Cristina Pontaza

Cristina was born and raised in Texas, and is currently a rising senior at Seven Lakes High School in Katy. In the summer of 2018, she shadowed lab technicians, nurses, and surgeons in a hospital in Mazatenango, Guatemala; this experience solidified her interests in both chemistry and research. Cristina joined the Dodani Lab in the the Summer of 2019 as a Welch Scholar. She will work alongside Jasmine Tutol to engineer proteins for anion recognition in water. In her free time, Cristina likes to research about skincare, read Academic Decathlon guides, and play video games.