Lab Members
Yoko Nishiga, Postdoctoral Fellow
email: ynishiga@stanford.edu
Yoko Nishiga received her MD from Kyoto University in 2007, and worked at Aichi Cancer Center Hospital as a radiation oncologist. She received her PhD from Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine in 2015. Her research was focused on tumor microenvironment, especially focused on tumor hypoxia and radioresistance. She joined the Ted lab as a postdoctoral fellow in Nov 2017. She is interested in how radiotherapy affects immune cells and tumor microenvironment and how to overcome the radioresistance of tumor and improve the prognosis of cancer patients.
Yu ("Jimmy") Xu, Postdoctoral Scholar
email: yxu33@stanford.edu
Yu Xu received his PhD in bioengineering from Stanford in 2023, and then joined the Graves Lab to continue his study. He is interested in applying high throughput screening techniques and computational methods to study protein-protein interactions and subsequent biological consequences.
Stavros Melemenidis, Basic Life Research Scientist
email: stavmel@stanford.edu
Stav is a Physicist in training (B.Sc. in Physics with Medical Applications) with expertise in radiation detection (M.Sc. in Radiometrics: Instrumentation and Modelling) and radiation biology (M.Sc. in Radiation Biology). He joined the Graves lab after completing his Ph.D. in Radiation Biology from Oxford University, at the Experimental Neuroimaging Group, where he focused on the development of novel molecular contrast agents for in vivo imaging methods, aiming to monitor angiogenesis in solid tumours or early detection of pulmonary micrometastasis. During his research in Stanford, Stav aims to expand his expertise in Radiation Therapy and more specifically on the effect of radiation in healthy cells and tumour cell migration. Outside work Stav is a passionate capoeirista (Capoeira Angola), a good friend and a wannabe philosopher.
Fang Wu, Visiting Instructor/Lecturer
email: wf4461@stanford.edu
Fang Wu obtained her MD from Central South University (CSU, China) in 2009 and began her career as an oncologist at The Second Xiangya Hospital of CSU. She attained the title of Chief Physician in 2022 and was appointed as a professor in 2023. Her research primarily centers on the precise treatment of lung cancer, particularly delving into emotional factors (such as psychological stress) and immunotherapy resistance. Recently, she joined the Graves Lab as a Visiting Lecturer in September 2023. Beyond her professional endeavors, Fang is an avid traveler, enjoys cooking, and relishes spending time with friends.
Luis Soto, Postdoctoral Fellow
email: luisasr@stanford.edu
Luis grew up in the Bay Area after moving to California from Peru with his parents when he was twelve. He earned his B.S. and M.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology in 2011 and 2014, respectively, from San Francisco State University. He joined Stanford University as a PhD student in the Cancer Biology program in 2014. Luis is interested in studying the role that immune cells play in mediating tumor survival, especially in identifying the molecular mechanisms that promote resistance to radiation therapy. When not in lab, Luis likes to play soccer, hang out with friends, and go camping.
Laszlo Zalavari, Medical Physics Resident
email: lz93@stanford.edu
In a past life, Dr. Zalavari used to be a theoretical particle physicist exploring the effects of nuclear size on atomic energy levels but have switched to medical physics to pursue his passion for helping people in a more direct way. In his private life, he has been happily married for more than 4 years and he and his wife and have a little border collie. He likes to go on hikes, play board games, basketball and table tennis, and meet up with friends.
Laszlo joined the Stanford University Medical Physics Residency in 2022.
Previous Lab Members
- Iris Eke, Surgical Resident, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA
- Yanchun Li, Scientist, Anchordx Inc, Fremont, CA
- Saravanan Nandagopal, Scientist III, IGM Biosciences, Mountain View, CA
- Jessica Klockow, Field Application Scientist, PerkinElmer, Bay Area, CA
- Jonathan Wang, Medical Student, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
- Shanel Xian, Veterinarian Student, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Vikram Siddam, Undergraduate Student, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
- Yasaman Ahrari, Research Assistant Regulatory Affairs, CCS Associate, San Jose, CA
- Annie Xu, High School Student, Saratoga High School, Saratoga, CA
- Marjan Rafat, PhD, Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
- Laura Bronsart, DVM, Veterinarian, Captain, U.S. Army Veterinary Corps, Comparative Medicine Specialty
- Rebecca Tierce, Veterinary Student, Colorado State University, Colorado, CA
- Hannah Moslemy, High School Student, Homstead High School, Cupertino, CA
- Todd Augleria, Ph.D., Resident, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX
- Melissa Jenkins, Clinical Research Coordinator Associate, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
- Marta Vilalta Colomer, Scientist, ChemoCentryx, Mountain View, CA
- Aileen Wang, Undergraduate Student, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
- Gina Au, Veterinary Student, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
- Meghana Golla, Medical student, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- Magdalena Bazalova, Assistant Professor, University of Victoria, Canada
- Melody Lin, Medical student, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI
- Max Liu, A.B., Medical Student, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
- Jaewon Yang, Postdoctoral fellow, UC San Francisco, CA
- Nicole Ackerman, Assistant Professor, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
- Rehan "Bobby" Ali, D.Phil., Image processing scientist, Mirada, London, UK
- Sandeep Apte, Sales Manager, Eckert & Ziegler Radiopharma, Inc., Hopkinton, MA
- Parvir Aujla, Undergraduate student, UC Santa Cruz, CA
- Nick Hughes, D.Phil., Machine Learning and Data Science Consultant, San Francisco, CA
- Daveeta Marcellin, B.S., veterinary student, Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine, Tuskegee, Alabama
- Tony Vega, Graduate student, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX
- Ivana Cecic, Ph.D., Senior Director of Science and Technology, Perceptronix Medical Inc., Vancouver, Canada
- Raja Chatterjee, M.S., Senior Engineer, St. Jude Medical, Dallas, Texas
- Guoqiang Cui, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, Washington
- Sanjeev Datta, undergraduate student, University of California, Los Angeles
- Kathleen Donovan, Veterinary Medicine student, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
- Michael Dykstra, undergraduate student, Grand Valley State University, Michigan
- Nic Giaccia, undergraduate student, University of California, Davis
- Amy Motomura, law student, Stanford University
- Geoff Nelson, Medical Physics Resident, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
- J. Matt Noll, engineer, Accuray, Sunnyvale, California
- Jessica Perez, doctoral student, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Andrew Post, undergraduate student, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Manuel Rodriguez, Ph.D., Research Associate, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
- Devin Schellenberg, M.D., Fraser Valley Cancer Centre, Vancouver, Canada
- Khalila Williams, Veterinary Medicine student, Tuskegee University, Alabama
- Lan Zhang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Shanghai Institute of Nuclear Research, Shanghai, China
- Hu Zhou, Ph.D., Medical Physicist, Roseburg Community Cancer Center, Roseburg, Oregon