Jessika Feliciano

Integrated Sensing Architechtures IGERT
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY



Jessika Feliciano was born in Ponce, the second largest city of the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. She received her B. S. degree in Chemistry (Magna Cum Laude, 1997) from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, where she worked with Professor Gabriel Infante in the areas of radiochemistry and cancer research. As a National Institutes of Health MARC (Minority Access for Research Careers) fellow, she went to Harvard School of Public Health to work with Professor Bruce Demple on cellular and molecular toxicology and to the University of Kentucky to work with Professor Sylvia Daunert on immunoassays that employ reporter genes. After her graduation, she interned at E. I. DuPont, where she worked on the use of microbial genetic technologies to discover sites and modes of action for crop protection chemicals with Dr. Tina Van Dyk and Dr. Robert LaRossa. In 1998, Jessika was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for Minorities to join the graduate program of the University of Kentucky, where she is currently pursuing her Ph.D. degree in bioanalytical chemistry. She joined the research group of Professor Sylvia Daunert to perform her graduate work. Jessika has been awarded the National Science Foundation-IGERT Fellowship in 1999, the Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in 1998, and the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering & Science (GEM) Fellowship in 1998, among others. Her current research focuses on the use of reporter gene technology in the development of novel bioanalytical sensing systems, in particular developing protein- and bacteria-based sensors for the detection of environmental pollutants.

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