Karla A Pena Guerra

Masters Students

PhD student

Computer Science & Bioengineering

Associate Professor Ricardo Henao KAUST

Alumni

Biography

Karla Peña is a student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology since August 2021. She is pursuing a master’s degree in Bioengineering with specialization in Bioinformatics and Machine Learning. She has a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering, graduated in 2020 from the University of Monterrey in México

Research Interests

Special interest in structural and functional predictions for genetic mutations, protein modelling and its analysis. Aiming as well to contribute to biomedical databases using computational approaches to establish associations between rare variants and its phenotypes. 

 

Education

MS/PhD., Bioengineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Universidad de Monterrey, México

Professional Profile

Visiting Student Research Program Intern, Dic.2020 – Sept.2021, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

KAUST Affiliations

CBRC