Academic Year 2016-2017

Academic Year 2016 - 2017

Jian M. Zayas Declet ECaFSS Scholar since: August 2019 Expected Graduation Date: May 2021 Research: The job consists on elaborating methods of eradication of endophytes organisms in tissue culture of Dioscorea rotundata. These following processes were developed under the same job: isolate, identify and eliminate phytopathogenic organisms such as: bacteria and fungi to obtain tissues…

Christopher Rivera Torres

Christopher Rivera Torres ECaFSS Scholar since: January 2017 Expected Graduation Date: December 2019 Research: Susceptibility of Colletotrichum spp. to Antimicrobial Peptides and Combinatorial Treatments. Christopher Rivera Torres currently works with Dra. Patricia Ortíz in collaboration with Dr. Lydia I. Rivera, Dr. Merari Feliciano and Ms. Lorena Simbaña in the investigation project. The principal objective…

Lydia I. Rivera Vargas, Ph.D.

PI of the NIFA ECaFSS Project

Lydia I. Rivera Vargas, Ph.D. Plant Pathologist/Professor Dept.Agro-Environmental Sciences University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez, P.R. 00681 Tel.(787) 265-3852 ó (787) 832-4040 ext. 2351, 2313 Fax:(787) 265-3884 e-mail: lydiai.rivera@upr.edu Dr. Lydia I. Rivera-Vargas has a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from The Ohio State University and a M.S. in Biology (Mycology) from UPRM. She is the PI…

Angel Otero

Angel M. Otero Franqui ECaFSS Scholar since: January 2019 Education: M.S. Science and Food Technology – UPRM Research: Microbiological quality of high-fat and partially-skimmed pasteurized milk and its effect on shelf-life. Several microbiological and chemical tests will be carried out to observe the effect of the microbiological community in pasteurized milk and to observe which…

Dr. Martha C. Giraldo Zapata

Dr. Martha C. Giraldo Zapata Assistant Professor Department of Agro-Environmental Sciences Dr. Giraldo graduated with a degree in Biology with an emphasis in Genetics from the Universidad del Valle, in 1996. She worked as a Research Assistant at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and has experience in the application of molecular tools…

Lorena Simbaña-Carrera, Ms.C

Lorena Simbaña-Carrera, Ms.C Assistant Researcher Plant Pathology Ing. Lorena Simbaña-Carrera obtained a Master in Sciences degree (2016) from de University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez Campus (UPRM), and a bachelor of Agronomic Engineering (2012) from the Universidad Central in Ecuador. She is an Assistant Researcher in the Department of Agro-Environmental Sciences in the Crop…

Dr. Consuelo Estévez de Jensen

Dr. Consuelo Estévez de Jensen, Ph.D. Professor Department of Agro-Environmental Sciences Dr. Consuelo Estévez de Jensen, Doctor of Philosophy (2001) in Plant Pathology and Master in Soil Science (1991) degrees from the University of Minnesota. As a Postdoctoral Associate led the common bean root rot research to establish management practices to control the disease…

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Dr. Lydia Rivera Vargas

Dr. Alberto Pantoja

Dr. Esbal Jiménez Cabán