Department of Infectious Diseases
He Lab, Temporary Technical Paraprofessional
Biography
I was born and raised in Puerto Rico, where I graduated from the University of Puerto Rico Cayey Campus in 2014 with a degree in biology. After graduation, I moved to Athens and worked as a lab technician in Dr. Balazs Rada’s lab in the Infectious Diseases department. I was accepted into the ILS program at UGA in 2015 and joined Dr. Biao He’s lab in January of 2016.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Biology, University of Puerto Rico Cayey Campus, 2014
Research Interests
I am interested in the fields of virology and vaccine development. My work focuses on the development of vaccines for multiple pathogens using PIV5 and PIV5-based amplifying virus-like particles as vaccine platforms.
Publications
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=maria+huertas+diaz
