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
- Anqueira González, Amanda
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- Betancourt Ponce, Miguel
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miguel.betancourt3@upr.eduResearch Work:Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Antibacterial Polysulfone (PSU) for Biomedical Applications
Mentor: Eduardo Nicolau, Ph.D. | Biographical Sketch
- Cabrera Hernández, Luis O.
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- Caraballo Rodríguez, Delvin
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delvin.caraballo@upr.eduResearch Work: Synthesis, characterization, and biological applications of Adamantane Ferrocenyl
Mentor: Ingrid Montes | Biographical Sketch
- Claudio Vázquez, Adirana P..
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adriana.claudio2@upr.eduResearch Work:Temporal Control Over Self-Assembly Of Deoxyguanosine Derivatives For Intracellular Formation Of Therapeutic Agents
Mentor: José M. RIvera, Ph.D. | Biographical Sketch
- Díaz González, Kartiza
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karitza.diaz@upr.edu
Research Work: Impact of Nanomaterials in Marine Ecosystems Through the Study of the Metabolic Response of Vibrio fischeri as a Model Microorganism
Mentor: Liz M. Díaz, Ph.D.| Biographical Sketch
- Franjul, Ronaldo H.
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ronaldo.franjul@upr.edu
Research Work: Green Synthesis of nZVI for Heavy Metal Environmental Health Remediation
- García Del Valle, René
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rene.garcia3@upr.edu
Research Work: Synthesis of C10-Homoserine Lactones as Quorum Sensing Modulators in Chromobacterium violaceum
- Guadalupe Díaz, isis
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isis.guadalupe@upr.edu
Research Work: Air quality and precipitation chemistry
Mentor: Olga Mayol, Ph.D.| Biographical Sketch
- Malavé Méndez, Thaybeth I.
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thaybeth.malave@upr.edu
Research Work: Characterization of the genetic expression during the intestinal regeneration of the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima through RT-PCR
- Martínez Guadalupe, Anna C.
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anna.martinez1@upr.edu
Research Work: Mechanical properties of Ti-C composite and its biomedical applications
Mentor: Brad Weiner, Ph.D.| Biographical Sketch
- Mejías Rivera, Loreilys
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loreilys.mejias@upr.edu
Research Work: Fabrication of a Hybrid Bio-Adhesive and Bioactive Composite Scaffold to Enhance Cell Adhesion and Induce Osteogenic Differentiation
- Miranda Méndez, Glorimar
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glorimar.miranda@upr.edu
Research Work: Synthesis and Characterization of coordination complexes using DMIT derivates and Vanadium salts.
Mentor: Dalice Piñero, Ph.D.| Biographical Sketch
- Morán Sierra, Jonathan
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jonathan.moran@upr.edu
Research Work: Interrogating the projections of rostral prelimbic cortex that drive active avoidance
Mentor: Gregory Quirk, Ph.D.| Biographical Sketch
- Negrón Figueroa, Dalissa
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dalissa.negron1@upr.edu
Research Work: Characterization of ERα36 as a mediator of oncogenic phenotypes via non-genomic signaling pathways in inflammatory breast cancer
- Nieves López, Benjamín
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- Penabad Peña, Laura I.
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laura.penabad@upr.edu
Research Work: Abstract – Laura I. Penabad
Mentor: Eduardo Nicolau, Ph.D.| Biographical Sketch
- Pichardo Peguero, Oliver D.
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oliver.pichardo@upr.edu
Research Work: Pichardo Peguero, Oliver D.
Mentor: Dalice Piñero, Ph.D.| Biographical Sketch
- Ramos González, Gabriela
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gabriela.ramos20@upr.edu
Research Work: A phagocyte-specific ribosome profiling approach to identify novel targets of pumilio regulating sleep in Drosophila melanogaster
- Rivera Cordero, Génesis R.
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genesis.rivera34@upr.edu
Research Work: Enzyme Intructed Self Assembly of Guanosine Derivatives
- Rodríguez Bonilla, Laura M.
