Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program at UC Davis

María Maldonado studies the biochemical and biophysical basis of respiration in photosynthetic organisms. She seeks to widen and deepen the understanding of respiration using biochemical, biophysical and structural biology approaches to study the respiratory complexes and supercomplexes of model plants, crops, green algae and non-green algae. Her motivation is to both expand the knowledge of this fundamental biological process and to set the basis for new strategies for food security and the mitigation of climate change.