Stephanie Paola Suarez

Stephanie earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry, and a Minor in General Public Health, from the University of South Florida in May 2021. During her undergraduate career, she participated in the USF Herd of Thunder Marching Band, worked at the Marshall Student Center and the Office of Supplier Diversity, and was an undergraduate researcher analyzing polyketide synthase (PKS) and non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) to detect enzymatic domains. Joining the doctoral program in August 2021, her work focused on genome mining sediment samples from Antarctica to detect biosynthetic gene clusters and other novel natural products. Stephanie is currently a research associate at Moffit Cancer Center where she designs plasmids for CAR T-cell therapies