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Dr. Covarrubias' research interests include: the role of NAD metabolism as a therapeutic target in metabolic disease, aging, and cancer, exploring the role of nutrient/metabolite levels and nutrient sensing pathways in the regulation of immune cell function, immune cell and senescent cell crosstalk in metabolic disease, aging, and cancer. The Covarrubias Lab hopes to build on the discovery that senescent cells directly influence the function of tissue-resident macrophages via the secreion of the SASP by sescent cells.

Karina Edmonds (PhD '97) is the VP, Head of Academies and Universities at SAP. She received her B.A. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island, and M.S. and PhD degrees in Aeronautics from Caltech. Since graduating from Caltech, Karina has worked at TRW, JPL, and Google. Born in the Dominican Republic, she is a proud Afro-Latina scientist.

Marcella Gomez (PhD '15) is an assistant professor at UC Santa Cruz in the department of Applied Mathematics. She received her PhD from Caltech in 2015 and a B.S. from UC Berkeley in 2009; both degrees in Mechanical Engineering. Her research interests are in synthetic and systems biology. She is also a proud Chicana, first generation Mexican-American from Riverside, California.

Roberto Zenit (PhD '97) is a professor of engineering at Brown University. He earned his BSc at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and M.S. and PhD degrees at Caltech. He was also a 2014-15 Fullbright Scholar at Caltech. Roberto has been a fellow at the American Physical Society, and an elected member of the Academy of Engineering of Mexico.

Please join the Caltech Center for Diversity in welcoming Diana Trujillo for our Latinx Heritage STEMinar. Since 2008, Diana has worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, contributing to both human and robotic space missions. Currently, she is Mission Lead for the Mars Curiosity rover, and has served as Deputy Project System Engineer and Deputy Team Chief of the Engineering division of Curiosity (Mars Science Laboratory). Born and raised in Cali, Colombia, Diana Trujillo is a passionate advocate for STEM education particularly for women and the Hispanic/Latinx community. She is a mentor for the Brooke Owens Fellowship, which she created with her husband; and has been awarded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Bruce Murrary Award for Excellence in Education and Public Engagement.