Ciencia Puerto Rico

Harvard Medical School / Research Fellow in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Ph.D. Microbiology
University of Massachusetts - Amherst

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Publications:

M.S. Thesis: Mycotic flora of the intestinal tract and soil inhabited by Onychochaeta borincana (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecidae).
Access thesis online through: UMI ProQuest Digital Disserations

M.S. thesis journal publication
Alonso, A., S. Borges and C. Betancourt. 1999. Mycotic flora of the intestinal tract and the soil inhabited by Onychochaeta borincana (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecidae). Pedobiologia 43(6): 901-903

Ph.D. Dissertation: Cellulose degradation and biofilm formation in the developmental life cycle of the cellulolytic actinomycete Thermobifida fusca.
Access: http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org

Ph.D. research / Journal publication
Alonso, A.N., P.J. Pomposiello and S.B. Leschine. 2008. Biofilm formation in the life cycle of the cellulolytic actinomycete Thermobifida fusca. Biofilms 1-11.

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Awards:

2009 Role Model Award / Office of Minority Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Washington, D.C.

2007 UMass Amherst: Women Who Make a Difference Award.

2007 SACNAS Presidential Award.

2005 Association for Women in Science
Pre-doctoral fellowship.

2005 Carl Storm Fellowship

2004 Hispanic Engineers National Achievements Awards Corporation (HENAAC) Scholarship.

2003 Society for Hispanic and Professional Engineers (SHPE)- Hispanic Society foundation Scholarship.

2003-2006 Department of Energy Fellowship.

2002 & 2007 Northeast Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Fellowship.