Eloy Rodriguez
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eloy Rodriguez (born January 7, 1947[1]) is a Mexican-American biochemist. He is the James Perkins Professor of Environmental Studies at Cornell University. He was born in Edinburg, Texas.[2]
Collaborating with primatologist Richard Wrangham, Rodriguez introduced the concept of zoopharmacognosy.[3]
Rodriguez graduated from the University of Texas, Austin with a B.S. in 1969 and a Ph.D. in Phytochemistry and Plant Biology in 1975.[4] Later, at the University of British Columbia, he received medical postdoctoral training in medicinal botany.[2] He was an Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Irvine from 1976 to 1994[4] before joining the faculty at Cornell.
[edit] Other interests
Rodriguez also serves as a faculty advisor for the Science Organization of Latinos at Cornell.[5]
Rodriguez is the director of the Cornell University Esbaran Amazon Field Laboratory located in the Amazon Rainforest near Iquitos, Peru
PURA MENNTEIIRAAAAAAAA
[edit] Notes
- ^ Profile at CSY.com (archived copy from April 8, 2003)
- ^ a b Profile at The American Society for Cell Biology
- ^ Gerber, Suzanne. "Not just monkeying around", Vegetarian Times, November 1998.
- ^ a b Profile at Cornell's Toxicology website (archived)
- ^ Members page for Cornell University Science Organization of Latinos