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laura.rodriguez28@upr.edu
Research Work: Protein-DNA Interactome of Oxidative-Stress Transcription Factors OxyR1 and OxyR2 in Aliivibrio fischeri
- Rodríguez Villafañe, Andrea
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andre4rodriguez@gmail.com
Research Work: Understanding the Link Between the Gut Microbiome and Regeneration of the Sea Cucumber Holothuria glaberrima
- Rosa Vidal, Jorge E.
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jorge.rosa8@upr.edu
Research Work: Determination of the pharmacological properties and binding mechanisms of amphetamine-type stimulants on nicotinic receptors
- Santiago Pagán, Lisby
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lisby.santiago@upr.edu
Research Work: Immune response of Acropora cervicornis to solar radiation and sea surface temperatures
- Vales Torres, Xariana D.
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Graduate Students
- Acosta Mercado, Jemily
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jemily.acosta@upr.eduResearch Work: Nanocomplex of Cytochrome C/ Cardiolipin Action on Host Cells of Human Papillomavirus
Mentor: Marvin Bayro, Ph.D. | Biographical Sketch
- Alsina Sánchez, Ambar
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ambar_maite@yahoo.comResearch Work:Evaluation of novel ferrocenyl chalcone-phthalocyanine conjugates as phototherapeutic agents
Mentor: Ingrid Montes, Ph.D.| Biographical Sketch
- Benjamín Rivera, Josué A.
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josue.benjamin@upr.eduResearch Work: Studies to understand Ti speciation and transport in the human body.
Mentor: Arthur Tinoco, Ph.D. | Biographical Sketch
- Bittman Soto, Xavier S.
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xavier.bittman@upr.eduResearch Work:The Potential Role of ERalpha36 in Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Mentor: Esther A. Peterson, Ph.D. | Biographical Sketch
- Bosque Cordero, Karl Y.
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karl.bosque@upr.edu
Mentor: Carlos A. Jiménez, Ph.D. | Biographical Sketch
- Carrasquillo Dones, Emmanuel A.
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manu6232262@gmail.com
Research Work: Protein-DNA Interactomes of NKX2-5 and TBX5 Mutants Identified in Congenital Heart Defects
Mentor: José A. Rodríguez, Ph.D. | Biographical Sketch
- Cordero Giménez, Keysha T.
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keysha.cordero@upr.edu - De León González, Kevin M.
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kevin.deleon@upr.edu - Díaz Díaz, Lymarie M.
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lymarie.diaz@upr.edu - Medina Feliciano, Joshua G.
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joshua.medina8@upr.edu - Ortiz Alvarado, Carlos A.
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cortiz3515@gmail.com - Ortiz Gómez, Valerie
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valerie.ortiz2@upr.edu - Ortiz Rosa, Alexandra
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alexandra.ortiz9@upr.edu - Pazol Ramos, Jessika
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jessika.pazol@upr.eduResearch Work:Jessika_Pazol_RISE_Abstract
- Rabelo Fernández, Robert J.
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robert.rabelo@upr.edu - Ramírez Román, María E.
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maria.ramirez10@upr.edu - Reynoso García, Jelissa
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jelissa.reynoso@upr.edu - Rivera Barreto, Anthony R.
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anthony.rivera9@upr.edu - Rivera Serrano, Mariela
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mariela.rivera20@upr.edu - Rodríguez Cordero, Josué A.
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josue.rodriguez10@upr.edu - Rodríguez Martir, Keishla M.
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keishla.rodriguez1@upr.edu - Rodríguez Rodríguez, Israel
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israel.rodriguez6@upr.edu - Rosado Tristani, Diego A.
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diego.rosado@upr.edu - Santiago Martoral, Liz N.
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liz.santiago3@upr.edu - Soto Díaz, Victoria
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victoria.soto@upr.edu - Valdés Fernández, Bianca N.
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bianca.valdes@upr.edu - Velázquez Roig, Rosalba
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rosalba.velazquez@upr.edu - Villalobos Santos, Juan C.
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juan.villalobos@upr.edu
Staff Members
- Grisselle I. Hernández
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SecretaryEmail: rise.upr@gmail.com
Contact: X-88300 | FB-300
- Julissa Morales MBA
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Program AdministratorEmail: 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/
amanda.anqueira@upr.edu
luis.cabrera5@upr.edu