Marcelo Pintos
Research Overview
I was first introduced to Dr. Feria’s lab when I joined the High Scholars Program. This summer program was a research initiative for high school upper-class students to engage in hands-on science projects and to learn to present their scientific results. At the beginning, I was not sure if entering the program because I wanted to work during the summer. However, I decided to give it a try because science was a topic I felt passionate about but I never knew how research was done. Deciding to join and do Chagas Disease research with Dr. Feria was the best decision I could’ve made. I learned to do complicated molecular procedures along with writing research proposals and lab poster presentations. At the end of the program, I won first place in the Biology discipline and 1st place in the overall competition. This experience gave me the insight of the tireless work researchers have to do for the sake of their projects. A passion for research and science rose in me and since then I have continued to work with research projects.