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Christian Morales Guzmán earned a B.S.
in chemistry from the University of Puerto
Rico-Rio Piedras Campus (UPR-RP) in
2010. During his undergraduate studies he
worked in organic chemistry research and
performed the synthesis of fatty acids with
bioactivity against leishmaniasis and malaria.
As an undergraduate student he
also worked in a laboratory of cytopharmacology in the creation
of a transgenic model of cichlid fish. As part of his scientific
formation he presented his results in the PRISM. He is currently
doing his Ph.D. in biochemistry at UPR-RP where he is
working in the development of a new technique
for crystallization of membrane proteins. In 2010 he was
awarded with the LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship
becoming a member of Cohort VIII.
Luis F Padilla –Morales obtained in 2007
his B.S. in chemistry at the University of
Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus (UPR-RP).
As an undergraduate he conducted research
in Dr. Jose Lasalde’s lab. in the areas of
Neurobiology and Biophysics. Luis
presented his research work at the 2007
Annual American Chemical Society Meeting
and the LSAMP- PRISM annual meeting. His
undergraduate research work was published
in scientific Journals such as Chemistry, Physics of Lipids and
the Journal of Membrane Biology. Currently he is completing his
Ph.D. at the UPR-RP as a RISE Fellow and he expects to
graduate on 2012 in order to pursue a career in academia.
Annette Negroni-Miranda received her B.S.
degree in 2009 at the University of Puerto
Rico, Cayey campus (UPR-C) where she
was part of the Honor Roll. As an
undergraduate Annette participated in
several LSAMP activities including the
mentoring and undergraduate research
programs and summer internships, such as
the Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement
Program/Summer Research Opportunity Program. She
presented her findings at the Society of Toxicology Annual
Meeting. In 2009, she was accepted in the new graduate
program of Environmental Sciences at UPR, Río Piedras
campus as a Ph.D student and she became a scholar of the
Puerto Rico-LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate program Cohort
VIII.
María del Mar Garcia obtained her B.S.
degree in Chemistry in 2006 from
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
Campus (UPR-RP) where she is currently
pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry. Her
research involves electrochemical and
spectroscopic studies on the
physicochemical interactions of Alzheimer Disease B-amyloids
with redox molecules. María has been awarded the PR-LSAMP
Bridge to the Doctorate Cohort IV, Puerto Rico Industrial
Development Company, and PR-GK-12 Fellowships. She also
has participated of nanotechnology outreach programs offering
interdisciplinary science workshop for students and teachers,
developed several educational modules and offered hands-on
demonstrations for the general public during NanoDays and the
USA Science and Technology Festival in Washington DC.
Joel E. Gonzalez Nieves obtained his B.S in
Biology from the University of Puerto Rico Rio
Piedras Campus (UPR-RP). As an undergraduate
he conducted research in the Environmental
Microbiology laboratory at UPR in collaboration
with the EPA for two years where he developed
molecular methods to identify fecal contamination
in tropical and temperate waters. He presented his results on the
LSAMP Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting (PRISM).
Joel González is a co-author of the publication of this work in the
journal of Water Research. As a graduate student he has been
working in a Structural and Molecular Biology laboratory in UPR Río
Piedras. He is currently working in the optimization and expression
of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor for crystallization trials. In
September 2011 he was awarded with the PR-LSAMP Bridge to the
Doctorate fellowship Cohort IX.
Stephanie D. Montalvo Delgado obtained a
B.S. in Physics at the University of Puerto
Rico, Río Piedras Campus (UPR-RP). She
graduated with honors (magna cum laude) in
2009. She is currently a physics master
student at UPR-RP with the intent to continue
on to a PhD. She realized that that her passion
was science in the beginning of her high
school years when she went to an institution
for summer research. Since then, she participated in various
internships and researches at the National Institute of Standards
and Technology in Maryland, and at the Univ. of Puerto Rico, Río
Piedras Campus. She participated at the PR-LSAMP as an
undergraduate in 2006 and as a graduate student she was
awarded a Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship Cohort VII in 2009.
Carlos J. Nogueras-Ortiz graduated summa
cum laude in 2009 at the University of Puerto
Rico, Rio Piedras Campus (UPR-RP), with
Majors in Chemistry and Biology. In 2009, he
joined the Chemistry Graduate Department
and was awarded a PR-LSAMP-Bridge to the
Doctorate Fellowship Cohort VII. At the
present, Mr. Nogueras-Ortiz is conducting research under the
guidance of Dr. Irving Vega in the identification and
characterization of novel protein level changes associated to
Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. In the
future, he plans in pursuing a Post-doctoral experience in the
same area of research. Carlos has presented his research work
on several national and international meetings.
Roberto A. Martinez Rodriguez obtained a B.S.
in Chemistry, and minor in Mathematics and
Physics from the University of Puerto Rico Cayey
Campus (UPR-C) in 2009. As undergraduate,
Roberto conducted research in the synthesis and
characterization of Gold and Silver nanoparticles.
As a graduate student Roberto works with NASA-Center for
Advanced Nanoscale Materials in the research and development
of the electrocatalysts to direct Methanol Fuel Cells. Roberto
received the PR-LSAMP Bridge to Doctorate fellowship Cohort
VIII in 2009 when he started his graduate studies in Analytical
Chemistry at UPR Rio Piedras campus. The focus of his research
is in the optimization of the electrocatalysts for the ammonia
oxidation in the anode of an Alkaline Fuel Cell. He is scheduled to
graduate in May 2015.
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