Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UNM School of Medicine

Dr. Ponomarova received her PhD in Biology from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany. Prior to that, she earned her MS in Computer Science from the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2023, Dr. Ponomarova completed her postdoctoral training at UMass Chan Medical School in Massachusetts and then joined UNM.

Research

In the Ponomarova Lab, we study how biochemical pathways support organismal health. Questions we seek to answer include: Why are metabolic pathways wired the way they are? How does metabolism adjust to challenging conditions? How can we find diets that alleviate metabolic diseases? Our favorite tools are metabolomics and genetics. Learn more at https://ponomarovalab.com/

Publications

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=1oeqVNMAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

Opportunities for Student Involvement

We are always interested in motivated researchers. Contact Dr. Ponomarova at oponomarova@salud.unm.edu.