After successfully defending his dissertation in June, Antonio Tinoco Valencia, ’20 (PhD) recently began his post-doc in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University. Valencia is founding president of the Rochester chapter of the Alliance for Diversity in Science and Engineering (ADSE). Born in Mexico, Valencia grew up in Los Angeles protected under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). His academic expertise focuses on organic synthesis, biocatalysis, asymmetric catalysis, bioinorganic chemistry, mechanistic enzymology, protein engineering, and directed evolution. For what drives him personally, Valencia says, "I am passionate about and work towards increasing the equity and visibility of underrepresented minorities in STEM through my efforts in leading diversity and inclusion initiatives in higher education."
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