Jorge Vivanco, PhD.

Colorado State University
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
217 Shepardson, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1173
Phone: (970) 491-7170
Fax: (970) 491-7745
E-mail: j.vivanco@colostate.edu

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EDUCATION

Ph.D., Plant Pathology-Biotechnology (1995-August 1999), The Pennsylvania State University.
Dissertation: Vivanco, J.M. Studies on the physiology and biochemistry of ribosome-inactivating proteins in Mirabilis species.

Engineer-Agronomist (1995), Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru.
Thesis: Vivanco, J.M. 1995. Inhibitory effect of Mirabilis jalapa extracts against potato
viruses. Conducted at the International Potato Center, Lima, Peru.

B.S., Agronomy (1994), Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2004-to date Director, Center for Rhizosphere Biology
Colorado State University

2004-to date Associate Professor
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Colorado State University

2002-to date Affiliate Faculty Member
Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program
Graduate Degree Program in Ecology
Colorado State University

2000-2004 Assistant Professor
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Colorado State University

1999-2000 Post-Doctoral Associate
Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment
Rutgers University

1995-1999 Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Plant Pathology – Biotechnology Institute
The Pennsylvania State University

1994-1995 Research Fellow (Undergraduate Thesis Research)
Molecular Virology Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology
International Potato Center
Lima, Peru

HONORS, MEMBERSHIPS AND AWARDS

1. Panel Member, Metabolic Biochemistry, National Science Foundation, 2006
2. Distinguished Chemical Ecologist Lectureship, The Pennsylvania State University, 2006
3. Associate Editor, Plant Signaling and Behavior, 2005-to date
4. Panel Member, Plant Biochemistry, USDA-NRI, 2005
5. LeTourneau Memorial Lectureship, University of Idaho, 2005
6. Panel Member, Metabolic Biochemistry, National Science Foundation, 2004
7. Keynote Speaker, Arkansas Academy of Sciences, 2004
8. The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation Grant Award, 2002
9. Exceptional Service Award, Minority Graduate Discovery Internship Program, College of Agricultural Sciences, Colorado State University, 2001
10. Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation, 2001
11. Graduate Research Award for the Best Oral Paper Presentation, The American Phytopathological Society - Potomac Division, 1998
12. Henry Popp Research Scholarship, The Pennsylvania State University, 1997
13. Second Place Honors (Health and Life Sciences), Twelfth Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, The Pennsylvania State University, 1997
14. First non-MS Ph.D. Candidate in the Plant Pathology Department, The Pennsylvania State University, 1997

Media Recognition of Research Accomplishments. My research has been highlighted in popular newspapers, magazines, and TV news shows, including: The New York Times, CNN News, Discovery channel, Scientific American, National Geographic, The Smithsonian, etc.