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S. Rojas Villa, Ph.D., Biological Sciences
Sebastian E. Rojas Villa grew up in Lima, Peru. He received his bachelor’s degree at University Claude Bernard, France and his PhD in Biology at the University of Rochester, NY. To pursue his passion for teaching and research he became an NIH IRACDA/K12 Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2019. Through the IRACDA fellowship Dr. Rojas Villa has gained practical experience and formal training in curriculum development and pedagogical research. His research background focuses on using D. melanogaster and C. elegans as models to understand developmentally regulated processes. As an educator he aims to create a collaborative environment that encourages active learning, as well as developing his students’ scientific literacy and critical thinking skills. He will join the faculty at Lehman College in the fall 2022 as a Lecturer.