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Dr. Sonya Neal Seminar
September 12, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
| Dr. Sonya Neal is an Associate Professor in the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of California in San Diego. While from North Carolina, Sonya earned her BS at UCSD, where she graduated with honors with a degree in Chemistry and Biochemistry. She completed her PhD at UCLA, in Carla Koehler’s lab, where she studied redox proteins involved in mitochondrial membrane import. She then moved back to UCSD, where she carried out postdoctoral studies in the Hampton Lab, studying ER-associated protein degradation. In her own group, she continues to study proteotoxic stress response and is a rising star in this field. In addition to funding from a R35 MIRA, she was recently awarded an HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar Award as well as Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Diversity Leadership Award. |
