Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program at UC Davis

José W. Torres Ayende earned two bachelor’s degrees in science with concentration Technology in Industrial Chemical Processes (TEQU) and Clinical Microbiology (MICRO) at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo in 2020. As an undergraduate, he conducted research as a PR-LSAMP Scholar in the lab of Dr. Maiella Ramos, where he studied the presence and abundance of anthropogenic heavy metals in superficial water bodies, sediment samples, and flora in natural limestone caves and underground waterways. As a PREP Scholar at UC Davis, he is working at Dr. Manuel Navedo's laboratory to determine the cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating arterial smooth muscle excitability and vascular reactivity.