List of MS and PhD Graduates from our department since 2001
Name | Year of Graduation & Degree | What they did after graduation or where they are now? |
José J. Reyes Tomasini | 2001 – MS | PhD-Univ. Maryland Marine Estuarine and Environmental Sciences Program Assistant Professor-Biology Dept. Saint Francis University, Loreetto, PA |
Rhina Jiménez | 2001 – MS | Teacher-CIMATEC specialized school in Math and Sciences, Caguas, PR |
Jocelyn Montalvo Ortiz | 2002 – MS | MD-Universidad Central del Caribe Pediatric Neurologist-UPR Medical Sciences Campus |
Marcelo Febo | 2002 – PhD | Postdoc-UMass-Worcester, MA Professor-Dept. of Psychiatry, Univ. Florida College of Medicine |
Anita Rivera Brown | 2004 – PhD | Professor-PM & R Department at UPR School of Medicine |
Carmen Padró | 2004 – PhD | Postdoc-Boston Scientific, MA |
Lillian Cruz-Orengo | 2005 – PhD | Postdoc-Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO Assistant Professor-UC Davis, CA |
Johnny D. Figueroa | 2006 – PhD | Postdoc-Loma Linda Univ. Sch. of Medicine, CA Assistant Professor-Loma Linda School of Medicine, CA |
Kandy Velázquez | 2006 – MS | PhD- Univ. of South Carolina Postdoc-Univ. South Carolina School of Medicine Assistant Professor-Univ. South Carolina, School of Medicine, SC. |
Guermarie Velázquez | 2006 – MS | PhD-Univ. Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX Postdoc-MD-Anderson Cancer Center Senior Coordinator Clinical Research Program, UT MD Anderson, Houston, TX |
Karina Acevedo | 2009 – PhD | MS-Clinical & Translational Research UPR-MSC Director- Board of Trustees, Lake Sumter State College at Leesburg, FL |
Jose García | 2010 – PhD | Postdoc-UPR-MSC Assistant Professor- UPR Carolina, PR |
Natasha Lugo | 2010 – PhD | Postdoc-NIDA/NIH Director of HiSTEP Summer Program, NIH |
Raissa Menéndez | 2011 – PhD | MS-Clinical & Translational Research Postdoc-UPR MSC Adjunct Professor-UPR-MSC |
José Santiago | 2011 – PhD | Postdoc-UPR MSC Associate Professor-UPR Carolina, PR |
Luz C. Arocho | 2011 – PhD | PharD-UMass, Worcester MA Clinical Supplies Senior Mgr Deciphera Pharmaceutical, Boston, MA |
Ana Rodríguez | 2011 – PhD | Postdoc-UPR MSC ND-Univ Turabo, Caguas, PR |
Iris Salgado | 2012 – PhD | Postdoc-UPR MSC Assistant Professor-UCC School of Medicine |
Laurivette Mosquera | 2012 – PhD | DMD-UPR, MSC |
Odrick Rosas | 2012 – PhD | MD-UCC, School of Medicine Residency-Sports Medicine UPR, MSC. |
María E. Vélez | 2012 – PhD | Postdoc-SUNY Assistant Professor-Biological and Health Sciences, Texas A & M,Univ. Kingsville, TX |
Francisco Arencibia | 2013 – PhD | Chair-Dept. Natural Sciences, Univ. Sagrado Corazón, PR |
María C. Velázquez Martínez | 2013 – PhD | Chair- Basic Sciences, Universidad Industrial de Santander, School of Medicine, Bucaramanga, Colombia |
José Quidgley | 2014 – PhD | Assistant Professor-UPR-Cayey and San Juan Bautista School of Medicine, Caguas, PR |
Nildris Cruz-Diaz | 2014 – PhD | Postdoc-Wake Forest Baptist Health Instructor-Hypertension & Vasculature Research Center, Wake Forest School of Medicine, NC |
Yaria Arroyo | 2014 – PhD | Assistant Professor-Ana G. Mendez University, Cupey, PR |
Giselle Barreto | 2015 – PhD | Postdoc-Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Scientist-AMGEN, Juncos, PR |
Bermary Santos | 2016 – PhD | Postdoc-Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences Assistant Professor-Biology Dept., UPR-Cayey, PR |
Namyr A. Martínez | 2016 – PhD | MD-UPR MSC Residency-Pediatrics Children National Medical Center, Washington, DC. |
Ana Del Carmen Vaquer-Alicea | 2017 – PhD | MD-UPR-MSC Neurology Resident- Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
Jennifer Colón | 2018 – PhD | Postdoc Fellow-NIH |
Cristina Román | 2018 – PhD | Postdoc Fellow-Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, NY |
Rebecca Núñez | 2018 – PhD | Postdoc Fellow-UCC, Bayamón, PR |
Adlin Rodríguez | 2018 – PhD | Instructor-Interamerican University, Fajardo, PR |
Rebecca Parodi | 2018 – PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow-Temple University, Philadelphia, PA |
Nilmary Grafals Enrique Pérez Magdiel Martínez | 2019 – PhD 2020 – PhD 2020 – PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow- Biochemistry Dept., UPR-MSC. Chair-Education Dept., UPR-Carolina, PR Faculty-Interamerican University, Arecibo, PR |