USFQ-Cornell Seed Fund Matchmaking.xlsx

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1	USFQ-Cornell Seed Fund - Research Interest Sign-up Form
2	• This list aims to help interested prospective applicants from USFQ and Cornell to identify colleagues with similar research interests; it aims to facilitate potential collaborations for joint seed grant applications. • Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of possible partners. If you do not see a potential colleague's name on this list, it does not mean they are not eligible; it simply means they have not added their name to the list. This should not prevent you from reaching out to these colleagues directly. • Please add your name to the list below if you are interested in finding potential partners and check back often for updates and to identify potential collaborators. • If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at Cornell -- Sebnem Ozkan (globalhubs@cornell.edu); at USFQ -- María Gabriela Benítez (mgbenitezs@usfq.edu.ec).
3	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	EMAIIL	TITLE	UNIVERSITY	DEPARTMENT	WEBPAGE	RESEARCH INTERESTS	Additional notes you would like to share with potential partners (optional)

4	António	Machado	amachado@usfq.edu.ec	Professor	USFQ	Microbiology Institute, USFQ	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5089-8723	Biofilms, Antimicrobial resistance- OneHealth, Alternative Antimicrobial Treatments (nanomaterials, phages, plant or any natural biological extracts, postbiotics)
5	Felipe	Palacios	fjpalacios@usfq.edu.ec	Professor	USFQ	School of Architecture		Landscape architecture, urban ecosystems
6	Vanessa	Romero	vromero@usfq.edu.ec	Professor	USFQ	School of Medicina, Department of Genetics		Rare diseases, synthetic biology, Pharmacogenomics in Human
7	Alessandro	Veltri	aveltri@usfq.edu.ec	Professor	USFQ	Física (Physics)	https://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-2256-9439	Hybrid Plasmonics, Gain Media, Nano-optics, Metallic Nanoparticles
8	Karina	Cazar	kdcazar@usfq.edu.ec	Professor	USFQ	Architecture	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5507-9428	Typology, Migration, Housing.
9	Anamaría	Garzón Mantilla	agarzon@usfq.edu.ec	Professor	USFQ	Colegio de Comunicación y Arte Contemporáneo	https://linktr.ee/anamariagarzonmantilla	Art History, Latin American Art, Modern Art from the Andes, Exhibition Histories
10	Cheryl	Martens	cmarten@usfq.edu.ec	Professor	USFQ	Colegio de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades
11	Sebastian	Navas	snavasb@usfq.edu.ec	Professor /Coordinator	USFQ	Colegio de Hospitalidad, Arte Culinario y Turismo		AI for the development/success of small scale restaurant in developing countries. Case stuady Quito
12	Paolo	Moncagatta	pmoncagatta@usfq.edu.ec	Professor	USFQ	Political Science	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5291-569X	Political polarization, ideology, democratization
13	Daniela	Proaño	dproano@usfq.edu.ec	Coordinador of Education Projects	USFQ	Institute of Teaching and Learning (IDEA)		Sustainable development and global citizenship in K-12 education in the Galápagos Islands
14	Andrea	Encalada	aencalada@usfq.edu.ec	Professor / Provost	USFQ	Aquatic Ecology Lab	https://www.usfq.edu.ec/es/grupos-de-investigacion/laboratorio-de-ecologia-acuatica	Aquatic Ecology
15	Jaime	Lòpez	jlopez@usfq.edu.ec	Professor	USFQ	Architecture		Urban morphology, regional and spatial planning, urbanization and physical geography	My maine focus have been the process of urbanisation in natural protected spaces with Galapagos as case study
16	Carolina	Reyes-Puig	creyesp@usfq.edu.ec	Professor	USFQ	Terrestrial Zoology Lab	https://www.usfq.edu.ec/es/institutos-de-investigacion/instituto-de-biodiversidad-tropical-ibiotrop	phenotypic diversity, taxonomy, systematics and ecology in amphibian and reptiles
17	Eilyan	Bitar	eyb5@cornell.edu	Associate Professor	Cornell	Schoool of Electrical and Computer Eng.	https://bitar.engineering.cornell.edu/	Stochastic and Robust Optimization; Reinforcement Learing; Control Theory; Game Theory
18	Thomas	Cadenbach	tcadenbach@usfq.edu.ec	Professor	USFQ	Environmental Engineering	0000-0002-6520-6101	Advanced Materials, Photocatalysis, Environmental Remediation, Wastewater Treatment
19	Diana	Pazmiño	dapazmino@usfq.edu.ec	Professor	USFQ	Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales		conservation genetics, genomics, forensics
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