Blanca Barquera

Professor

Dr. Barquera received her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the National University of University of Mexico. Then she worked in the lab of Professor Robert Gennis at the University of Illinois-Urbana, supported by an NIH-Forgarty postdoctoral fellowship, and Professor Marten Wikstrom at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Dr. Barquera is a Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences and Chemistry and Chemical Biology. Dr. Barquera studies energy metabolism in bacteria using genetic and biochemical methods. Dr. Barquera’s work is supported by NIH and NSF.