Tatiana Hernandez

Provenance: Dallas, TX with Salvadoran roots

How I got into science: Watching animal planet The Most Extreme led me to have curiosity to what our body is capable of. Eventually it made me interested on how our bodies worked and what factors may play into our livelihoods.

Favorite movie: Knives Out

Hobbies: Trying out new foods like an unofficial food critic; cooking; playing video games; and touring

Future plans/bucket list: Travel more across the globe, Japan being my first priority. To become a researcher and hopefully teach what I learn later in life.

Tatiana graduated from the University of Dallas with a BS in Biochemistry.  She did undergraduate research on Phospholipase D. She is currently a Molecular Biosciences graduate student and a recipient of the Rutgers IMSD fellowship. Tatiana also received funding from the NIH Research diversity supplement.  Tatiana has worked previously at  the Rutgers Clinical Research Center at RWJ on the Johnson and Johnson vaccine trials.

Tatiana is investigating how nutrients regulate mTORC2.  Her work has implications for diabetes and cancer.