Alberto I Roca

Alberto I Roca, Ph.D.

  • Position:
    Diversity Consultant

    www.minoritypostdoc.org

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  • Degrees:
     
    Ph.D., Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI)
     
    B.S., Biology, Trinity University (San Antonio, TX)
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  • Past Advisors:
     
    Alexander McPherson (as Senior Scientist)
     
    Scott Singleton (as Post Doctoral Fellow)
     
    Adriana Bailone (as Post Doctoral Fellow)
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  • Research:
    I explore diversity issues involving Ph.D. scholars in academia.

    I publish the premier web portal on the minority postdoctoral experience. This resource on career development, job opportunities, fellowships, and diversity issues serves as a unique channel for reaching this targeted audience. Furthermore, my experience and network positions my consulting services for proactive recruiting of minority Ph.D. talent particularly in the STEM disciplines.

    My scientific research involved determining the molecular mechanism by which recombination proteins interact with DNA. My approaches used the techniques of structural biology, biochemistry, biophysics, and bioinformatics.

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  • Other Experience:

    2003-present Founder, SACNAS Postdoc Committee

    2008 Guest speaker, Introduction to Microbiology, Coastline Community College

    2003-2008 Co-founder (with Arti Patel), Diversity Committee, National Postdoctoral Association

    2003-2005 Project Director, SACNAS Postdoctoral Career Development Project, funded by Sloan Foundation

    2003 New Enzymology Kinetics Workshop, Univ of Texas-Austin

    2000 Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy Course, Univ of Maryland–Baltimore

    1990-1992 Volunteer speaker for a K-12 outreach program, Center for Biology Education

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  • Honors:

    2008 Highly Accessed Article: Roca AI, et al, "ProfileGrids..." BMC Bioinformatics 9:554

    2007 University of California, Irvine Chancellor’s Living Our Values Award

    2006 SACNAS Presidential Service Award

    2003-2005 University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellow

    2001 Hudspeth Endowed Award for Student Clubs Advisor Award (HACER)

    2000-2003 National Science Foundation Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellow

    1998 Chateaubriand Postdoctoral Fellow

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Alberto Roca's Publications (9)



Alberto Roca's Posters and Presentations (11)

  • My biochemistry research and my academic life (presentation)

    Alberto I Roca

    University of Houston, AGEP Seminar Series; 07/2009
  • Uncovering the invisible minority postdoc talent pool: SACNAS best practices (poster)

    Alberto I Roca

    Conference on Understanding Interventions; 05/2009
  • Uncovering Minority Postdocs & their Issues (presentation)

    Alberto I Roca

    National Postdoctoral Association, National Conference; 03/2009
  • Considerations for Selecting Your Postdoctoral Position (presentation)

    Alberto I Roca

    Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students; 11/2008
  • Crystal structure and nanoanatomy of the E. coli RecA protein (poster)

    Alberto I Roca, Steven B Larson, Alexander McPherson

    American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Conference; 04/2008
  • Probing RecA protein nanoanatomy to reveal structure and function (presentation)

    Alberto I Roca

    California State University, Fullerton; 02/2007
  • Using a mutant database to analyze the phenotypic diversity of RecA protein homologs (poster)

    Christopher J Trezzo, Alberto I Roca, Alexander McPherson

    American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Conference; 04/2006
  • Special Issues Faced by Minority Postdoctoral Fellows (presentation)

    Alberto I Roca

    Compact for Faculty Diversity’s Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, National Conference; 11/2005
  • Structural bioinformatic analysis of RecA protein homologs (poster)

    Alberto I Roca, Albert E. Almada, Alexander McPherson

    American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Conference; 04/2005
  • Diversity Issues and the Postdoc Experience (presentation)

    Alberto I Roca

    Howard University–University of Texas-El Paso’s Institute on Preparing for Postdoctoral Experiences in STEM; 08/2004
  • Diversity in Science: Promoting the Success of Minority Postdocs (presentation)

    Alberto I Roca

    Second Convocation on Enhancing the Postdoctoral Experience, The National Academies; 04/2004

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ProfileGrid representation of 300 bacterial RecA protein sequences. (c) Roca AI, et al, "ProfileGrids..." BMC Bioinformatics 9:554 (2008)


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