Curriculum Vitae

 

Giovanni J. López Ferrer

University of Puerto Rico

Mayagüez Campus

Tel: (787)-832-4040 Ex. 2874

E-MAIL: lopez_gio@yahoo.com, lopezg@centennialpr.net

http://www.fungipr.com

 

 

 

EDUCATION

January 2002 – present M.S. in Biology

            University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus

December 2001 Bachelor in Science in Industrial Microbiology

            University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus,
            Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

    Teaching experience

 

January 2004 - University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez campus               

            Laboratory Instructor of Molecular Physiology and Cellular Biology

January 2004 – present- University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez campus               

            Laboratory Instructor of Immunology

August 2002 – present - University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez campus               

            Laboratory Instructor of Bacterial Genetics

Summer 2002 - University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez campus                                  

            Laboratory Instructor of General Microbiology

January 2002-03- University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez campus                                     

            Laboratory Instructor of Medical Mycology

   

Research

 

January 2002 - present - University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez campus                                        

Collybia sensu lato of the Central and Western Regions of Puerto Rico: Biotechnological Capabilities,

Characterization and Identification Using Traditional and Molecular Techniques

                        Dr. C.Ríos-Velázquez

August 2001 - University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez campus                                        

Isolation of Halophyllic Arquea in Solar Saltern in Cabo Rojo Puerto Rico                    

                        Dr. R. Montalvo-Rodríguez

August 2001 - University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez campus                                        

Bioremediation Capabilities of a Wild Strain of Pleurotus pulmonarius                     

                        Dra. M Vargas

August 1998-2001 - University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez campus

Survey of Agaricales in Different Forest of Puerto Rico

Isolation and Characterization of Halophyllic and Marine Fungi

Cultivating a Wild Strain Basidiomycetes, Pleurotus pulmonarius

Dr. C. Betancourt-López

 

SPECIAL COURSES

• Molecular Genetics of Prokaryotes and Gene Regulation
• Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics
• Bacterial Genetics
• Marine Molecular Biology

Undergraduate courses in Mycology – Medical Mycology, General Mycology and Industrial Mycology

Graduate courses in Mycology - Fungal Taxonomy, Field Mycology

 

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

 

Posters

 

June 2004 – 104^th Annual Meeting of The American Society of Microbiology (ASM)

 

COLLYBIA SENSU LATO OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN REGIONS OF PUERTO RICO: CHARACTERIZATION AND IDENTIFICATION USING TRADITIONAL AND MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES

 

 

December 2003 – 43rd Annual Meeting of The American Society for Cell Biology and April 2004 - IX SIGMA XI STUDENT POSTER DAY  

 

IDENTIFICATION OF COLLYBIA SENSU LATO IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN REGIONS OF PUERTO RICO, USING MICROSCOPY, TRADITIONAL AND MOLECULAR TAXONOMY TOOLS

 

April 2003 – VIII SIGMA Xi STUDENT POSTER DAY

 

MOLECULAR AND MICROSCOPY (SEM) ANALYSIS OF AGARICALES SPECIES ISOLATED FROM CENTRAL AND WEST REGION IN PUERTO RICO

 

August 2002 – Caribbean Biotechnology Congress 

 

DISTRIBUTION, MOLECULAR TAXONOMY AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES OF GENUS COLLYBIA IN PUERTO RICO

 

April 2002 – VII SIGMA Xi STUDENT POSTER DAY

 

DISTRIBUTION, MOLECULAR TAXONOMY AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES OF GENUS COLLYBIA IN PUERTO RICO

 

Special Trainings

 

August 2002

Active Learning Strategies in Biology Laboratory

 

MEMBER OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATION

 

APS – American Phytopathological Society

ASM – American Society of Microbiology

AEB – Student Biology Association (2000-2001)

SPM – Puertorrican Mycology Society (Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Micología)