Kevin D. Houston, Ph.D.
Postdoc: 2006-2009
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Postdoc: 2004-2006
Rice University
2004 Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences
University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston and
the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
1998 B.S. Biochemistry
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
1998 B.A. Chemistry
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Current Laboratory Members
Postdoc
Graduate Students
Francisco Lariz, B.S.
Ph.D. Program (Chemistry)
Keenan Flynn, B.S.
Ph.D. Program (Chemistry)
Postbacs
Janel Sowers, B.S. (BCHE 241, NIH-MARC Fellow)
Nefretiri Masangya, B.S. (NIH-INBRE-NISE, BCHE 241)
Undergraduate Students
Isabella Shoffstall (BCHE 241)
Tania Ibarra (NSF-AMP)
Nadia Samaniego
Laboratory Alumni
Postdoc
Postdoc Saptasree Bose, Ph.D. (2019)
Graduate Students
Yan Zheng, Ph.D. Chemistry (2019)
Chris Frydenlund, M.S. Chemistry (2017)
Ali Vaziri-Gohar, Ph.D. Molecular Biology (2016)
Current Position – Postdoctoral Fellow @ Case Western Reserve University
Jason Stailey, M.S. Chemistry (2016)
Jenifer C. Lascano, M.S. Molecular Biology (2012)
Undergraduate Students
Omar Calderon (BCHE 241)
Marie Ruiz (NIH-Bridges)
Justine Zimmerly (NIH-INBRE-NISE)
David Rodriguez (HHMI Scholar)
Jacqueline Kieltyka (HHMI Scholar, Research Associate) M.D./Ph.D program at University of Illinois – Chicago
Briana L. Rojas (BCHE 241)
Samantha Varela (BCHE 441)
Frances Stofan (NIH-MARC), Ph.D. program at Rutgers University
LIsa Wilson, NIH-BRIDGES summer research, University of Utah
Candice Benally, NIH-BRIDGES summer research
Maryann Castillo, B.S. Biochemistry and Biology (NIH-RISE NIH-MARC) PREP-Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Nicholas Ragazzone, B.S. Biochemistry (NIH-MARC) Ph.D. student at University of Michigan
Jessica J. Rodriguez (NIH-RISE, transferred to University of Houston)
Jake Mayfield, B.S. Biochemistry M.D. program University of New Mexico, Cardiology Resident UC-San Francisco
Crystal V. Mata, B.S. Biology (NIH-MARC, M.S. program University of Arizona)
Angelique Wimbley, B.S. Biochemistry
Justin Ferrari, B.A. Chemistry
Daniel Martin-Alarcon, B.S. Chemical Engineering (Ph.D. program at Massachusetts Institute of Tecnology)
Luis Morales