member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Member 2007 - American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Member 2005 -
selected publications academic article Building the Biological and Statistical Background for Bioinformatics and Engineers at UPRM [Conference Proceedings]. WORLDCOMP 2011 Frontiers in Education; Computer Science and Computer Engineers Proceedings. 129-133. 2011 Formulation of a Defined V8 Medium to Induce Sexual Development of Cryptococcus neoformans. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74:6248-6253. 2008 article Mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals substantial Native American ancestry in Puerto Rico. Hum. Biol. . 491-511. 2001 conference paper Building the Biological and Statistical Background for Bioinformatics in Engineers at UPRM. 2011 International Conference on Frontiers on Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS 2011). 2011
presentations presentation Multidisciplinary Research for Development of Novel Antrimicrobial Agents, Speaker 2012 Building the Biological and Statistical Background for Bioinformatics in Engineers at UPRM [Paper], Collaborator, 2011 International Conference on Frontiers on Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering 2011 Detoxification of Coffee Pulp by the Ligniculous Fungus Alternaria alternata, Speaker, 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting 2011 Elucidation of the Mechanism of Action of Antimicrobial Beta-Peptides, Speaker, 34th ACS Senior Technical Meeting 2010 Biotransformation of Coffee Pulp/Husk by Ligniculous Fungi, Speaker, 31st Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals 2009
professional service activities University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Associate Coordinator of Industrial Biotechnology Program 2012 - University of Wisconsin, Madison Honorary Professor 2009 - National Science Foundation (NSF) Proposal Reviewer for the Catalysis and Biocatalysis Program USDA Reviewer Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI Adjunct Faculty 2006 - 2007 University of Wisconsin, Madison Teaching Assistant 2000 - 2001
education and training Ph.D. in Microbiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 2005 B.S. in Industrial Biotechnology 1999 University of Wisconsin, Madison 2007
awards and honors Key Note Speaker at the Pre SciTECC Conference on Biomimetics, conferred by Center for Hemispherical Cooperation in Research and Education in Engineering and Applied Science, 2010 Bio Directorate Invitee to the NSF Joint Annual Meeting, 2009 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award (SURF), conferred by California Institute of Technology, 1998 Alliance for Minority Participation Summer Research Award by UPRM, conferred by University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, 1997 Regional High School Science Fair Grand Prize Award, 1993 State High School Science Fair Grand Prize Award, 1993 NIH - Minority High School Student Research Apprentice Program Award, conferred by Ponce School of Medicine, 1993 Advanced Oportunity Fellowship (AOF), conferred by University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1999 - 2001 Undergraduate Sloan Foundation Fellow , conferred by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1997 - 1999