Become a member of our team!
We welcome postdocs, graduate students, undergraduate students, volunteers, and more!
Current and former group members pictured: top row, left to right: Mustafa Muhyi, Dr. Jessica P. Houston, Dat Le Quoc Doi; bottom row: Dr. Jesus Sambrano Jr; Samantha Valentino, Aric Bitton, and Brenda Esparza
(Photograph taken August, 2021)
Jessica P. Houston, Ph.D, Principal Investigator, NMSU Cytometry and Biophotonics Lab
Professor, Chemical & Materials Engineering, New Mexico State University
Professor, Chemical & Materials Engineering, New Mexico State University
President (2023-2026), The International Society for the Advancement of Cytometry
Scholar (2015-2019), The International Society for the Advancement of Cytometry
Associate Editor, Cytometry Part A
Scholar (2015-2019), The International Society for the Advancement of Cytometry
Associate Editor, Cytometry Part A
Faculty Fulbright Scholar, Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2023-2024)
Faculty Fulbright Scholar, Saitama University, Saitama-shi, Japan (2018-2019)
Google Scholar Page
Faculty Fulbright Scholar, Saitama University, Saitama-shi, Japan (2018-2019)
Google Scholar Page
Postdoctoral Fellows
TBD
Laboratory Assistant
TBD
Graduate Students
Samantha Valentino, Ph.D. Graduate Student
Diana Bautista Tovar, Ph.D. Graduate Student
Undergraduate Students
Karla Ortega-Sandoval
Former Personnel and Group Archive Pictures
Fall 2020
![Group2020.png](Group2020.png)
Spring 2019
![Spring 2019 Group Photo](../_assets/images/group-photo-Spring-2019-original-size-1024x683.jpg)
Spring 2018
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Spring 2016
![IMG_5001](../_assets/images/IMG_5001-e1469901042320-1024x815.jpg)
Fall 2015
![Houston_Lab_group_2015](../_assets/images/Houston_Lab_group_2015-e1449853894490-300x225.jpeg)
Fall 2014
![we](../_assets/images/we.jpg)
Fall 2012
![SAMSUNG](../_assets/images/2012-08-21-11.32.41-e1407343301273-225x300.jpg)
Fall 2011
![DSCN0799](../_assets/images/DSCN0799-300x225.jpg)
Spring 2011
![DSC_0802](../_assets/images/DSC_0802-300x199.jpg)
Fall 2010
![DSC00882](../_assets/images/DSC00882-200x300.jpg)
Summer 2010
![DSC00599](../_assets/images/DSC00599-300x200.jpg)
Fall 2009 and Spring 2010
![LabGroup](../_assets/images/LabGroup-300x225.jpg)
Past Members of the Houston Laboratory
- David Moreno – Undergraduate AMP Research Assistant (Fall 09)
- Trevor Jones – Post Bacc Research Assistant (Fall 09-Spring 2010)
- Joel Crockett – Undergraduate Research Assistant (Summer 2010)
- Rodrigo Martin-Duran – Undergraduate Research Assistant (Summer 2010)
- Marie Fulmer – Undergraduate Research Assistant (Summer 2010)
- Austin Chavez – Undergraduate AMP Research Assistant (Fall 2010)
- Stephanie Franco – Undergraduate Research Volunteer (Spring 2011)
- Julie Denning – Undergraduate Research Volunteer (Spring 2011)
- Joelle Masangya – Undergraduate Research Volunteer (Fall 2011)
- Diana Torres Olague – Undergraduate Research Volunteer (Fall 2011)
- Samantha Drake – Undergraduate Research Assistant (Summer – Fall 2011)
- Guillermo Acosta, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow (Aug 2011 – Aug 2012)
- Jason Martinez – Undergraduate Research Assistant (REU) (Summer 2012)
- Alexandra Arteaga, M.S. – Graduate Student (awarded Fall 2012)
