Creative, Precise, Focused

"Maritza is an expert in performing experiments and isolation of endothelial cells, all of which require extensive technical skills. She gives input on studying design and is moreover very skilled in teaching lab techniques to graduate students and medical fellows. She does all of this and in a very patient and sociable manner. My lab would not at all be the same without her."

Nominated by Rudolf Lucas, Vascular Biology Center, Augusta University, USA