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| Name | Research interests |
|---|---|
| James D. Ackerman | Plant Systematics and Reproductive Ecology, Orchidology. |
| Mitchell Aide | Community Ecology, Restoration, Conservation. |
| Carmen Albizu García | Mental Health Care System, Structural Changes, and Service Provision, Drugs and Women with HIV/AIDS. |
| Pablo I. Altieri | Cardiovascular Diseases. |
| Mikhail Antoun | Natural Products Research, Drug Discovery of Antiviral and Anticancer Drugs. |
| Edna Aquino Piñero | Cell Physiology, and C6glial and 1321N1 Cell Membrane Purinoreceptors Function, . |
| Sylvette Ayala-Torres | DNA Mitocondrial Repair in Ageing, Neurodegeneration and Cancer Research. |
| Adriana Báez | Cancer Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Aspects of Cancer in Puerto Ricans. |
| Dipak K. Banerjee | Endotelial Cell Biochemistry, Synthesis and Regulation of Glucoproteins, Apoptosis. |
| Jennifer L. Barreto | Effects of Androgens on Behavior and Celullar Function and Reproduction. |
| Paul Bayman | Mycology, Mycotoxins, Mycorrhizae and Endophytes. |
| Francisco Bermúdez | Early Detection of Oral Cancer, Health Disparities Between USA and PR Populations in Oral Cancer. |
| Guillermo Bernal | Treatment and Psychological Intervention Strategies for Depression in Families, Health Disparities Among Hispanics and Puerto Ricans. |
| Jonathan Blagburn | Development and Physiology of Synapsis in Simple Nervous Systems. |
| Rosa Blanco | Survival of Retinal Cells . |
| Benjamín Bolaños | Mycology, Cryptococcus Neoformans Pathology, Candidans Susceptibility to Antimycotic Drugs, . |
| Michelle Borrero | Science Education in Cellular and Molecular Biology. |
| Nicholas Brokaw | Patterns and Causes of Tropical Tree Diversity and Forest Structure. |
| David Bruck | Evolution of Caribbean Drosophila. |
| Patricia Burrowes Gomez | Herpetology, Causes of Amphibian Decline in Puerto Rico, Science Education. |
| Carmen Cadilla | Molecular Analysis of the Regulation, Function and Expression of Genes Related to Heredetary Diseases. |
| Graciela Candelas | Molecular Biology, Gene Expression and Gene Regulation. |
| Nestor Carballeira | Isolation and Biosynthesis of Natural Products, Lipid Biochemistry. |
| Jorge Colón | Electron Transfer Reactions in Biological Systems. |
| Elsa Cora | Growth Factor Function in Epithelial Cells. |
| Susan Corey | Sodium Potasium Pump Regulation and Activity . |
| Maria Crespo | Cardiovascular Physiology, Pharmacology of Cardiovascular Disease. |
| Elvira Cuevas | Ecosystem Ecology, Nutrient Cycling. |
| Walmer De Mello | Intra and Intercellular Communication in the Heart During Congestive Cardiac Arrest. |
| Marie H. Delmestre | Education in Science. |
| Ana María Díaz | Inmunology, Acarid Inmunology, Antigen Definition and Characterization, Species-specific Allergens. |
| Manuel E. Díaz Ríos | Motor Systems, Neurophysiology of Motor Control. |
| Maria G. Dominguez Bello | Microbial Ecology of the Digestive Tract (Foregut Fermentation, Helicobacter Pylori), Dispersal of Antibiotic Resistance Determinants. |
| Augusto Elias Boneta | Epidemiology of Oral Health, Clinical Studies and Cavities Prevention, . |
| Nelson Escobales | Cardiovascular Biology. |
| Ana M. Espino Peña | Inmunoparasitology, Vaccine Development Against Bilharzia and Fasciolasis, . |
| Vesna A. Eterovic | Electrophysiology of Synaptic Receptors, Molecular Neuroscience. |
| Pedro A. Ferchmin | Nicotinic Receptors and Neuroprotection in Brain Regions. |
| Dennis Fernandez | |
| Emma Fernández Repollet | Cell Pharmacology and the Rol of T Cells in Diabetes Mellitus, . |
