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 December 9, 2019

UTSA Academy of Distinguished Researchers welcomes COE faculty member

UTSA Academy of Distinguished Researchers welcomes COE faculty member

by UTSA CoE / Friday, 21 July 2017 / Published in News

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Dr. George Perry, Dr. C. Mauli Agrawal, Dr. Joo L. Ong, Dr. Jose L. Lopez-Ribot, Dr. Bernard Arulanandam

The UTSA Academy of Distinguished Researchers (ADR) inducted two new members: College of Engineering’s Dr. Joo L. Ong and  College of Science’s Dr. Jose L. Lopez-Ribot on July 20, 2017.

The Academy of Distinguished Researchers was established in 2015 to select and honor outstanding faculty who are accomplished scholars and who share UTSA’s continuing commitment to research excellence; to foster the highest quality of research and scholarly activity by UTSA faculty; and to promote the University’s vision as a premier public research university. The Academy is comprised of researchers across all disciplines who represent the best of research on campus.

Each year, the group decides upon the induction of new members. Candidates are nominated by peers across campus, and their body of research work is evaluated. The Academy members review each candidate, looking at all the criteria, and discusses each candidate within the group, ensuring a lively debate.

“There are many components the committee considers to measure the research and academic impact of a nominee. We are looking for high quality research and scholarly activities. It is a rigorous process to determine who is a true scholar,” explained Dr. Hamid Beladi, chair of the Academy of Distinguished Researchers.

The Academy considers a number of factors including (but not limited to): the impact and the overall quality of the research; the number of citations and publications; publication in highly recognized and leading peer-review journals; recognized works, performances and exhibitions; competitive grants (federal and international) and funded research; patents; major scientific inventions; editorships; and research recognitions.

This year, two UTSA researchers were selected for induction.

Joo L. Ong, Ph.D., is the USAA Foundation Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He also serves as the Associate Dean of Administration and Graduate Studies, College of Engineering and the Interim Department Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

 His primary research focus on modifications and characterization of implant biomaterial surfaces for dental and orthopedic applications, tissue engineered bioceramic scaffolds for bone regeneration, protein-biomaterials interactions, and bone-biomaterials interactions.

Dr. Ong is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.  He is also the Associate Editor for the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part B.  His publication portfolio includes two books (one edited), 16 book chapters, and 146 peer-reviewed journal publications.  He has four issued patents from his research work and one pending patent filed with the US Patent Office.

Jose L. Lopez-Ribot, Pharm.D., Ph.D., is a Professor of Microbiology and the Margaret Batts Tobin Distinguished Chair in Biotechnology, Department of Biology. He is also the Associate Director of The South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID).

His laboratory studies fungal infections, with an emphasis on the opportunistic pathogenic fungus Candida albicans, the main causative agent of candidiasis affecting an increasing number of immune- and medically-compromised patients. Work in his laboratory encompasses from the basic biology of the cell wall, biofilm formation, adhesion and morphogenetic conversions, to the use of animal models to better understand virulence and host responses, to the more translational and clinical aspects such as antifungal drug development, drug resistance and vaccines; with the ultimate goal of devising new strategies for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of candidiasis.

In 2016, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. He is an author of more than 175 publications and several patents, and has received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Defense, American Heart Association (AHA), different foundations and pharmaceutical companies.  He has also provided extensive service to his discipline as a grant reviewer for NIH, AHA, National Science Foundation, Veteran’s Administration and many other different national and international funding agencies, as well as an associate editor, editorial board member and ad-hoc reviewer for multiple Microbiology and Mycology journals.

“The Academy of Distinguished Researchers serves as a way to recognize the high caliber of research being done at UTSA, and provide a forum for our researchers to connect and to collaborate. Our institutional goal is to be recognized as a research-intensive institution based on the scholarly output of our outstanding faculty members,” said Dr. Bernard Arulanandam, Interim Vice President for Research, UTSA.

With today’s inductees, the Academy now has 15 members, representing the Colleges of Business, Education and Human Development, Engineering, Liberal and Fine Arts, Public Policy, and Sciences.

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