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

Marvin R. Bernardino
Research Data Coordinator
MRBernardino@MDAnderson.org

Research Interests: Microsurgery, 3D printing

Dominic Karl M. Bolinas
Graduate Student
DKBolinas@MDAnderson.org

B.S. in Public Health, University of the Philippines Visayas
M.D./Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine (Candidate), University of the Philippines Manila

Research Interests: Hydrogels, 2D/3D cell culture and liver hypertrophy

Kim Claudette J. Fernandez
Graduate Student
KJFernandez@up.edu.ph

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
MCIdolor@up.edu.ph

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
KDMarco@up.edu.ph

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

Akhil Marupudi
Medical Student
AkhilMarupudi@tamu.edu

B.S. in Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University
M.D. (Candidate), McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Research Interests: Vascular grafts

Amanda Nowacki
Graduate Student
ANowacki@utexas.edu

B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering (Candidate), University of Texas at Austin

Research Interests: Advanced computational methods for vasculature and vascular devices