| Sharon File Emperor | Parasitology, Ultrastructure Analysis with Electron Microscopy. |
| Jose E. García Arraras | Neural Development and Regeneration. |
| Sixto García Castiñeiras | Biochemistry of Protein and Cellular Ageing. |
| Melissa S. Gerald | Sexual Selection and Communication in Primates. |
| Evone Ghaly | Drug Transport to White Blood Cells. |
| Tugrul Giray | Behavioral Development, Social Insects. |
| Carmen Gonzáles Keelan | Genetics and Epidemiology, Molecular Pathology of Prostate Cancer. |
| Carlos I. Gonzalez | Molecular Biology, Control of Gene Expression. |
| Fernando Gonzalez | Signal Transduction, Regulation of Celular Growth, Biochemistry of Protein-protein Interaction. |
| Janis Gonzalez | Non-human Primate Embriology, Primate Reproductive Biology. |
| Michael Gonzalez | Vitamine C and Cancer Research. |
| Kai Griebenow | Protein Structure and Stability, Enzyme Catalysis in Organic Solvents. |
| Ana Guadalupe | Biosensors and Chemical Sensors, Electrocatalysis, Electrochemistry, . |
| Richard Hann | Transmembrane Ionic Channels and Ligand Regulation, Chanel Structure and Function. |
| Edwin Hernandez | Coral Reef Biology, Marine Conservation. |
| George V. Hillyer | Inmunoparasitology, Clinical Virology of HIV and Hepatitis C, Vaccine Development. |
| Tomas Hrbek | Phylogenetics, Population and Quantitative Genetics, Applications to Conservation. |
| Margarita Irizarry Ramírez | Molecular Analysis of Prostate Cancer. |
| Natalio Izquierdo | Vision Research, Prostagladins Role on Vision. |
| Braulio D Jiménez | Molecular Environmental Toxicology. |
| Carlos A. Jiménez Rivera | Cocaine Addiction and the Role of the Noradrenergic System in its Development. |
| Rafael Joglar Jusino | Herpetology, Conservation Biology. |
| Juan Carlos Jorge | Neuroendocrinology and Behavior. |
| Robert Kensler | Muscular Contraction, Electron Microscopy and Image Analysis. |
| Earl Kicliter | Aging of the Retina in Non-mammalian Vertebrates. |
| Wieslaw J. Kozek | Parasite Ultramorphology and Inmunology, Epidemiology of Zoonotic Parasites. |
| Edmundo Kraiselburd | AIDS and Animal Models, Antiviral Vaccines. |
| Damien Kuffler | Regeneration and Molecular Mechanisms in Axons. |
| Jose A. Lasalde Dominicci | Molecular Biology, Nicotinic Receptors. |
| Julio Lavergne | Mechanisms of Apoptosis Resistance in Lymphoblastoid Cells Infected with HIV . |
| Jean Lodge | Fungus Systematics. |
| Lydia M. López Del Valle | Periodontal and Premature Infections, Prevention of ECC in Children, . |
| Carlos Luciano | Peripherical Neuropathy, Mechanisms, and Biomarkers, Clinical Research. |
| Ariel Lugo | Tropical Forest Ecology and Management. |
| Nidza Lugo | Circadian Rhythms, Neurobiology of Ageing. |
| Carmen S. Maldonado Vlaar | Behavioral Neuroscience, Neurobiology of Drug Addiction. |
| Imar Mansilla Rivera | Environmental Health, Analysis of Environmental Pollutants and Toxic Waste on Population, Environmental Toxicology. |
| Loyda Meléndez | Macrophages and Their Role in HIV Neuropathogenesis and Vertical Transmission, NeuroAIDS Research, Proteinomics. |
| Elvia J. Melendez-Ackerman | Effects of Exotic Species on Plant Communties. |
| Mark W. Miller | Motor System, Neurochemistry of Motor Control, Neurophysiology. |
| Jorge D. Miranda | Spinal Cord Regeneration Following Trauma. |
| Irma L. Molina | Imagining, Nuclear Medicine. |
| Reginald Morales | Lipid Organization in Biological Membranes, Biochemistry of Phospholipids. |
| Ana Elena Muñiz | Analysis of Strength in Athletes and Power Development During Lifting, . |
| Gladys M. Nazario | Ethnobotany, Medicinal, Poisonous, and Allucigonenic Plants and Their Use, Science Education. |
