Personal Statement My research focuses on understanding microbial interactions and their implications for both infectious disease and environmental microbiology. One of my primary projects involves the identification and characterization of microorganisms present in the Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi (Coquí llanero). Through a combination of microbial isolation, metagenomics, and metabolomics, I aim to identify bioactive compounds with potential…
Lista de Publicaciones: Caraballo-Resto, Juan F. Contested Religion in Puerto Rico: From Hegemonic Christianity to Queer Socio-Religious Activism, in Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Religions (2024)Caraballo-Resto, Juan F. ‘Ritualizing Orientalism and Philo-Semitism: the Task of Making God Exist in Puerto Rico’, in International Journal of Latin American Religion (2020). Caraballo-Resto, Juan F. «Queering Black Atlantic…
Título/Appointment: Professor Departamento/Department: Chemestry Department Institución/Institution: UPR-Cayey E-mail: wilfredo.resto@upr.edu Teléfono/Phone: (787) 738-2161 ext. 2375 Reseña/Biosketch: Since joining the UPR-Cayey (UPR-C) Chemistry faculty in 1993, my journey has been one of dedication and growth, marked by significant achievements and contributions that reflect my commitment to education and the advancement of underrepresented groups in STEM. As the…
Título/Appointment: Assistant Professor Departamento/Department: English Institución/Institution: University of Puerto Rico in Cayey E-mail: thayra.reyes@upr.edu Teléfono/Phone: (787) 738-2161, ext. 2188, 2181 Reseña/Biosketch: Dr. Thayra M. Reyes Díaz is an assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Puerto Rico in Cayey. She has offered courses in English as a second language, literature, advanced…
Título/Appointment: Associate Professor Departamento/Department: Social Sciences Department Institución/Institution: UPR-Cayey E-mail: antoinette.alom@upr.edu Teléfono/Phone: (787) 738-2161 ext. 2076 Reseña/Biosketch: Researcher at the Center for Psychological and Sociological Research (CIPS) of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of Cuba until 1999, on issues related to the world of work, education and youth subjectivity. Between 2003 and 2007…
Título/Appointment: Assistant Professor Departamento/Department: Chemistry Department Institución/Institution: UPR-Cayey E-mail: luis.negron11@upr.edu Teléfono/Phone: (787) 738-2161 Reseña/Biosketch: Luis Negrón is from Corozal, Puerto Rico. Chemistry was my passion during my undergraduate years. My area of expertise is organic chemistry in the areas of supramolecular chemistry and materials sciences. Preparación Académica/Education: Ph. D. in Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico…
Título/Appointment: Assistant professor Departamento/Department: Social Sciences Department Institución/Institution: UPR-Cayey E-mail: patric Reseña/Biosketch: Patricia Noboa obtained her Ph.D. on Academic Psychology at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedra Campus. Her research interest is based on topics of Psychoanalysis, clinical practice, culture and human beings, social health determinants and climate change, Neuroscience: mind and body interaction,…
Título/Appointment: Full Professor Departamento/Department: Hispanic Studies Department Institución/Institution: UPR-Cayey E-mail: janette.becerra@upr.edu Reseña/Biosketch: Janette Becerra holds a Ph. D. in Hispanic Studies from the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras since 2003. She also earned a Juris Doctor from the same campus and was a practicing attorney until 1991. Her primary area of academic research…
Título/Appointment: Conjunct Professor Departamento/Department: Physics Department Institución/Institution: UPR-Cayey E-mail: wilfredo.otaño@upr.edu Teléfono/Phone: (787) 420-7827 Reseña/Biosketch: Wilfredo Otaño obtained his PhD in Materials Sciences and Engineering at Penn State University. He currently is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Puerto Rico on the campus of Cayey and Mayagüez. His current research interest is in thin film coatings deposited…
Título/Appointment: Assistant Professor Departamento/Department: Social Sciences Department Institución/Institution: UPR-Cayey E-mail: laurimar.reveron@upr.edu Teléfono/Phone: (787) 738-2161, ext. 2106 Reseña/Biosketch: Dr. Laurimar Reverón Medina holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, a Master of Arts degree with a concentration in Developmental Psychology from Cornell University and a doctorate…