Oscar Aguilar, PhD

Dr. Aguilar was born in El Salvador, but due to a civil war, his family seeked asylum in Canada. He was raised in Ottawa, Ontario where he completed his B.Sc in Biochemistry and a M.Sc. with Prof. Ken Storey at Carleton University. He then completed his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto working with Prof. James Carlyle. For his Post-Doctoral training, he joined Prof. Lewis Lanier’s lab at UCSF and was later recruited as faculty. He enjoys soccer and boxing.