Abril Y. Estrada

Graduate Student Researcher
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Education

B.S. Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, 2003

Contact Information

Phone: (805) 893-5787
Email: aestrada@chem.ucsb.edu

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9510

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Area of Research

Phragmatopoma californica is a small marine tube worm that builds its home by cementing together sand grains and other debris found in the ocean water. The strong, water-proof cement has been characterized for the most part by the Waite Lab, and I am working towards chemically synthesizing a mimic that will help us better understand how this underwater glue works.