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Diana V. Silva Brenes graduated with high
honors from the University of Puerto Rico, Río
Piedras Campus (UPR-RP), and received the
Merck Index Award for students "who have
demonstrated outstanding achievement in the
field of chemistry". As an undergraduate she
conducted research on synthesis and
bioactivity of marine natural products and
submitted her first publication. Upon entering
graduate school she was awarded the LSAMP Bridge to the
Doctorate Fellowship Cohort V and she is currently pursuing her
doctoral degree in organic supramolecular chemistry under the
mentorship of Dr. Jose Rivera. She has presented research
results in various national and international conferences,
including an oral presentation at the 2011 IUPAC annual
meeting in Puerto Rico.
Richard B. García-Lebrón graduated from
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus
(UPR-RP) in 2011 with a B.S. in Computer
Sciences. As an undergraduate he conducted
research on LDPC-Codes, Experimental
Mathematics, Latin Squares, Augmented Reality,
Bioacoustics and Spectral Algorithms. He
presented most of his research results at several
local and national conferences. Following graduation Richard
was awarded with the NSF LSAMP Bridge to Doctorate
Fellowship Cohort IX, where he is currently pursuing a M.S. in
Applied Mathematics. Upon completion of his M.S. he plans to
follow a Ph. D. in Computer Science and contribute in the area
of Spectral Algorithms.
Myreisa Morales Cruz completed her BS
in Chemistry with honors in 2011 at the
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
Campus (UPR-RP). As an undergraduate
she served as a research assistant and
LSAMP research mentor in Biochemistry
for two years under the supervision of Dr.
Kai Griebenow. She participated in the
RISE summer internship program at
Rutgers University in New Jersey, where she worked at Dr
Lawrence Williams Organic Chemistry Laboratory. After
graduation she was accepted at the Graduate Program in
Chemistry at UPR-RP and received a Bridge to the Doctorate
Fellowship Cohort IX.
Omar Delannoy-Bruno obtained a B.S. in
Biology at the University of Puerto Rico- Río
Piedras Campus in 2011. As an undergraduate,
he was an LSAMP scholar. Omar worked as a
NSF-REU participant studying the development
of breast cancer profiling using gold
nanospheres. He presented his work in various
scientific symposia including the Annual
Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
(ABRCMS), the Society for Neuroscience (SFN), the Molecular
and Cellular Cognition Society (MCCS) and the American
Chemical Society (ACS). After graduation Omar was awarded
with the NSF LSAMP Bridge to Doctorate fellowship in UPR-RP
Cohort IX, Omar is now working with functional genetics of
regeneration mechanisms in the sea cucumber Holothuria
glaberrima.
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José A. González Feliciano obtained a B.S.
degree in Biology in 2004 from the University of
Puerto Rico Aguadilla Campus (UPR-Ag) where he
participated in mentored undergraduate research
sponsored by PR-LSAMP. Jose is a PhD student in
Molecular Biology at UPR Rio Piedras (UPR-RP).
During his graduates studies he has received the
PR-LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship Cohort III. Jose
has participated in the Translational Control meeting at Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory. His research aims to characterize how
IL-3 expression is modulated during T cell activation. Recently his
scientific manuscript entitle “Translational Control Role of the
Human IL-3 Adenosine/Uridine-Rich Element” was submitted to a
peer review journal. Jose’s research aim’s towards the
development of effective therapies against leukemia and other
diseases.
Nelson E. Rivera-Vélez earned a B.S. in
Chemistry in 2008 from the University of
Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus (UPR-RP).
As an undergraduate and graduate student
he served as a Puerto Rico-Louis Stokes
Alliance for Minority Participation (PR-
LSAMP) student doing research in electrochemical biosensors. In
2008, he received the LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship
Cohort VI. His graduate research work is on water electrolysis,
specifically on the oxygen evolution reaction. Nelson has been
mentored by Dr. Carlos R. Cabrera and has collaborated with Dr.
Thomas Valdez at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) with.
Currently he is finishing his MS degree in analytical chemistry.
Nelson has been the recipient of a AAAS poster presentation
award and has presented his research work in national an
international forums. Such as the ACS National Meeting and The
World Congress in Fuel Cells held in Quito, Ecuador.
Marla S. Rivera graduated with honors from
Interamerican University in 2010 with a BS in Biology.
As an undergraduate, she participated as a technician
for microbiology laboratory and began research
project at the Institute of Neurobiology at Medical
Sciences campus of the University of Puerto Rico in
the area of locomotion behavior. She participated in the Puerto
Rico Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (PR-LSAMP)
Mentored Undergraduate Research Program during of 2011. She
presented her results at the 2011 Neuroscience Congress in
Washington, DC. Marla was accepted at the UPR-RP Biology
graduate program in 2011 and was awarded the Bridge to the
Doctorate Fellowship Cohort IX. She is pursuing the Neurobiology
Doctoral track.
Manuel Delgado- obtained his BS in Biology at
the Interamerican University University in 2003.
As an undergraduate he participated in summer
internship programs in NASA and USDA and also
performed research in Puerto Rico. His results
were presented at the PR-LSAMP PRISM.
Following graduation, Manuel was accepted in the
Biology graduate program and was awarded the Bridge to the
Doctorate Fellowship Cohort V. He has also received the Research
Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) and Alliance for
Graduate Education and the Professorate (AGEP) Fellowships.
During his doctoral studies Manuel has published some of his
findings in the Journal of Neuroimmunology, and received the
following awards: Who’s Who Among American Universities and
Colleges in 2009 and Honor Mention on the Specialized
Neuroscience Research Program (SNRP) meeting in 2010.