| Jorge R. Ortiz Zayas | Carbon Metabolism in Tropical Island Streams, Applied Limnology, Water Resources Management. |
| José G. Ortiz | Experimental Epilepsy and Modulation of Glutamate in the Cortex. |
| Sandra Peña | Molecular Neurobiology, Memory. |
| Nivia L. Perez-Acevedo | Emotional Memory, Neurobiology of Anxiety Disorders, Glutamate Receptors. |
| Allen Preston | Nutrition in Children From Puerto Rico. |
| Gregory J. Quirk | Fear Conditioning, Neuronal Susbtrates of Fear, Neurobiology of Emotional Behavior, Electrophysiology. |
| Alonso Ramirez | Aquatic Ecology. |
| Rosaura Ramirez | Neuroscience, Science Education. |
| Raphael G. Raptis | Active Tri-copper Center in the Methane Mono-oxigenases Isolated From Bacteria. |
| Jason Rauscher | Plant Evolutionary Genetics, Molecular Systematics, Phylogeography and Conservation. |
| Fernando Renaud | Cellular Biology, Opiod Mechanisms. |
| Carla Restrepo | Landscape Ecology, GIS, Seed Dispersal and Frugivory. |
| Miguel Rivera Perez | Molecular and Genetic Basis of Cardiorespiratory Function, Aerobic Metabolism, Sports Medicine. |
| Loretta Roberson | Physical Factors and Their Influence on the Phisiology, Morphology, and Life-histories of Marine Plants and Corals. |
| Iraida Robledo | Antimicrobial Resistance Mechanisms, . |
| Carlos J. Rodriguez Sierra | Heavy Metal Exposure in Children and Adults, Toxicological Essays in Environmental Samples. |
| José Rodríguez Orengo | Pharmacology and Biochemistry of Antiviral and Anticancer Drugs, Enzymology, . |
| José R. Rodríguez Medina | Cell and Molecular Biology, Yeast Cytoskeleton. |
| Nuri Rodríguez | Signal Translation in the Dimorphic Fungus Sporothrix Schenckii. |
| Legier Rojas | Synapsis and Hormone Regulation. |
| Ángel A. Román Franco | Industrial Toxicology, Mutagenesis, Carcinogenesis. |
| Eduardo Rosa Molinar | Experimental Neuroembriology. |
| Alberto Sabat Guernica | Population Ecology. |
| Priscilla Sanabria | Endothelial Cellular Biology-NPY and Interaction with Extracellular Nucleotides, . |
| Guido E. Santacana | Smooth Muscle Physiology in the Respiratory System, . |
| Eugenio Santiago | Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography, Ethnobotany. |
| Carlos A. Sariol | Gene Expression Methods Using the Influenza Virus. |
| Annabell C. Segarra | Sexual Hormones and Drug Abuse, Neuroendocrinology of the Reproductive System. |
| Adelfa Serrano | Malaria and Molecular Multiresistance to Drugs, Parasite Molecular Biology and Inmunology, . |
| Frieda Silva De Roldan | Imaging, Cardiovascular and Neural Diseases, and Cancer, Neoplastic and Cerebral Processes. |
| Walter Silva | Function of Caveole and Caveoline in the Differentiation of C6glial Cells. |
| María A. Sosa Lloréns | Neuroethology, Neural and Molecular Control of Sterotyped Invertebrate Behavior. |
| Richard Thomas | Biogeography and Systematics, Herpetology. |
| Maribel Tirado Gómez | Molecular Basis of Leuchemia. |
| Gary A. Toranzos Soria | Microbial Ecology. |
| Raymond Tremblay | |
| Jean E. Turnquist | Functional Morphology, Muscular-esqueletal System in Non-human Primates. |
| Irving Vega | Neurodegeneration and the Aggregation of the Microtubule-associated Protein Tau. |
| Joseph M. Wunderle | Avian Behavior and Ecology. |
| Jess Zimmerman | Dynamics of Tropical Plant Communities, Tropical Tree Life Histories, Restoration Ecology, Orchid Reproductive Ecology, Ant Ecology. |
| Carmen D. Zorrilla | Pregnant Woman Infected with HIV and Their Children, Longitudinal Studies of Women Infected with HIV. |
| Xiaoming Zou | Ecosystem Ecology and Carbon Cycle. |
| Conchita Zuazaga | Excitation - Contraction Coupling in Crustacean Muscles, Ionic Channels. |
