC

Jade Darwish, B.S.
Research Assistant I, 2019
Country of origin: USA
Currently: U of St. Edwards

Jessica Rhudy, M.S.
Research Assistant II, 2016-2018
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Clinical Coordinator at UTMDACC

Priya Jain, M.S.
Research Assistant I, 2015-2017
Country of origin: India
Currently: Field Automation Engineer at Tecan

Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associates

Marc Sprouse, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2019-2020
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Research Scientist at Clayton Foundation for Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston

Silvania da Silva Teixeira, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2019-2020
Country of origin: Brazil
Currently: Research Instructor at U of Colorado, Denver

Antons Sizovs, Ph.D.
Research Associate, 2018-2019
Country of origin: Latvia
Currently: Engineer at Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis

Xiaowen Liu, Ph.D.
Research Associate I, 2018
Country of origin: China
Currently: New Product Lead at Pfizer

Marco Folci, M.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Specialist Physician in Allergy and Immunology, Milan, Italy

Andrea Ballerini, M.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017
Country of origin: Italy
Currently:

Sara Passos, Ph.D.
Research Associate, 2016-2017
Country of origin: Brazil
Currently: Team Lead at Characterization Team, Abcam

Jenaro Garcia-Prieto, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014-2016
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at U of Miami

Marco Farina, Ph.D.
PhD Student, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014-2018
Home Country: Italy
Currently: CEO of Omnidermal Biomedics MENA, Dubai, UE

Giacomo Bruno, Ph.D.
PhD Student, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013-2018
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Senior Expert System Engineering at Novartis

Robert Lyle Hood, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2012-2014
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Assistant Professor at UTSA

Silvia Ferrati, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2011-2012
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Manager, Translational Medicine at Aeglea BioTherapeutics

Shyam Bansai Sunder, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-2010
Country of origin: India
Currently: Research Fellow at U of Louisville

Enrica De Rosa, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2009
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Research Program Manager, HMRI

Ph.D. / M.D. Students

Gulsah Malgir, M.S.
Graduate Research Fellow, 2019-2021
Country of origin: Turkey
Currently: Research Fellow at U of Houston

Vittoria Vigano, Ph.D.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2019
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Unknown

Antonia Silvestri, Ph.D.
PhD Student, 2018-2019
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Research Fellow Politecnico di Torino

Jeremy Ho, M.D.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2016, 2018-2019
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Resident Physician at New York Presbyterian

Karoline Stenning, M.D.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2018
Country of origin: Peru
Currently: MSc Student Entrepreneurship at Karolinska Institute, Sweden

Giovanni Scorrano, M.S.
PhD Student from Rice U, 2015-2016
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Project Manager at Biesse Group, Italy

Thomas Geninatti, Ph.D.
PhD Student from UCAS, Consulting, 2011-2016
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Director, Corporate Development at Gilead Sciences

Graduate Students

Nevio Racca, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2020-2021
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Internship at SPEA, Turin

Dennis Wang
Summer Undergraduate Research Intern, 2016
Country of origin: USA
Currently: MD Student at Texas Tech, El Paso

Valentina Serafini, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2018-2019
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Unknown

Graziano Lolli, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2018-2019
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Data Analyst at OpEx Global Services, Baxter International Inc.

Nicola Ferrante, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2018-2019
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: R&D Firmware Engineer at Medtronic

Federica Pesaresi, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2019-2020
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Biomedical Engineer at DiaSorin, Italy

Matteo Hirsch, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2018
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: PhD Student at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

Maria Luisa Lotito, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2018
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Biomedical Engineer at LifeBee

Nicola Di Marzio, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2017-2018
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: PhD Graduate at AO Foundation

Veronica Vighetto, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2017-2018
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: PhD Student at Politechnico di Torino, Italy

Francesca Ferraro, B.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2017
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Quality Engineer at U-blox

Gianluca Torchio, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2017
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Biomedical Engineer at Medtronic

Giulia Rizzo, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2016
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: R&D Biomedical Engineer at ValoTec, France

Alessia Caron, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2016
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Support and Training Specialist at Roche

Celeste Marcato, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2015
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Biomedical Engineer at U-blox

Elena Riscaldina, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2015
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Biomedical Engineer at Phitec

Bernardo Barile, M.S.
MS Student, 2014
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Resident Engineer at Vivisol, Italy

Jacopo Secco, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2013
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: CTO & DTO, Co-founder of Omnidermal Biomedics

Kathy Olafson, B.S.
PhD Student from U of Houston, 2013-2017
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Unknown

Stefano Filippini, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2012
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Research Investigator at UTMDACC

Tommaso Novellino, M.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2010-2012
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Biomedical Engineer, LFW

Giacomo Ferrari, B.S.
Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2010-2012
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Software Engineer at Socrata

Erika Zabre, M.S.
Research Assistant II, 2010-2013
Country of origin: USA
Currently: PhD Candidate

Kevin Plant, M.S.
Visiting Research Fellow, 2009
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Vice President of Software, Spectral MD, Dallas

Antonio Botrugno, M.S.
Visiting Research Graduate, 2009
Country of origin: Italy
Currently: Researcher at DiaSorin

High School and Undergraduate Students

Ryan Blanchard
Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2019
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Graduate Research Assistant at Texas A&M

Roscoe Prince
Summer Research Intern, 2018z
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Product Design Engineer at Gibson Reports

Lucas Esnaola
Laboratory Technician, 2018-2019
Country of origin: USA
Currently: Bioengineering Student at Rice