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Luis joined the Vardhana Lab at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in August 2021 as a postdoctoral research fellow.
Luis received his B.Sc. degree in Biology with Emphasis in Biotechnology from the National University of Costa Rica and M.Sc. in Biomedical Sciences with Emphasis in Biochemistry and Cellular Physiology from the University of Costa Rica. He did his PhD in cancer metabolism in Christiane Opitz’s laboratory at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Heidelberg University.