Principal Investigator
Andrés Blanco
Fun fact: Loves rabbits!
Josh Rico
Visiting Research Scholar
Fun fact: Loves rock climbing!
Josh Rhoades, M.S.
Bioinformaticist
Ricardo Petroni, Ph.D.
Research Specialist
Fun fact: As a legitimate Brazilian guy I love to play and watch soccer.
Fangxue (Yumi) Yan
5th year PhD student at PSOM, Cancer Biology Program
Fun Fact: I’ve been to 4 out of 6 Disneylands and 3 out of 4 Universal Studios around the world. (Still collecting!)
Zvi Cramer
5th year PhD student at PSOM, Cancer Biology Program
Fun Fact: In the past I've worked on organic farms in the US, Canada, Thailand, and New Zealand.
Maria Carrera
3rd year PhD candidate at PSOM, Genetics and Epigenetics program
Fun fact: My full given name is María Fernanda Josefina followed by two surnames. Try learning to write that in kinder!
Janice Reynaga, B.A.
4th year PhD candidate at PSOM, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics program
Fun Fact: My family founded a small village in Mexico called "El Aguacate" which means the avocado.
Lab Alums
Diego Mendez
Penn PREP Scholars postbac student
Christine Langston
Lab manager and research technician, 2018-2019
Current position: University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing BSN second degree program
Juan Mesa
UPenn Summer Undergraduate Internship Program (SUIP), Summer 2019.
Current position: undergraduate student, City University of New York (CUNY)
Join the Lab
The Blanco Lab is seeking new lab members, including postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and undergraduate students.