
Jesus Antonio Romo
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Jesus Antonio Romo is a fourth-year doctoral candidate in the Cell and Molecular Biology (Microbiology and Immunology track) at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), where he is finishing his Ph.D. (spring 2018) at UTSA working in a medical mycology laboratory with the fungus Candida albicans studying biofilm formation, drug discovery and development.
Jesus’ passions include teaching, outreach, research, and science communication. Jesus is also a 3MT winner at UTSA and a Scientific Teaching Fellow through the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Jesus is also a regular contributor to microTalk, a podcast from ASM.