Paulina Fernandez-Soto B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

Visiting Research Fellow

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Education:

B.S., Clinical Biochemistry, 2011, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
M.S., Medical Microbiology, 2014, University of Manchester, Manchester, England
Ph.D., Microbiology, 2019, University of Manchester, Manchester, England

Languages Spoken: Spanish

Biography

During her doctoral training under the mentorship of Dr. Tabernero, Paulina’s research was focused on characterizing virulence factors for the development of non-antibiotic drugs for tuberculosis. Paulina’s research interest in Dr. DeLeo's lab is to identify bacterial drug/diagnostic targets by studying their evasion of the innate immunity.