Faculty Members
- Abel Baerga, Ph.D.
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Email: abel.baerga@upr.eduResearch: Biosynthesis of natural products.
Contact: 787-758-2525 X-1603 -1640 | Lab: RCM
Web Page: https://md.rcm.upr.edu/biochemistry/
Profile: https://md.rcm.upr.edu/biochemistry/dt_team/dr-abel-baerga-ortiz/
- Abimael Rodríguez, Ph.D.
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Email: abimael.rodriguez1@upr.eduResearch: New bioactive compounds from marine organisms.
Contact: 787-764-0000 X. 88575 | Lab: Molecular Sciences Building
Web Page: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/index.php?page=abimael-d-rodriguez
Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abimael_D_Rodriguez
- Adelfa E. Serrano, Ph.D.
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Email: adelfa.serrano@upr.eduResearch: RCMI-Center for Molecular Genetics and Infectious Diseases
Contact: Office: (787) 758-2525, X-1313; | Lab: (787) 758-2525, X-2217, X-1314 | Rm A-310, Rm A-346, Rm A 349
Profile: https://md.rcm.upr.edu/micro/dt_team/dr-adelfa-e-serrano/
Email: alfredo.ghezzi@upr.eduResearch: Molecular Neuroscience, Behavioral Genetics, Neuroadaptation and Addiction
Contact: 787-764 0000 X. 32767, 32767 | Lab: JGD-203
Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alfredo_Ghezzi
Email: lupita1029@gmail.comResearch: Development of bioselective electrodes.
Contact: 787-764-0000 X-88537 | Lab: FB-101A
Web Page: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/index.php?page=ana-r-guadalupe-quinones
Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ana_Guadalupe_Quinones
Email: seeds.andrew@gmail.comResearch: Neural Circuits and Behavior
Contact: 787-721-4149 X-236 | Lab: 318 Instituto de Neurobiología, San Juan
Web Page: http://www.seedshampellab.com/
Profile: https://www.cienciapr.org/en/user/seedsa
Email: anthony.washington@upr.eduResearch: Inmuno-hemostasis
Contact: X-88149 -88150 | Lab: JGD-215
Web Page: https://uprmdacc.upr.edu/
Profile: https://uprmdacc.upr.edu/profile-uprmdacc/792-a-valance
Email: atinoco9278@gmail.comResearch: Development of Ti(IV)-based anticancer comleses using FE(III) chelating ligands that model the metal binding site of transferring.
Contact: X-88510 | Lab: FB-102
Web Page: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/
Profile: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/index.php?page=arthur-d-tinoco
Email: brad@hpcf.upr.eduResearch: Nanoparticles for cancer imaging.
Contact: X-55574 | Lab. FB-147
Web Page: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/
Profile: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/index.php?page=brad-r-weiner
Email: brunomariemail@gmail.comResearch: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Synaptic Homeostasis
Contact: 787-724-1024
Web Page: http://www.neuro.upr.edu/
Profile: http://www.neuro.upr.edu/?q=dr.-b.-marie
Email: carlos.cabrera2@upr.eduResearch: Analytical Chemistry (electrochemistry), Hotoelectrochemistry Batteries, Electrocatalysis (fuel cells), Surface Analysis.
Contact: Office 787-523-5310
Web Page: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/
Profile: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/index.php?page=carlos-cabrera
Email: cigonzalez@uprrp.eduResearch: Post-Transcriptional control of gene expression.
Contact: X-88121 -88122 | Lab. JGD-107
Web Page: http://cicim.upr.edu/faculty-members/
Email: carlos.jimenez8@upr.eduResearch: Changes in Ih current channel’s subunites 2 and 4 during the expression of cocaine sensitization.
