Chemistry PhD candidate @NarayanLab working on directed evolution of enzymes | Puerto Rico is my heart’s home | He/Him/His/Él 🇵🇷 🏳️‍🌈

Ann Arbor, MI
Joined September 2018
Feels great to have reached this milestone! Really excited to continue exploring the power of biocatalysis! 🌱🧬
🎉👏🥳 Celebrating @joserhern1 who delivered a wonderful presentation and soared through his @MichiganChem gateway exam yesterday. Way to go José!!!
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Excited to interact with industry folks leading the way in biocatalysis and enzyme engineering! If you’re attending, stop by my poster during the poster session! I’d love to connect and share insights about my work in the Narayan lab.
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With the new semester just around the corner, its time to celebrate NIH-F31 awardees! This time, its the fabulous @KatieJaneTorma5 🥳 We are so proud of you and we can’t wait to see your amazing progress over the next few years! Go KJ, Go! #Biocats @UMLifeSciences @MichiganChem
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The Narayan lab represented at the 2024 @KarleSymUM! A special congratulations to Daniel Ong, @joserhern1, and Dr. Cole Meyer for winning poster awards! Go Biocats, Go!
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Are you seeing double?! In the Narayan lab, Pride month is EVERY month. This year, we celebrated with the first Narayan Lab Gay Olympics! Congratulations to the #BlueTeam for winning first place and happy pride to all! 🌈🦄
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Great presentation from our resident azaphilone queen!
The wonderful @KatieJaneTorma5 just gave an amazing 3rd year seminar on her work towards azaphilone natural product synthesis. We are so proud of our azaphilone QUEEN!👑 #Biocats #GoBlue
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Natasha Perry from the #Nagornylab presented at the #Novartis Symposium this afternoon! Thank you to Prof. Tim Cernak and Caitlin Reynolds for organizing the event!
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Honored to have been selected for this award! #Biocatalysis
We are looking forward to ACS Pride-Merck Graduate Research Awardees presenting their research during @AmerChemSociety Spring 2024. Thank you @Merck for your support! @ACSPride_prof #QueerInSTEM #GraduateStudent #ACSSpring2024 #ElevatingProfessionalism #ACSPride #Pride #DEIR
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Fearlessness. Hear chemistry laureate Frances Arnold share what she looks for in new recruits in her laboratory. Watch the full interview with Arnold: youtube.com/watch?v=OotsRHLJ… #WomeninScience
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This paper by @ClaireMagnani, @TantilloLab, @Joserhern1 and Thomas J. Maimone explores pyridine dearomatization as a tactic in both the total synthesis and biosynthesis of altemicidin. Check it out 👉 go.acs.org/7LZ @UCB_Chemistry
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Second year with a bottle of tide! Happy Holidays! ❤️ 🎁 🌲
Spreading some holiday cheer with @NarayanLab 🎉🎁
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Check out #MerckChemistry and #MerckEngineering’s automated platform for screening liquid-liquid extractions. An exciting application of #HTE in process workup development! In @OPRD_ACS by @AlexandraCSun and colleagues pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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#TotalSynthesis of Altemicidin: A Surprise Ending for a Monoterpene Alkaloid by @ClaireMagnani, @joserhern1, Dean J. Tantillo, and Thomas J. Maimone at @UCB_Chemistry in @JACS_Au pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
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Highly recommend this opportunity! I had an amazing time at @Merck this past summer!
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This #Perspective discusses barriers to implementation of biocatalysis in organic chemistry and adoption of enzyme catalysts into synthetic strategies. Read now 👉 go.acs.org/669 @NarayanLab, @AtsauSaucedo, @joserhern1, @DiYang33319166, @purfectcatalyst, @EvanORomero
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Congratulations to our Vegan King 👑 @EvanORomero We can’t wait to see you do amazing things!
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Excited to finally see this out! This was such a fun article to write and even better to read! Highly recommend taking a look 👀🙌🏼
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