Juanita Carolina Rodriguez, Postdoctoral Research Associate

Bio

Juanita Carolina RODRIGUEZ

Professional address

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)
Institut de Recherche sur les Forêts (IRF)
445 Boulevard de l’Université, Rouyn-Noranda, QC, J9X 5E4, Canada
Tel: +1-819-762-0971 poste/ext 2782
Email: juanita.rodriguez@uqat.ca

Professional experience

- Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Laboratory of Bryology of the UQAT (since 2023)
- Research professional in statistics. Forest Research Center (CEF) – based at the UQAT (since 2022)
- Teaching of the Boreal Plant Identification Course given to the Technical Forestry Program of the Cégep de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Rouyn-Noranda (2020)
- Research assistant. Research Group of Molecular and Cellular Therapy. Research assistant hired by the Javeriana University and Colciencias. Bogota (2012)
- roject: Palm oil and cardiovascular disease: Effects of red palm olein-rich diet on plasma lipid pattern in hypercholesterolemic patients.

Éducation

Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences (2017-2022)
Institut de Recherche sur les Forêts (IRF), Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)
Project: Dominance by coniferous versus broadleaf deciduous trees in boreal forests as a driver of understory vegetation and associated microorganisms.
Laboratory of Bryology of the UQAT. Supervisor: Nicole Fenton, Co-supervisor: Yves Bergeron and Steven Kembel.
M.Sc. in Synthetic Biology (2014-2016)
M.Sc. in in High-throughput Biotechnology (2015-2016)
École Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg (ESBS), a tri-national (French, German and Swiss) engineering school in Biotechnology. Strasbourg (France).
Project: Establishment of in vitro culture and genetic transformation of the moss Hypnum cupressiforme.
Developed at the Group of Plant Biotechnology at Freiburg University (Germany). Supervisor: Ralph Reski. Co-supervisor: Eva Decker.
B.Sc. in Biology (2007-2011)
Biology Department. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota (Colombia).
Project: Antimicrobial activity of ethanolic extracts of bryophytes and commertial fruits.
Phytochemistry Research Group and Molecular and Celular Therapy of the Javeriana University. Supervisor: Luis Gonzalo Sequeda.