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Mariely Angeli Hernández Morales completed
her BS in Mathematics and minor in statistic at
University of Puerto Rico, Cayey (UPR-C) in
2006. In April 2011, she obtained a MS of
Science in Mathematics at UPR Rio Piedras
Campus, where she focused her master research
in Bayesian Hierarchical Models for the
Conservation of Mona Island Iguana (Cyclura cornuta
stejnegeri). As a graduate and an undergraduate student she
participated in several activities of the Puerto Rico Louis Stokes
Alliance for Minority Participation (PR-LSAMP), such as
mentored undergraduate research and PRISM. She also
participated as a Bridge to the Doctorate fellow Cohort IV.
Currently she is working as a teacher at John Dewey College in
the area of mathematics and with Editorial Santillana reviewing
the answers to the exercises in mathematics textbooks.
Milena Bobea Rodriguez completed a BS
degree in Physics in 2009 from the
University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras
Campus (UPR-RP) and graduated with
honors. As an undergraduate, she
participated in PR-LSAMP and DOE
funded research and she was able to
participate in an internship at the National
Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, MD.
Upon graduation, she served as a Puerto Rico Louis Stokes
Alliance for Minority Participation (PR-LSAMP) Fellow Cohort
VII. Her field of research is spintronics, particularly studying the
electronic structure and transport properties of complex oxides
systems in collaboration with the University of Lincoln-
Nebraska. Currently, she is at the North Carolina State
University pursuing a doctoral degree in Materials Science and
Engineering.
Jessica Oyola-Cintrón earned a B.S. in
Chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico, Río
Piedras Campus (UPR-RP), in 2003. Jessica
trained as an undergraduate student in the areas
of physical chemistry and biophysics. She is a
former LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Fellow
Cohort I. Currently, she is about to complete her
Ph.D. in Chemistry December 2011. The focus of
her doctoral research has been the area of protein-lipid
interactions. This is being accomplished using techniques such
as Fluorescence Recovery, Photobleaching (FRAP),
electrophysiology and qRT-PCR. As a graduate student,
Jessica has performed several presentations at national
conferences, has several publications in peer-reviewed journals
and has received fellowships from NSF, NIH and the Puerto
Rico Industrial Development Company (PRIDCO).
Karilys González Nieves graduated magna
cum laude with a BS in Chemistry from the
University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras
Campus (UPR-RP). She will finish her Ph.
D. in Inorganic Chemistry in December
2011, with an expertise on the resolution of
an octaferric (Fe8O4pz12Cl4, pz =
pyrazolate) M/P racemate. Crystallization,
chromatography and synthetic procedures have been used for
the resolution of the Fe8 complex, a potential MRI contrast
agent. As a graduate student, she received the PR-LSAMP
Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship Cohort I, which allowed her
to present her research project in several National and
International Scientific Meetings. She has also published her
findings in international peer-reviewed journals. She is a trained
crystallographer who does single-crystal X-ray crystallographic
analysis for collaborators from within and outside Puerto Rico.
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Manuel A. Giannoni-Guzmán – Obtained a B.S
degree from UPR Rio Piedras Campus (UPR-RP)
in 2009. During the summer of 2009 Manuel took
part in the REU program based at the University of
Central Oklahoma, in this program he had the
opportunity to travel abroad the US and Turkey to
work on honey bees behavior and Circadian
Rhythms. This research work was published on PlosOne emagazine.
In August 2010 Manuel entered graduate school in
UPR-RP and he was awarded with a Bridge to the Doctorate
Fellowship Cohort VIII. His current work in Dr. Agosto-Rivera’s
group, centers on honey bees circadian rhythms and the natural
cues that entrain circadian rhythms from the individual to the
complete hive.
Jean Frances Ruiz-Calderón earned her B.S.
degree in General Sciences on August 2010 at
the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
Campus UPR-RP). She was accepted in the
Biology Graduate Program and was selected to
receive the Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship
from The Puerto Rico Louis Stokes Alliance for
Minority Participation Cohort VIII. Jean has
actively participated in environmental microbiology research
studying Puerto Rico’s micro algae and identifying the potential
use of these microorganisms as a source of biofuel. Currently she
is doing research in the microbial ecology laboratory of Dr. Maria
Gloria Dominguez-Bello iat UPR-RP and she is studying the
microbial ecology of the human eye and the influence that this
microbiota has on the host and protects against common eye
diseases. She expects to complete her PhD on 2015.
Marilyn García-Arriaga is in her last year of
graduate studies at the University of Puerto
Rico, Rio Piedras campus (UPR-RP), and is
expecting to receive her Ph. D. in may 2012.
Marilyn earned a B.S. degree in Chemistry and
Science Education in 2002. She was a Bridge to
the Doctorate Fellowship Cohort I. Mentored by
Dr. José M. Rivera, professor of chemistry,
Marilyn have work on the area of
supramolecular and bioorganic chemistry,
specifically on the synthesis and characterization of self-assembly
guanosine derivatives in organic and aqueous media. She has
presented research results in various national and international
conferences, including several oral presentations.
Natalie del Hoyo Rivera did her B.S. in
Chemistry in the University of Puerto Rico, Rio
Piedras Campus (UPR-RP). As an
undergraduate she started to do research in
biochemistry working with different subtypes of a
neuronal protein using electrophysiology
techniques. As an undergraduate, she
completed two summer internships, one in Biophysics offered by
the Biophysical Society at Boston University and the other in
Cornell University in which she worked testing drug derivatives on
neuronal proteins. As a graduate student she was awarded with
the PR-LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Cohort VII in 2009 and
RISE Fellowships. Currently she is doing her Ph. D. in Chemistry
with a Biochemistry Major in the UPR-RP, testing cholesterol
effects and some drug derivatives in a neuronal protein. Her
expected graduation date is May 2014 and currently she is a
recipient of the RISE Graduate Fellowship Program.