Humberto Ochoa, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate, Mello Lab, UMass Chan Medical School

Former RTI Lab: Doctoral Student, Mello Lab
Training Period: 2020–2025
Prior Academic Degree Institution: MIT
Awards: National Science Foundation Fellow, NIH IMSD Awardee, 2026 UMass Chan Commencement Speaker
Press: Biomedical sciences student studying fertility in Mello lab 

Dissertation: Investigating Functional Germline Helicase and Argonaute Interactions in C. elegans Germline

Humberto is a National Science Foundation Fellow and was also awarded a 2020 T32 grant funded through NIH for an Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD). Humberto investigates Argonaute loading and stability.