Education:
University of Puerto Rico, Cayey
Chemistry major
B.S., 2019
University of Minnesota
Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology Graduate Program
Ph.D., 2025
MSTP Student Governance:
- Student Advisory Committee, 2021-2023
- Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee, 2022-2024 (co-chair 2023-2024)
- JEDI Committee, 2022-2025
Thesis advisor: Scott Dehm, Ph.D.
Thesis Research
Androgen receptor variants and prostate cancer progression.
Publications
Valentin Lopez J, Jiang N, Cartwright D, Amin K, Mogrovejo DO, Elbaz Younes I, Schat R, Jensen E, Park BU. Pancreatic Collision Tumor Composed of Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm and Well-Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumor: Diagnostic Challenges and Classification Considerations. Cureus. 2026 Jul 13;18(7):e112580. doi: 10.7759/cureus.112580. PMCID: PMC13464359
Valentín López JC, Yu C, Knutson TP, Kobilka A, Lyman J, Guo S, Luo B, Munro SA, Li Y, Heer R, Gaughan L, Morris MJ, Beltran H, Ryan CJ, Antonarakis ES, Armstrong AJ, Halabi S, Dehm SM. Evolution of AR and Non-AR Alterations in ctDNA of Patients with Metastatic Prostate Cancer Treated in the Phase III Alliance A031201 Trial. Clin Cancer Res. 2026 Jun 15;32(12):2413-2427. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-25-2779. PMCID: PMC13266347
Valentín López JC, Lange CA, Dehm SM. Androgen receptor and estrogen receptor variants in prostate and breast cancers. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2024 Jul:241:106522. PMCID: PMC11139604. Review
