Primary Investigator
Jonathan D Licht MD
Jonathan D. Licht, M.D., is the director of the University of Florida Health Cancer Center, holding the Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Chair.
NCI funded for 30 years, Dr. Licht is also Principal Investigator of a Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) Specialized Center of Research. He is an Associate Editor of Oncogene and serves on the editorial boards of Cancer Discovery, Cancer Cell, Cancer Research and Clinical Cancer Research. Dr. Licht is chair of the Taskforce for Hematological Malignancies of AACR and co-chair of the Medical/Scientific Board of the LLS.
Dr. Licht has published over 200 articles, reviews and book chapters and has mentored over 40 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and 20 faculty members. In 2021 he was the winner of the American Society of Hematology Basic Sciences Mentor Award.
Lab Members
Richard Bennett, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Email: bennettr@ufl.edu
Heidi Casellas Roman
Laboratory Technician III
Email: heidi.casellasroman@medicine.ufl.edu
Monica Clerio
Animal Care Operations Assistant Manager I
Email: mclerio@ufl.edu
Mansi Dalal, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Email: mdalal@ufl.edu
Daphné Dupéré-Richer, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: daphne@ufl.edu
Elena Mariel Encinas
Laboratory Technician
Email: eencinas@ufl.edu
Charlotte Kaestner
Graduate Student
Email: ckaestner@ufl.edu
Jianping Li, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Email: jianping.li@medicine.ufl.edu
Kimberly Pereira
Graduate Assistant
Email: pereira.kimberly@ufl.edu
Gabe Prado
Graduate Student
Email: g.prado@ufl.edu
Katelyn Raburn
Laboratory Technician
Email: katelyn.raburn@ufl.edu
Jixiu Shan, Ph.D.
Associate Scientist
Email: shanjx@ufl.edu
Amin Sobh
Biological Scientist III
Email: asobh@ufl.edu
Other Researchers
Jason Brant, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics
Email: jobrant@ufl.edu
Alberto Riva, Ph.D.
Director, ICBR Bioinformatics Core
Email: ariva@ufl.edu
Administrative Staff
McKinsie Anderson, M.B.A.
Director’s Executive Assistant
Email: mckinsieanderson@ufl.edu
Rodolfo A. Molina
Research Administrator III
Email: rodolfo.molina@medicine.ufl.edu
Stephanie M. Reed
Administrative Spec III
Email: stephanie.reed@medicine.ufl.edu