Curriculum vitae
Fernando Rodriguez, Ph.D. Research Scientist, Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology.
Appointments
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2024 – presentResearch ScientistCollege of Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
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2018 – 2024Research ScientistJosephine Bay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory
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2015 – 2018Research AssociateJosephine Bay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory
Education and training
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2010 – 2015Postdoctoral FellowMarine Biological LaboratoryAdvisor: Irina Arkhipova
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2004 – 2009Ph.D., Biology (Molecular Biology and Biochemistry)Universidad de Oviedo, SpainAdvisors: Ana Domínguez Sanjurjo and Trinidad Pérez Méndez
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1998 – 2002B.S., BiologyUniversidad de Oviedo, Spain
Teaching
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BIOL-125Introduction to Biology Laboratory: Organisms and Ecosystems1 credit · Undergraduate
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BIOL-216Molecular Biology Laboratory1 credit · Undergraduate
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BIOL-530 / 630Bioinformatics Algorithms3 credits · Undergraduate and graduate
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ENVS-790Environmental Science Thesis1–4 credits · Graduate
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ENVS-791Continuation of Thesis1 credit · Graduate
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ENVS-795Environmental Science Graduate Research1–4 credits · Graduate
Research mentoring
19 undergraduate and 3 graduate research placements since 2010, several of whose projects contributed to peer-reviewed papers.
Professional service
Invited reviewer for
BMC Biology · BMC Genomics · BMC Plant Biology · PeerJ · Molecular Biology and Evolution · Scientific Reports · Frontiers in Microbiology · Nucleic Acid Research · Mobile DNA · Hydrobiologia
Invited guest associate editor for
Frontiers in Plant Systems and Synthetic Biology (Research topic: Mobile Elements and Plant Genome Evolution, Comparative Analyses and Computational Tools) · Genes (Basel)
NSF panelist
2025
Memberships
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2020 – presentThe National Shellfisheries Association
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2018 – presentThe Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance (GIGA)
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2018 – presentThe Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) Society
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2015 – presentAAAS / Science
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2010 – presentThe Genetics Society of America