Lab Members
Professor and CPRIT Scholar
PVanLoo@MDAnderson.org
Postdoctoral Fellows
Andrew Lynch, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
ARLynch@MDAnderson.org
Noshad Hosseini, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
NHosseini@MDAnderson.org
Leah Weber, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
LLWeber@MDAnderson.org
Graduate Students
Yixiao Cheng
MD Anderson School of Health Professions
Diagnostic Genetics and Genomics Program
YCheng3@MDAnderson.org
Evit John, B.D.S., M.P.H.
UTHealth School of Public Health
Biostatistics Program
ERJohn@MDAnderson.org
Siqi (Lesky) Lai, B.S.
MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Quantitative Sciences Program
SLai4@MDAnderson.org
Christopher Ly, M.S.
MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
First-year Student
CLy2@mdanderson.org
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Thomas Mitchell, B.S.
MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Quantitative Sciences Program
TJMitchell1@MDAnderson.org
Research Staff
Chunxu Gao, Ph.D.
Research Laboratory Manager
CGao3@MDAnderson.org
Huw Ogilvie, Ph.D.
Senior Data Scientist
HAOgilvie@MDAnderson.org
Yidan Pan, Ph.D.
Data Scientist
YPan5@MDAnderson.org
Zhihui Zhang, Ph.D.
Data Scientist
ZZhang18@MDAnderson.org
Scientific Colleagues
Emmanuel Asante, B.S.
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Ph.D. Student, Statistics, Rice University, USA
Ph.D. Student at Van Loo lab 2023¨C2024
ea26@rice.edu
Toby Baker, Ph.D.
Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Ph.D. Student at Van Loo lab 2019¨C2024
TobyBaker@mednet.ucla.edu
Jonas Demeulemeester, Ph.D.
Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher University of Leuven, Belgium
Postdoctoral Researcher at Van Loo lab 2015¨C2020
Jonas.Demeulemeester@kuleuven.be
Ben O¡¯Leary, M.D., Ph.D.
Visiting Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow
Clinical Fellow, Institute for Cancer Research, London UK
Ben.OLeary@icr.ac.uk
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Maxime Tarabichi, Ph.D.
Visiting Group Leader
Group leader at Universit¨¦ Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Postdoctoral Researcher at Van Loo lab 2016¨C2020
Maxime.Tarabichi@ulb.be
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Benjamin B. Morris, Ph.D.
Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow
MD Anderson Cancer Center
BBMorris1@MDAnderson.org
Dexin Yang, M.S.
Visiting Ph.D. Student
MD Anderson Cancer Center
DYang11@MDAnderson.org
Xiao Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.
Visiting Professor
Assistant Professor, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center
XZhao6@MDAnderson.org
Alumni
Former members of the Van Loo Lab
Chi Yin (James) Ching, B.S.
Ph.D. Rotation Student 2025
MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Yufan Wu, M.S.
Ph.D. Rotation Student 2025
MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Carla Castignani, Ph.D.
Ph.D. student: 2020¨C2025
New position: Scientist II at IMU Biosciences, London, UK
Tianyi Chu, B.S.
Ph.D. Rotation Student 2024
MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Archit Gupta, B.S.
Ph.D. Rotation Student 2024
MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Mackenzie Wienke, B.S.
Ph.D. Rotation Student 2024
MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Amy Bowes, M.D., Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student 2020¨C2024
New position: Pathology Registrar, University College London Hospital, UK
Sara Waise, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow 2020¨C2024
New position: Clinical Research Fellow, University College London, UK.
Nana Mensah, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student 2020¨C2024
New Position: Bioinformatician, Tagomics Ltd, Cambridge, UK.
Luuk Harbers, Ph.D
Visiting Ph.D. Student 2022¨C2024
New position: Head of Bioinformatics Expertise Center, VIB¨CKU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Belgium
Steven Nottley, M.D
Visiting Ph.D. Student 2020¨C2024
New position: Pathologist, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
Edward Poynton, MD
Visiting Ph.D. Student 2020¨C2024
New position: Resident Clinical Hematologist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Chante Bethell, B.S.
Ph.D. Rotation Student 2024
MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Tom Lesluyes, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher 2019¨C2023
New position: Bioinformatician at the IUCT Oncopole, Toulouse, France
Haixi Yan, M.D., Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student 2019¨C2023
New position: Visiting Scientist at the Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
Breanna Voss
Summer Student 2023
Medical Sciences, University of Chester
Samridhi Roshan, B.S.
Summer Research Intern 2023
Graduate student at Â鶹ӳ» at Austin
Kate Cho, M.S.
Ph.D. Rotation Student 2023
MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Mariam Mosaad, B.S.
Ph.D. Rotation Student 2023
MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Yujia Wang, M.B.
Ph.D. Rotation Student 2022
MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Quantitative Sciences Program
Cristina Cotobal Martin, Ph.D.
Senior Laboratory Research Scientist 2020¨C2022
New position: Senior Staff Scientist, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK
Steven Hargreaves, Ph.D.
Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher 2019¨C2022
New position: Staff Bioinformatics Scientist, Illumina, Cambridge, UK
Zihan Yang, M.S.
Summer Student 2022
UTHealth School of Public Health, Â鶹ӳ»
Christie English, Ph.D.
Senior Laboratory Research Scientist 2021¨C2022
New position: Higher Scientific Officer, The Institute for Cancer Research, London, UK
William Cross, Ph.D.
Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher 2020¨C2022
New position: Postdoc, UCL Cancer Institute, London, UK
Elizabeth Larose Cadieux, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student 2016¨C2021
New position: Bioinformatics Scientist at Achilles Therapeutics plc, London, UK
Kseniia Panteleeva, B.S.
Summer Research Intern 2021
New position: Final Year Undergraduate UCL Human Sciences, London, UK
Tomasz Konopka, Ph.D.
Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher 2018¨C2020
New position: Bioinformatician, Queen Mary University of London
Annelien Verfaillie, Ph.D.
Senior Laboratory Research Scientist 2017¨C2020
New position: Operation Group Responsible Genomics Core Leuven
Matthew Fittall, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Ph.D. Student 2016¨C2019
New position: Clinical Oncology SpR at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation, London, UK
Kerstin Haase, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher 2015¨C2019
New position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Charit¨¦ ¨C Universit?tsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Clemency Jolly, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student 2015¨C2019
New position: Research Grants Manager at Cancer Research UK, London, UK
Eva Garcia Alvarez, M.S.
Visiting Ph.D. Student 2019
New position: IT Scientist and Project Manager, BBMRI-ERIC
Adriana Salcedo, M.S.
Visiting Ph.D. Student 2019
New position: Ph.D. student, University of Toronto, Canada
Andrea Poletti, M.S.
Visiting Ph.D. Student 2019
New position: Ph.D. student, University of Bologna, Italy
Stefan Dentro, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student 2014¨C2018
New Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
David Chong, M.D.
Summer Research Intern 2018
New position: Medical Doctor
Daniel Bunting, M.S.
Summer Research Intern 2017
New position: Private sector
Lydia Y. Liu, M.S.
Visiting Master's Student 2016¨C2017
New position: Ph.D. student, University of Toronto, Canada
Hans Kristian Moen Vollan, M.D., Ph.D.
Visiting Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow 2014¨C2015
New position: Group Global Medical Director, Lung Cancer Franchise at Roche, Basel, Switzerland