RCMI Faculty, Staff, and Collaborators
Gene D’Amour, Ph.D.
RCMI Principal Investigator
Xavier University
504.520.5444
gdamour@xula.edu
Rose Shaw, Ph.D.
Independent Evaluator
Metrica
Administrative Core
Guangdi Wang, Ph.D.
RCMI Program Director
Xavier University
504.520.5076
gwang@xula.edu
Robert Blake, Ph.D.
RCMI Associate Program Director
Xavier University
504.520.5489
rblake@xula.edu
Karen Zynda
RCMI Program Manager
504.520.6225
Xavier University
kzynda@xula.edu
Major Instrumentation Core
Jian H. Zhang, Ph.D.
Faculty Core Manager
Xavier University
504.520.7942
jzhang@xula.edu
Guangdi Wang, Ph.D.
Core Committee
Xavier University
Qiang Zhang
Instrument Specialist
Xavier University
Richard B. Cole, Ph.D.
Consultant
University of New Orleans
Cell and Molecular Biology Core
Thomas Wiese, Ph.D.
Faculty Core Manager
Xavier University
504.520.7433
twiese@xula.edu
Elena Skripnikova, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Xavier University
Peng Ma, M.S.
Research Associate
Xavier University
Jin Zou, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Xavier University
Ian Townley, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Xavier University
Molecular Structure and Modeling Core
Madhu Mottamal, Ph.D.
Reserach Scientist
Xavier University
504.520.5084 (lab)
504.520.7519 (office)
mmottama@xula.edu
Pilot Programs
Nanoparticles of Magnetic Iron Oxides as Prospective Diagnostic Agents
Vladimir Kolesnichenko, Ph.D.
Pilot PI
Xavier University
504.520.5430
vkolesni@xula.edu
Sarita Sitaula, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Xavier University
Galina Goloverda, Ph.D.
Pilot Collaborator
Xavier University
Vijay T. John, Ph.D.
Pilot Collaborator/Consultant
Tulane University
Leonard Spinu, Ph.D.
Pilot Collaborator
University of New Orleans
Anna Moore, Ph.D.
Pilot Collaborator/Consultant
Harvard Medical School
Thomas Wiese, Ph.D.
Pilot Collaborator/Consultant
Xavier University
Reaction Rate Determination and Optimization Of Pamam Dendrimer-Small Molecule Conjugation: Improving The Efficiency Of Chemotherapeutic Nanodevice Synthesis
Stassi DiMaggio, Ph.D.
Pilot PI
Xavier University
504.520.5706
scdimagg@xula.edu
Mark Banaszak Holl, Ph.D.
Consultant
University of Michigan
Janet Manono, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Xavier University
A Hybrid Data Mining Framework to Boost Fundamental Cancer Research by Efficient Characterization of Insertion Preferences of Retrotransposons: a Comprehensive Study on Alu Elements
Kun Zhang, Ph.D.
Pilot PI
Xavier University
504.520.6700
kzhang@xula.edu
Prescott L. Deininger, Ph.D.
Research Mentor
Tulane University
Wei Fan, Ph.D.
Consultant
IBM T.J.Watson Research
Wensheng Zhang, Ph.D.
Bioinformatics Specialist
Xavier University
Wensheng Zhang, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Xavier University
Seed Grants, Year 1, 2009 - 2010
Hector Biliran, Ph.D., Biology
Maryam Foroozesh, Ph.D., Chemistry
Gloria Thomas, Ph.D., Chemistry
Neil McIntyre, Ph.D., Chemistry
Seed Grants, Year 2, 2010 - 2011
Dr. Levon Bostanian, Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences
“Development of hydrophilic microparticles of artemisinin by supercritical fluid technology”
Award funding period 8/1/10 – 7/31/11
Dr. Danielle Broussard, Clinical and Administrative Sciences
“Vitamin D Status among Community-Dwelling Black/African American Women and Men”
Award funding period 1/6/11 – 7/31/11
Dr. Mehnaaz Ali, Chemistry
“Biomarker Detection via Co-factor Mediated Enzyme Reactivation”
Award funding period 1/6/11 – 7/31/11
Dr. Jason Abrams, Chemistry
“Synthesis of the Antimitotic Agent Podophyllotoxin via Pd(II)-Catalyzed Reactions”
Award funding period 1/6/11 – 7/31/11
RCMI Cancer Research Faculty
Dr. Syreeta Tilghman, Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences
“Glyceollilln, a Novel Therapeutic Agent For Letrozole Resistant Human Breast Cancer”
- Patrick Carriere, Research Assistant
Dr. Qian-Jin Zhang, Biology
"T-cell Mediated Immune Response against Tumor Immune Escape Variants"
Dr. Terry Watt, Chemistry
"Determination of the Molecular Specificity Requirements for Substrates of
HDACs"
- Dr. Richard Painter, Research Associate
Dr. Florastina Payton-Stewart, Chemistry
"Synthesis of novel anticancer agents which target the PI3K/Akt signaling
pathway"
- Dr. Subramanya “Ravi” Kiran Pingali, Post-doctoral fellow
Dr. Thomas Huckaba, Biology
“Characterization of the functions of human mitotic kinesins in cancer progression"
