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Elba Serrano Regents Professor NMSU RISE Program Director; NMSU BP-ENDURE BRAiN
Program co-Director SERRANO
NEUROLAB WEB PAGE: http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/serrano/neurolab/neurolab.html
COURSES: http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/serrano/neurolab/teachingadvising/courses.html AAAS essay: http://ehrweb.aaas.org/womeninscience/essays/serrano.htm Neurotree :
Link NMSU RESEARCH MATTERS: http://www2.nmsu.edu/researchmatters/soundscience.html
Las Cruces, NM 88003 Email
and Telephone: NMSU Phonebook |
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Education |
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Ph.D. |
Biological Sciences (Neuroscience/Biophysics) |
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B.S.,with
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Specialties and Interests o Neuroscience: Cellular Neurobiology, Development,
Neurogenetics o Sensory Systems: Organogenesis, Acoustico-Vestibular, Mechanoreception o Biophysics: Ion Channels, Bioimaging, Nanobioscience o Science, Ethics, and Society o Gender and Ethnic Equity in the STEM disciplines |
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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS |
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2010- present |
Co-Program
Director (with D. Restrepo), NMSU BP-ENDURE BRAiN Program |
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2008- present |
Program
Director, NMSU Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement |
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1991-present |
Assistant Professor (1991), Associate
(1998) Full (2006) Regents (2009) Professor of
Biology, New Mexico State University |
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1987-1990 |
Research Associate, Training
Program in Cellular Neurobiology, Dr. S
Hagiwara, Physiology Department, UCLA School of Medicine Research subject: Signal transduction in sensory
cells |
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1986 |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Eduardo Zeiger, Stanford
University Biology Department
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1984-1985 |
Postdoctoral
Fellow, Dr.
Robert Schimke, Stanford University Biology
Department |
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1980-1983 |
Research
Associate, Dr. Bruce Ransom, Neurology Department, |
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1975-1980 |
Biology
Graduate Student, Dr.
Peter A Getting, Stanford University Biology Department Research
subject: Ion channel diversity in identifiable molluscan
neurons |
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RESEARCH
AFFILIATIONS |
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2007 - present |
Project Leader (CINT User), Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, LANL |
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2006 - present |
Affiliate Professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, |
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2006 - present |
MIT Affiliate, Department of
Biological Engineering |
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2006 |
Visiting Faculty Scientist, Systems
Biology Department, |
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2005-2006 |
Visiting Faculty Scientist: Cell Decisions Processes
Center, Computational and Systems Biology
(Biological Engineering Department and Department of Biology), Massachusetts
Institute of Technology |
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1999 |
Visiting Scientist: |
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1998 |
Visiting Scientist: Ecole Normale Superieure,
Laboratoire de Neurobiologie, Paris, France |
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GUIDANCE OF STUDENTS IN RESEARCH Research mentor for over 85 graduate and undergraduate
students from 1991 to the present. Present http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/serrano/neurolab/people.html Past http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/serrano/neurolab/people/pastlabmembers.html
Research
advisor for Mentored Student Training Programs including Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS; BRIDGES to Native American students, RISE), Minority Access to
Research Careers (MARC), NSF
Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP), HHMI, NSF AGEP, NSF IGERT, and McNair Program. PUBLISHED
WORKS: ONLINE at http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/serrano/neurolab/research/publications.html
HONORS
AND AWARDS Regents Professor AAAS International Lecturer
for Women in Science and Engineering NMSU
Advancing Leaders Scholar NMSU Hispanic Student
Organization Outstanding Professor Award NMSU Westhafer
Award for Excellence in Teaching, Finalist YWCA REACH Award Honoree Grants/AWARDS (7) “Systems Biology of Cell Decision Processes (MIT)” (NIH-NIGMS P50,
Sorger, PI) Project Link co- Principal Investigator ,Subproject, “Uncovering Molecular Targets for Therapeutic Drugs in Organ Systems”,
09/01/08-08/31/13 “Heterostructured Quantum Dots
as Molecular Probes, Chemistry and Photophysics” (NIH-NIGMS R01,
Hollingsworth, PI) Consortium Principal
Investigator, “Biocompatibility and
Biomedical Applications”, 09/01/08-08/31/13 “Biological effects of nanostructured
materials on cultured human cells” Principal Investigator, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, 10/14/06-09/01/12 “Engineering Glial
Networks for Optical and Electrical Analysis of Cellular Activity” Principal Investigator, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, 10/14/11-03/01/13 “Building Research Achievement
in Neuroscience (BRAiN): Diversifying the PhD
Pipeline through Research Education in Neuroscience and Behavior” Project
Link Co-PI/Program Director (with Diego Restrepo), NIH-NIEHS/NICDD/NINDS/NIGMS, R25 09/01/10-08/31/15 "RISE Program at NMSU" Project Link Program Director, NIH-NIGMS R25, 09/01/05-07/31/13 “MRI-R2:
Acquisition of a Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope
for New Mexico State University” Co-PI, NSF MRI 01/01/10-12/31/12, Project
Link TEACHING
EXPERTISE AND INTERESTS Syllabi available
at : http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/serrano/neurolab/teachingadvising/courses.html
SCHOLARSHIPS
AND FELLOWSHIPS Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow Bausch
and Lomb Science Scholar National
Merit Scholar Finalist PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE Professional Development Committee, Society for Neuroscience Program Committee, International
Neuroethics Society Users Executive Committee, Center for Integrated Nanotechnology Health Sciences Advisory Council, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities Steering Committee, Annual
Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students Government Relations Committee, Association for Research in Otolaryngology SOCIETY
MEMBERSHIPS International
Society for Optical Engineering Society for Developmental Biology Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native
Americans in Science Association for Research in Otolaryngology Society for Neuroscience LANGUAGES Bilingual fluency
Spanish/English; good knowledge Portuguese; fair Italian/French/German |
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We
give thanks to the life forms that have allowed us to uncover their secrets |
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