Angela Morales

Biography

Angela is a 3rd year PhD student in the DYNS program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she received her BS in biochemistry and molecular biology in 2017, and her molecular, cellular, and developmental biology MA in 2018. Following her graduation in 2017, she worked as a graduate research fellow at Teikyo University in Japan where she studied cancer stem cell localization in the brain tumor, Glioblastoma Multiforme. She is currently a member of the Craig Montell lab studying the molecular biology of sensory reception and animal behavior in Drosophila.

Research

I am interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying insect sensation and behavior in Drosophila and Aedes.