Dr
Cindy  Quezada

Life Sciences Specialist and AAAS Diplomacy Fellow.

Biography:

Dr. Quezada has focused her scientific studies on protein structure and function. As a Fulbright Scholar at Oxford University, she studied how proteins obtain their three dimensional fold. During her Ph.D. studies at the California Institute of Technology, she elucidated the structural and chemical mechanisms of a key protein that allows bacteria to sense the environment. As a postdoctoral scholar at Rockefeller University, she studied the molecular mechanisms of bacterial virulence. Dr. Quezada was a recipient of the L’Oreal For Women in Science Fellowship, which she used to evaluate a molecular diagnostic test for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Rwanda. In addition, Cindy has developed content for the Science Friday Initiative, the non-profit arm of National Public Radio’s Science Friday program. She has also been actively involved in science outreach programs for young girls, junior high, and high school students that mix science with the arts.

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