- Angelique Whimbley – Undergraduate Research Technician (Summer-Fall 2012)
- Frederick Crawford, M.S. – Graduate. Student (awarded Summer 2013)
- Eshan Dahal – Undergraduate Research Assistant (Spring 2012-Summer 2013)
- Varayini Pankayatselvan – Undergraduate Research Assistant (2012-2014)
- Jessica Aughenbaugh – Undergraduate Research Assistant (NMSU BRAiN 2012-2014)
- Jennifer Paul – Undergraduate Research Volunteer (Spring 2014)
- Diego Gomez – Undergraduate Research Assistant Fall (Fall 2013-Summer 2014)
- Patrick Jenkins, M.S. – Graduate Student (awarded May 2012) and Research Associate (2013-2016)
- Ruofan Cao, Ph.D. – Graduate Student (awarded May 2015)
- Zhihua Yang, M.S. – Graduate Student (awarded May 2016)
- Kaylin Beeman – M.S. Graduate Student (awarded Summer 2016)
- Benjamin Rutherford – Undergraduate Research Assistant (NMSU BRIDGES, Summer 2016)
- Cassandra Walters – Undergraduate Research Assistant (USDA IFSEEN Project, Summer 2016)
- Chase Delventhal – Undergraduate Research Assistant (USDA IFSEEN Project, Summer 2016)
- Wenyan Li, Ph.D. – Graduate Student (awarded Fall 2016)
- Rodrigo Rosalez – Undergraduate Research Assistant (Credit hours, Fall 2016)
- Courtney Alston – Undergraduate Research Assistant (USDA IFSEEN Project, Fall 2016, Spring 2017)
- David Rodriguez – Undergraduate Research Assistant (USDA IFSEEN and NMSU HHMI, mentored by Dr. Kevin Houston, 2017-2019)
- Scott Walls – Undergraduate Research Assistant (USDA IFSEEN, Summer 2017)
- Matthew Mena – Undergraduate Research Assistant (NMSU MARC, Fall 2016 – May 2018)
- David Stoltzfus – Undergraduate Research Assistant (Spring 2018)
- Faisal Alturkistany, -Ph.D. Graduate Student (awarded May 2018)
- Kapil Nichani – M.S. Graduate Student (awarded May 2018)
- Jianzhi Li – M.S. Graduate Student (awarded July 2018)
- Jesus Sambrano Jr. Ph.D. -Graduate Student (awarded July 2018)
- Sidney Aguilera – Undergraduate Research Assistant (Credit Hours, Spring 2019)
- Ana Natera – Undergraduate Research Assistant (Credit Hours, Spring 2019)
- Felicia Rodriguez – Undergraduate Research Assistant (NMSU BRAiN, MARC Spring 2019)
- Concepcion Sanchez – Undergraduate Research Assistant (HHMI, Spring 2019)
- Brandon Darrow -- Undergraduate Research Assistant (NMSU AMP, Fall 2020- Spring 2021)
- Diego Marquez – Undergraduate Research Assistant (Fall 2020)
- Cooper LeDoux – Undergraduate Research Volunteer (Fall 2020)
- Aimee Burton -- Undergraduate Research Assistant (Volunteer, Spring 2021)
- Mustafa Muhyi -- Undergraduate Research Volunteer (NIH U54 Student Fall 2021- Spring 2022)
- Andrea Perez -- Undergraduate Research Assistant (NMSU MARC, Fall 2021 - Spring 2022)
- Brenda Esparza -- Undergraduate Research Assistant (NMSU AMP, Fall 2021 - Spring 2022)
- Dat Le Quoc Doi -- Undergraduate Research Assistant (Fall 2021- Spring 2022)
- Andy Martinez-- Undergraduate Research Assistant (NMSU AMP, Fall 2021 - Spring 2022)
- Samantha Lucero -- Undergraduate Research Assistant (Credit hours, Spring 2022)
- Carina Anastasio -- Undergraduate Research Assistant (Volunteer Spring 2022)
- Leah Skinner -- High School Student Volunteer (Spring 2023)
- Melissa Mejorado-- Undergraduate Research Assistant (Credit hours, Spring 2023)
- Karla Ortega-Sandoval -- Undergraduate Research Assistant (NMSU MARC Fall 2022- Spring 2024 )