Contact: 787-758-2525, X-1676 -1677 | Lab. RCM A-688, A-682
Web Page: https://md.rcm.upr.edu/physiology/
Profile: https://md.rcm.upr.edu/physiology/dt_team/dr-carlos-a-jimenez-rivera/
Email: dalice.pinerocruz@uprrp.eduResearch: Synthesis of metal complexees and multidimensional networks for their application. / Materials sciences and Nanomedicine
Contact: 787-764-0000 X. 88559 | Lab. FB 135C
Web Page: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/index.php?page=Dalice-M-PInERO-CRUZ
Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dalice_Pinero_Cruz
Email: eduardo.caro1@upr.eduResearch: Pharmacology
Contact: 787-758-2525 X-5433
Web Page: http://farmacia.rcm.upr.edu/faculty/
Profile: https://pr.linkedin.com/in/eduardo-j-e-caro-diaz-b8999396
Email: eduardo.nicolau@upr.eduResearch: Analytical: Studies on the efficiency of polymeric bio-nanomaterials for applications in bone tissue engineering and sensing of metabolites.
Contact: X-88567 | Lab. FB-314
Web Page: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/
Profile: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/index.php?page=eduardo-nicolau
Email: esther.peterson@upr.eduReasearch: Breast Cancer: the role of the cytoskeleton and EGFR signal transduction pathway
Contact: 787-764 0000 X. 88129, 88130 | Lab: JGD-116
Email: gary.toranzos@upr.eduResearch: Environmental Microbiology Ecology.
Contact: X-88118 – 88119 | Lab. JGD-102
Web Page: https://www.asm.org/Biographies/Gary-Toranzos
Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gary_Toranzos
Email: gregoryjquirk@gmail.comResearch: Neuronal mechanism of learning and extinction of fear.
Contact: 787-999-3058 | Lab. RCM A-682
Web Page: https://md.rcm.upr.edu/anatomyneurobiology/
Profile: https://md.rcm.upr.edu/anatomyneurobiology/dr-gregory-j-quirk/
Email: ingrid.montes2@upr.eduResearch: Synthesis and characterization of 1,1″-diacetyl
Contact: 787-764-0000 X. 88502 | Lab: CN – 319
Web Page: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/index.php?page=ingrid-montes
Profile: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/careers/college-to-career/chemists/montes.html
Email: jorge1962cr@gmail.comResearch: Biosensors and drug delivery using layered inorganic nanomaterials.
Contact: X-88543 | Lab. FB-105
Web Page: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/
Profile: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/index.php?page=jorge-l-colon
Email: jose.agosto1@upr.eduResearch: Genetic control of sleep and circadian rhythms in the Drosophila Melanogaster.
Contact: X-88064 | Lab. NCN
Web Page: http://biology.uprrp.edu/
Profile: http://biology.uprrp.edu/research/view_employee.php?id=196
Email: jlasalde@gmail.comResearch: Acetylcholine receptor structure and function; Lipid-protein interactions in biological membranes; Neuronal acetylcholine receptor and nicotine addiction.
Contact: X-88125 -88126 | Lab. JGD-114
Web Page: http://nachrs.org/
Profile: http://nachrs.org/pi-info/
Email: jose.rodriguez233@upr.eduResearch: Functional genomics, molecular recognition of nucleid acids, gene regulation, protein DNA interactions, transcription factors, biophysics.
Contact: X-88131 | Lab. JGD-120
Web Page: http://biology.uprrp.edu/
Profile: http://biology.uprrp.edu/department_info/view_employee.php?id=397
Email: jegarcia@hpcf.upr.eduResearch: In vivo and in vitro development of the peripheral nervous system; Neuropeptides and neurotransmitters nervous system regeneration in invertebrates.
Contact: X-88151 -88152 | Lab. JGD-220
Web Page: http://neuroid.uprrp.edu/
Profile: http://neuroid.uprrp.edu/index.php/team/dr-jose-e-garcia-arraras/
Email: jmrivort@gmail.comResearch: Organic Chemistry: Molecular recognition, Supramolecular chemistry, Nanotechnology, Bioorganic chemistry, Organic synthesis.
