Prior Academic Affiliations:
B.S. University of Texas at El Paso
Thesis Mentor:
Dr. Qiang Lu
Thesis Project:
Fellowship, Honors, Awards etc.:
Fellowships, honors, awards:
Horizon City Kiwanis Key Club International Merit Scholarship
BUILDing Scholars NIH Undergraduate Research Fellow
College of Science Deans List - University of Texas at El Paso
Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Travel Award
BUILDing Scholars Travel Award
American Association of Anatomists Travel Award
Research/Professional Experiences:
Research scholar – BUILDing Scholars Academic Research, Laboratory of Dr. Anita Quintana, UT El Paso
Research scholar - BUILDing Scholars Academic Research, Laboratory of Drs. Marc Cox & Theresa Rodriguez, UT El Paso
Research fellow –Summer Research Fellowship, Laboratory of Dr. Peter Douglas, UT Southwestern
Research Assistant – Laboratory of Dr. Jeannie Concha, UT El Paso
Publications:
Quintana AM, Hernandez JA, Gonzalez CG (2017) Functional analysis of the zebrafish ortholog of HMGCS1 reveals independent functions for cholesterol and isoprenoids in craniofacial development. PLoS One. 2017 Jul 7;12(7):e0180856.