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Dr.Bert Rivera-Marchand is an associate
professor of Biology at the Inter American
University- Bayamón Campus. Bert
participated in the PR Louis Stoke Alliance
for Minority Participation from 1996- 1998
working with Dr.Armando Rodríguez- on
bat eco-physiology. This study led to
multiple national and international
presentations and a publication in the
Caribbean Journal of Science. This study
led to a publication in Biotropica. After the MS, he completed a
PhD in Ecology in Dr. Tugrul Giray’s lab at UPR. His dissertation
was on behavior and genetics of Africanized honey bees. This
study led to multiple publications. He currently has a research
lab that works on behavioral genetics of social insects where
there have been up to 10 students sponsored by the LSAMP
undergraduate research program. .
Norman J. Rivera is a student from Inter
American University of Puerto Rico
Bayamón Campus; he is studying
Mechanical Engineering with a Minor in
Math. He won the 1st Place on the design of
the Green house project for the course of
Physics II. Currently he is working with Puerto
Rico Louis Stokes Alliance Minority Participation
(PR-LSAMP), Mentored Undergraduate Research
Program. His area of research is in the
“Construction and Evaluation of a Small
Wind Turbine for Educational Purpose”.
Carlos J. Rodríguez Feijoo is an
undergraduate Mechanical Engineering
student at the Inter American University
Bayamón Campus. Since his freshman
year Carlos has participated as a fellow of
the Puerto Rico Louis Stokes Alliance for
Minority Participation (PR-LSAMP) in the
Undergraduate Mentored Research
Program under the mentorship of Dr.
Omar Meza. His field of study is in the
area of design and development of experimental models in the
field of heat transfer. The aim of this project is to obtain live data
of this process as it unfolds. After graduation he will continue
graduate studies in Engineering.
Carlos R. Ruiz-Martínez obtained BS and MS
degrees in Chemistry in 1996 and 2000. As an
undergraduate student Carlos was sponsored
by PR-LSAMP and as a professor he has been
active in PR-LSAMP programs practicing
experiences acquired during his undergraduate
years and new ones to enhance the students
learning process. He was Founder Advisor of the American
Chemical Society (ACS) Student Chapter at UPR Aguadilla and
has acted as president and secretary for the Board of Directors of
the ACS-PR´s Chapter. He received his PhD in Applied
Chemistry from UPR Mayaguez in 2011. His research was on
crystallographic studies of hemoproteins. As a doctoral student
he was recipient of a GK-12 fellow from the National Science
Foundation. Since 2000 he has been teaching Chemistry and
Environmental Technology courses at the UPR Aguadilla.
Carlos A. Ortiz-Alvarado is currently an
undergraduate student in the Inter
American University of Puerto Rico,
Bayamón campus, pursuing a bachelor’s
degree in Biology. Carlos began his
participation in the PR-LSAMP Mentored
Undergraduate Research Program in
2010. He has been part of a research in
endocrinology for over two years and has
had the privilege of traveling to present his
work in scientific meetings. Carlos participates in two summer
internships where he worked with endocrinological factors and
genetic expression of social insects. He is currently in his senior
year and plans to continue his research in graduate school.
Derry Alvarez received a B.S. degree in
Biotechnology from Inter American
University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon
Campus in 2009. During this time worked in
Dr. Ruiz’s Biotechnology lab sponsored by
PR-LSAMP and NASA Space Grant
Consortium. In May 2011, he obtained an
M.S. in the same University. His thesis
research was in the development of a
metabolic genetic engineering for mercury
remediation by bacteria and plants. This
work has led two research articles, one in Plant Biotechnology
Journal and the other on BioMed Central.
Francisco Ortiz De Jesús, began in
2008 his studies in the School of
Engineering of the Inter American
University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon
Campus. Majoring in cellular and digital
communications. After obtaining his BS
degree in 2012, Francisco will pursue
graduate studies in artificial intelligence
and robotics. As a PR-LSAMP student he
is working in the development of a
weather station that will be installed at the University for effects of
weather inclemency studies.
Eliezer Ferrá is a senior at the Inter-
American University of Puerto Rico,
Bayamón campus. He is schedule to
graduate in May 2012 from his B.S in
Computer Science. In the summers of
2009 thru 2011, Eliezer participated in the
Summer Undergraduate Research
Fellowship (SURF) program at the
National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST). During those
summers he conducted research in
computer security, focusing in
authentication of parties. Eliezer
presented his work at NIST and several conferences. His plans
are to pursue a PhD in Computer Science and focus his research
in Computer or Information Security.
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