Adán Colón-Carmona
	Associate Professor Department of Biology University of Massachusetts-Boston 100 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125 Phone: (617) 287-6680 Fax: (617) 287-6650 E-mail: adan.colon-carmona@umb.edu

Professional Preparation:

University of California, Santa Cruz, Biology, B. A., 1989     
University of California, Irvine, Biological Sciences, Ph. D., 1994   
The Salk Institute, Plant Cell Biology, 1995-1998
University of California, Davis, Plant Signal Transduction, 1999

Appointments:

2006-present: Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB).
2000-2006: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, UMB.
1999: Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Vegetable Crops, University of California (UC) Davis.
1995-1998: Postdoctoral Research Associate, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Plant Biology Laboratory, La Jolla.
1993-1994: Research Assistant, Dept. of Developmental and Cell Biology, UC Irvine.
1993: Curriculum Coordinator, Hispanic Center of Excellence, PRIDE Program, College of Medicine, UC Irvine.
1993: Lecture Coordinator, Developmental and Cell Biology, Dept. of Developmental and Cell Biology, UC Irvine.
1989-1992: Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Developmental and Cell Biology, UC Irvine.
1992: Curriculum Coordinator, California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP), Summer Program, UC Irvine.
1991: Curriculum Coordinator, UC Irvine Howard Hughes Summer Science Academy, UC Irvine.

Research Interests:

1. “Roles of Plant Kinesins in Cell Division Control and Development”
2. “Cell Division Control by Light during Early Seedling Development”
3. “Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Stress Responses and Bioremediation”
4. “Using Plants in Science Education at GK-16”

Select Publications:

Alkio M, Tabuchi TM, Wang X and Colón-Carmona A. Stress responses to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Arabidopsis include growth inhibition and hypersensitive response-like symptoms. J of Experimental Botany 56(421): 2983-94. Featured article for the cover.

Li C, Potuschak T, Colón-Carmona A, Gutiérrez RA and Doerner P (2005). Arabidopsis TCP20 links regulation of growth and cell division control pathways. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA 102(36): 12978-12983.

Dubrovsky, J.G., Rost, T.L., Colón-Carmona, A., and P. Doerner (2001). Early primordium morphogenesis during lateral root initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Planta 214: 30-36.

Boisnard-Loriga, C., Colón-Carmona, A., Bauch, M., Hodgeb, S., Doerner, P., Banchare, E., Dumas, C., Haseloff, J., and F. Berger (2001). Dynamic analyses of the expression of the HISTONE::YFP fusion protein in Arabidopsis show that syncytial endosperm is divided in mitotic domains. Plant Cell 13: 495-509.

Colón-Carmona, A., Chen, D., Yeh, K-C., and S. Abel (2000). IAA proteins interact and are phosphorylated by oat phytochrome A in vitro. Plant Physiology 124: 1728-1738.

Dubrovsky, J.G., Doerner, P., Colón-Carmona, A., and T.L. Rost (2000).  Pericycle development and lateral root initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology 124: 1648-1657.

Colón-Carmona, A., You, R., Haimovitch-Gal, T., and P. Doerner (1999).  Technical Advance: Spatio-temporal analysis of mitotic activity with labile cyclin-GUS fusion protein.  Plant Journal20(4): 503-508.

Awards and Grants (active):

“Track-2, GK12: The Watershed-Integrated Science Partnership-2 (WISP-2)”, National Science Foundation, Graduate Teaching Fellowships in K-12, PI-Chen, co-PI Colón-Carmona, co-PI Decker, co-PI Eisenkraft, co-PI Sevian, 2006-2010.

“Arabidopsis 2010: Assigning Functions to the Arabidopsis LBD-Family”, National Science Foundation, Springer (PI) and Colón-Carmona (co-PI), 2004-08.

“Outdoor Classroom, a Playground Project”, Boston Schoolyard Initiative, City of Boston, Rafael Hernandez School in Roxbury MA, Colón-Carmona (co-author and advisor), 2005-06.

“Role of Plant Kinesins in Arabidopsis thaliana”, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, (PI) Colón-Carmona, 2004-06.

“Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Stress Responses and Remediation in Arabidopsis”, National Science Foundation. Colón-Carmona (PI), 2003-06.

Synergistic Activities:

High School Teacher Educator: Boston Science Partnership (an NSF Math Science Partnership).

Advisory Board and Mentor: Ronald McNair Scholarship Program, College of Arts and Sciences, UMB (4/00-present); NSF Undergraduate Mentoring in
Environmental Biology (UMEB), Dept. of Biology, UMB (10/02-present); NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), Dept. of Biology, UMB (6/00-present); NIH Bridges to the Baccalaureate (9/06-present); (Mentor only) Science, Engineering and Mathematics Academic Support Network, New England Board of Higher Education (10/00-present).

Workshop Presenter: UMB High School Science Day, Dept. of Biology (01, 03), SACNAS National Conference (02, 03); Annual Biotechnology Symposium, Boston Museum of Science (3/05, 3/06)

Science Advisor: Outdoor Classroom Project, Rafael Hernandez Two-Way Bilingual School, Boston Unified School District, Roxbury, MA (04-05); Life
Science Institute for Teachers, Museum of Science, Boston (03)

Advisory Member: Education Advisory Committee, Boston Nature Center-Mass Audubon Society (11/04-present); Mauricio Gaston Institute Advisory Committee (6/06-present)

Taught in the Following Courses: Plant Physiology, Developmental Biology, Biotechnology, Cell & Developmental Bio Lab, Plant Molecular Bio. & Physiol., Scientific Communications, Plant Development, Plant Hormones, Plant-Microbe Interactions, Advance Cell Biology, Tissue Culture, Plant Genomics for High School Teachers, Regulation and Homeostasis in Biological Model Systems.

Colón-Carmona has mentored 39 undergraduates and 4 high school students in his laboratory, not including 4 currently being trained.  Of the 39 undergraduates, 15 conducted Biology Honors research projects, 22 have participated in externally funded training programs (e.g. REU, UMEB, and McNair Programs), 30 are in or planning to do graduate studies and 23 are from underrepresented groups in the sciences (all 4 high school students are from underrepresented groups).