Marina Sarcinella

5th year Graduate Student in Chemistry
msarci@umich.edu
Hometown: Mahopac, New York

In the Bailey Lab, Marina works on developing mass spec techniques to characterize Nanodiscs to study how the lipid environment impacts membrane proteins.

GET TO KNOW MARINA

Undergraduate Degree: 2017 B.S. Chemistry, B.A. History of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh #H2P

Favorite food: Soup dumplings

Favorite TV shows: Bones and Psych

Favorite sports to watch: NCAA softball, baseball (Go Yankees!), and football (Go Cowboys!)

Favorite place visited: A toss-up between the Parthenon and the Great Wall. Honorable mention goes to Pictured Rocks in the UP (peep the picture!).

What lab-themed superpower would you like to have? Automatic buffer generator!

If you were not doing science, what would you be doing? I’d be an archaeologist or a travel photographer.

What can people find you doing outside of the lab? Traveling, hiking, exploring food and art scenes, watching sports, exuding NY/east coast pride, or yelling at the Yankees and Cowboys.

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