Contact: X-88575
Web Page: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/
Profile: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/index.php?page=jose-rivera
Email: jose.colonsaez@upr.eduResearch: Understanding the role of nAChR’s in the development of inflammation and subsequent neurodegeneration which has been shown to be involved in the development of many disease states such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease as well as HIV associated neurocognitive disorders
Contact: 787-758-2525 X- 5090 | Lab: Anexo 321
Web Page: http://farmacia.rcm.upr.edu/faculty/
Email: kai.griebenow@gmail.comResearch: Biochemistry: Structure-guided protein encapsulation, non-aqueous enzymology, protein formulation, protein stability, protein glycosylation, relationship between protein structural dynamics and enzyme activity, PEG modification of proteins, bio-fuel cells.
Contact: X-88537 | Lab: FB-215
Web Page: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/
Profile: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/index.php?page=kai-hans-griebenow
Email: liz.diaz2@upr.eduResearch: Scientific Communication in Diverse Educational Contexts
Contact: 787-764 0000 X. 83503 | CN-129
Web Page: https://www.researchgate.net/
Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Liz_Diaz
Email: magaly.martinez1@upr.eduResearch: Cancer Research. Inflammatory mediators of prostate cancer metastasis and response to curcumin.
Contact: 787-772-8300 X-1106 -1403 | Lab. Centro Comprensivo de Cancer
Web Page: http://farmacia.rcm.upr.edu/
Profile: http://farmacia.rcm.upr.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2016/09/Profile_Magaly_Martinez.pdf
Email: mark.miller@upr.eduResearch: Neural parasitology
Contact: (787)-721-4149
Web Page: http://www.neuro.upr.edu/
Profile: http://www.neuro.upr.edu/?q=markm
- Marvin Bayro, Ph.D.
Email: marvin.bayro@gmail.comResearch: Analysis of protein structure and dynamics in HIV maturation.
Contact: 787-523-5326
Web Page: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/
Profile: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/index.php?page=Marvin-Bayro
Program DirectorEmail: nestor.carballeira1@upr.edu
Research: Organic Chemistry: Organic reaction mechanisms, lipid chemistry and biosynthesis of marine natural products.
Contact: X-88561 | Lab. FB-119
Web Page: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/
Profile: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/index.php?page=nestor-m-carballeira
Email: omayol@ites.upr.eduResearch: Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols Research (ACAR)
Contact: 787-764-0000 X-88191 – 88192 | Lab: FB 001
Web page: http://web.ites.upr.edu/
Profile: http://web.ites.upr.edu/faculty-members/olga-l-mayol-bracero
Program CoordinatorResearch: Biochemistry: How chemical nature of detergents affects the lipid composition of detergent-solubilized nAChR from Torpedo californica tissue.
Contact: X-88152 | Lab: FB-300
Web Page: http://nachrs.org/
Profile: http://nachrs.org/dt_team/orestes-quesada-gonzalez/
Email: pablo.vivas@upr.eduResearch: Microbiology – Ovarian Cancer
Contact: 787-772-8300 X- 1404
Profile: http://www.cccupr.org/investigacion/investigadores/pablo-vivas-mejias-phd/
Email: bayman.upr@gmail.comResearch: Mycology and plant pathology; Bioremediation; Mycotoxins.
Contact: X-88141 | Lab: JGD-205
Web Page: http://biology.uprrp.edu/
Profile: http://biology.uprrp.edu/research/view_employee.php?id=92
Email: rpapa.lab@gmail.comResearch: Complex modular architecture around a simple toolkit of wing pattern genes
Contact: X-88133 | Lab: JGD-213
Web Page: http://ricpapa.wixsite.com/papa-riccardo-lab
Profile: http://ricpapa.wixsite.com/rpapalab/about
Email: torsten.stelzer@upr.eduResearch: Pharmaceutical crystallization, Small-scale manufacturing, Process intensification
Contact: 787-523-5303 | Lab: Molecular Sciences Building
Web Page: http://farmacia.rcm.upr.edu/
Profile: http://farmacia.rcm.upr.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2016/09/Profile_Torsten_Stelzer.pdf
Email: tugrul.giray@upr.eduResearch: Integrative study of behavioral and muscle development in a model system.
