
President
Hello, I'm Karen and I’m from Miami, Florida! I went to college at Boston University and worked in the greater Boston area for a couple of years in a genetics lab. I'm currently a fourth-year graduate student in the Schlebach Lab, where my Ph.D. research project focuses on how membrane proteins are cotranslationally integrated into membranes by the translocon and secondary chaperones; by using next-generation genetic approaches coupled with computational and structural biology I’m trying to gain further insights into the mechanisms of cellular proteostasis. I'm really interested in synthetic biology as well and plan to do more of that in my research! In my off time I really enjoy event planning, reading, and video games. If you ever have any questions about the program, department, etc. please don't hesitate to email me (knoguera@iu.edu).
Graduate Student with Schlebach Lab