Kristy Hawkins

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Kristy Hawkins was born, August 28, 1980, in Longview, TX

She is a female bodybuilder and chemist currently studying chemical engineering in the area of metabolic engineering in yeast with an emphasis on inducible promoter systems and other strategies for fine-tuning expression of recombinant enzymes/proteins. She earned her BS Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2002, graduating summa cum laude and with University and Foundation Honors. She read for her MS Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 2005, and am currently working towards my PhD. in chemical engineering, also at Caltech

She is primarily working to produce benzylisoquinoline alkaloids in S. cerevisiae but has also constructed yeast strains which exhibit modified responses from the GAL promoter and is pursuing other RNA-based strategies for regulation by small molecules in vivo.

Kristy enjoys reading (during cardio), cross-stitching, and hiking.

[edit] Bodybuilding:

Kristy always struggled with her weight growing up and found her way into the weight room at a young age while her mother did aerobics. At age 15, she got her own gym membership and went every day after school/work. The owners were hosting a competition and taught her the basics of training, nutrition, and posing, and she has competed every year since aged 17.

[edit] Competition History:

1998 ANPPC Mississippi Open-Novice Women Short Class 3rd Place

1998 AAU Mr/Mrs Southwest America-Novice Women Medium Class 1st Place and Best Poser

1999 AAU Mr/Mrs Southwest America-Open Women Short Class 1st Place and Best Poser

2000 ANPPC Southwest USA Natural Bodybuilding Championships-Novice Women Short Class 3rd Place

2002 NPC Michigan Championships-1st Place Lightweight

2002 NPC Pittsburgh Open-3rd Place Lightweight

2003 NPC Ronnie Coleman Classic-1st Place Middleweight

2003 NPC Pittsburgh Open-1st Place Middleweight and Overall

2003 NPC Lone Star Classic-1st Place Heavyweight and Overall

2003 NPC Jr. Nationals-4th Place Middleweight

2004 NPC Jr. Nationals-5th Place Light-heavyweight

2004 IFBB North Americans-4th Place Light-heavyweight

2005 NPC Nationals-4th Place Light-heavyweight

2006 NPC Nationals-3rd Place Light-heavyweight

[edit] BEST LIFTS (for reps):

Squat: 365 lbs

Deadlift: 335 lbs

Bench press: 225 lbs

Dumbbell curls: 50 lbs

Dumbbell rows: 140 lbs

Lat pulldown: 260 lbs

All information is drawn from Kristy's website, www.KristyHawkins.com

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