Efraín Rodríguez-Ocasio Email & Phone Number

Madison, Wi, Us

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology Postdoc in Brian Pfleger’s Lab.

Livermore, California, United States

Supported a bioprocess engineering, techno economic analysis and life cycle assessment team.

Ames, Iowa, United States

Hybrid thermal and biochemical conversion of waste plastic. Developing microorganisms for the upcycling of carbon originated from plastic wastes. Experience in fermentation, analytical detection of organic compounds, metabolomics, proteomics and yeast metabolic engineering.

Teaching assistant for the Chemical Engineering Transport Phenomena I Course: momentum and mechanical energy balances (CH E 356).

Ames, Iowa, United States

Assistant Instructor for the Chemical Engineering Separations Course (CH E 358).

Skokie, Illinois, United States

Developing technologies for carbon recycling using engineered biology.

Ames, Iowa, United States

Teaching assistant for the Chemical Engineering Laboratory II, covering mass transfer, staged operations, and unit processes.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

I served as a voting member of the Governing Board of the University of Puerto Rico for two consecutive terms. During my tenure on the board, I presided the Student Affairs committee and additionally served in three permanent and two special committees. I was also designated by unanimous vote of the governing board to two boards of directors of subsidiary corporations. Additionally, I was a member of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) and attended its anual conferences on trusteeship.Permanent Committees: Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, Development, Infrastructure ad Technology.Special Committees: Research Funding and President Evaluation.Subsidiary Corporations: UPRM Housing Facilities, Inc. and Viride Innovation Technologies.

Pr05 Biotechnology Plant, Carolina, Puerto Rico

Supported the operations of a Process Development Laboratory dedicated to the optimization of the manufacturing of a protein therapeutic. Owner of a bench scale model of a manufacturing process and leader of a stability study for a process intermediate.

Ames, Iowa

Reverse engineering of an E. coli strain that evolved through adaptive laboratory evolution and became tolerant to short-chain fatty acids to expand the toolbox of rational engineering strategies for applications in biorenewable chemicals. Investigated a mutation found in the rpoC gene, which encodes for the β’ subunit of the RNA polymerase and determined the scope of tolerance conferred by the mutation. Additionally, employed the CRISPR-Cas9 System to study the role of individual genes in phenotype characteristics of the new strain.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

My research project initiated the development of a Biological Assay to detect and quantify the activation of Transforming Grow Factor - B1 using a fluorescent reporter. In ten weeks, I was able to establish a general transfection protocol for the mammalian expression system of interest and laid the groundwork for the production of the radiation-sensitive protein. At the end of the summer, I was selected to represent the NSF BioXFEL Program at the Buffalo Summer Research Day and be one of the eight presenters among the 80+ student and faculty members present.

Mason Business Center

I worked in the Sustainable and Advanced Materials Group studying enzyme immobilization developing leachability detection protocols for application in corporate platform technologies. I employed molecular biology and biochemistry tools to complete all projects and established internal collaboration networks.•Rating: Exceeding expectations

Mason Business Center

Applied Life Sciences to the development of Advanced Materials and successfully completed a Technology Proof of Concept in 12 weeks. Beyond the scope of my project, I identified additional applications for the technology, contacted scientists and managers outside of my group and communicated properly the proposal, enabling other research opportunities.•Recepient of the award for "Most Innovative" among the 30+ site interns•Rating: Exceeding expectations

Winton Hill Business Center - Family Care

Contributed to a new belt of technology through strategy development for an upstream pipeline of a $2 Billion Brand. Developed models for benefit spaces for and contributed to the organization’s strategic plan. Insights and models were shared and adopted across brands and Business Units, generating thousands of dollars in cost avings.•Rating: Exceeding expectations

Winton Hill Business Center - Family Care

As a Freshman, I established a collaboration network with six technical centers to allocate the proper resources and equipment to identify the root cause of a technical problem in a manufacturing process and formulate a solution.•Rating: Exceeding expectations

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Chemical And Biological Engineering

Graduate student pursuing a PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering.

Bachelor’S Degree, Major: Industrial Biotechnology, Minor: Project Management