Nadine Alvarez, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Member, Infectious Diseases
Center for Discovery and Innovation

Microbiology-Molecular Biology researcher with experience in pre-clinical research and development projects aimed towards drug discovery and vaccines. Goal oriented and focused with strong team building and supervising abilities supplemented with over 20 peer-review publications.

Research

Broad background in biotechnology, mycobacteriology and drug discovery related to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTMs). Current work is focused on the assay development and discovery of new antiviral leads to fight current viruses affecting human population worldwide, like SARS-CoV-2, as well as other viral agents that can become a potential future pandemic.