Dr. Nadia Ayala-Lopez is a pharmacologist and toxicologist. She has been at Yale University since 2017 as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Laboratory Medicine in the Yale School of Medicine. Her current research is on RNA modifications in leukemia. Dr. Ayala-Lopez published a thesis the adrenergic system within perivascular adipose tissue in 2016.

In addition to scientific research, she has a special interest in facilitating professional development and is Chair of the Yale Postdoctoral Association.

She can best be described as a biomedical scientist, soup eater, and comedy enthusiast. Her passion is inspiring creativity through scientific knowledge