Research in Bio-organic Chemistry
Miky is originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, but grew up in Winnipeg after moving there at the age of 5. She completed a B.Sc Honours in Chemistry at the University of Manitoba. There she completed her honours thesis under the supervision of Dr. Rebecca Davis, where she looked at the molecular docking of conduritol aziridine inhibitors in enzyme GCase. In the Nitz lab, she is working on analyzing the ability of GlmU to catalyze the formation of its own bisubstrate inhibitor. In her free time, Miky enjoys spending time outdoors, going hiking, canoeing and camping in the summer and snowboarding in the winter.