Contact: X-88135 -88136 | Lab: FB-246
Web page: http://biology.uprrp.edu/
Profile: http://biology.uprrp.edu/department_info//view_employee.php?id=121
Email: vilmali.lopez@upr.eduResearch: Biocompatible, tailored, nanocrystals, drugs nanocarriers for cancer treatment.
Contact: X-88537 | Lab: FB-101A
Web Page: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/
Profile: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/index.php?page=Vilmali-Lopez-Mejias
Undergraduate Students
- Hernández Mejías, Angel
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angel.hernandez11@upr.eduResearch Work: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Majusculamide D Analogous Compounds:
Mentor: Eduardo Caro, Ph.D. | Biographical Sketch
- Jelú Reyes, Juliet
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julietjelu@gmail.comResearch Work: Medicinal chemistry of cyanobacterial natural products: Synthesis of Majusculamide D analogs
Mentor: Abimael Rodríguez, Ph.D. | Biographical Sketch
- Jiménez Sacarello, Iancarlos
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iancarlos.jimenez@upr.eduResearch Work: Determining the role of ER36 in the molecular mechanisms of Inflammatory breast cancer stemness
- La Torre Poeymirou, Manuel J.
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manuel.latorre@upr.eduResearch Work: Design and Characterization of Gold-Palladium Electrode Platforms for Cancer Detection
Mentor: Carlos R. Cabrera, Ph.D. | Biographical Sketch
- Martínez Huertas, Bianca
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bainca.martinez4@upr.eduResearch Work: Particulate Matter and Dust Concentrations in the Caribbean: A contribution to the development of Early Warning of Synoptic Air Quality
Mentor: Olga Mayol, Ph.D. | Biographical Sketch
- Martínez Ramos, Cristian D.
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cristian.martinez11@upr.edu - Martínez Zayas, Gabriel
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gabriel.martinez16@upr.eduResearch Work: Peptide Labeled Gold Liposomal nanoparticles for drug delivery into the Brain
Mentor: Pablo Vivas, Ph. D. | Biographical Sketch
- Nieves Santiago, Miguel A.
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miguel.nieves17@upr.eduResearch Work: Ferrocenyl derivatives with potential cholinergic effects
Mentor: Ingrid Montes, Ph.D. | Biographical Sketch
- Ortiz Alvarez de la Campa, Melanie
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melanie.ortiz11@upr.eduResearch Work: Genetic Diversity and Pathogenicity of an Invasive Fungus
Mentor: Paul Bayman, Ph. D. | Biographical Sketch
- Quesada Díaz, Eduardo A.
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eduardo.quesada@upr.eduResearch Work: In vitro studies of the central nervous system of the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima
- Rodríguez Ortiz, Jael A.
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jael.rodriguez@upr.eduResearch Work: Self-activated self-assembly via the retro-thio-Michael reaction and its potential to develop in situ artificial organelles
Mentor: José M. Rivera, Ph.D. | Biographical Sketch
- Rojas Bowe, Gabriel
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gabriel.rojas3@upr.edu
Research Work: Prelimbic cortex exerts bidirectional control of active avoidance through inputs to ventral striatum and basolateral amygdala
Mentor: Gregory Quirk, Ph.D. | Biographical Sketch
Staff Members
- Grisselle I. Hernández
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SecretaryEmail: rise.upr@gmail.com
Contact: X-88300 | FB-300
- Néstor M. Carballeira, Ph.D.
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Program Director
Email: nestor.carballeira1@upr.edu
Research: Organic Chemistry: Organic reaction mechanisms, lipid chemistry and biosynthesis of marine natural products.
Contact: X-88561 | Lab. FB-119
Web Page: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/
Profile: http://chemistry.uprrp.edu/index.php?page=nestor-m-carballeira
- Orestes Quesada, Ph.D.
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Program Coordinator
Research: Biochemistry: How chemical nature of detergents affects the lipid composition of detergent-solubilized nAChR from Torpedo californica tissue.
Contact: X-88152 | Lab: FB-300
Web Page: http://nachrs.org/
Profile: http://nachrs.org/dt_team/orestes-quesada-gonzalez/