PREP (Postbac Research Education Program) scholar
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine
2019 July –
Funding in the lab
2019 – 2020. R25 UNC-PREP training grant
While in the lab, Nicole was awarded an NSF GRFP fellowship on April 2020 for her upcoming Ph.D. training period.
Contact information
6330 Medical Biomolecular Research Building
111 Mason Farm Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Phone:919-962-6290
E-mail: nsre@email.unc.edu
Education and training
B.Sc., Biological Sciences, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, 2014-2019.
Honors and awards
- ABRCMS, award for outstanding poster presentation in the area of Chemistry at the 2015 Seattle Symposium
- RISE-UPR, Cayey presentation award (2016) for the investigation: “Evaluating how perturbations in LuxO quorum signaling affect bioluminescence in Vibrio fischeri”
- UNC Chapel Hill,PREP Scholar 2019
- University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, Cum Laude, 2019
- National Science Foundation (NSF), GRFP fellowship 2020
Research Experience
Undergraduate research assistant, University of Puerto Rico-Cayey, 8/2017 – 5/2019
Summer research assistant, Pennsylvania State University, 5/2016 – 7/2016
Undergraduate research assistant, University of Puerto Rico-Cayey, 8/2015 – 7/2016
Summer research assistant, Ohio State University, 5/2015 – 6/2015
Undergraduate research assistant, University of Puerto Rico-Cayey, 8/2014 – 5/2015