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Raul G Cuero
Raul G Cuero
	Raul G Cuero
Nationality	Colombian
Alma mater	University of Strathclyde
Awards	MOSI’s 2013 National Hispanic Scientist of the Year
	Scientific career
Fields	Synthetic biology
Institutions	International Park Of Creativity

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Raul G Cuero (born in

IGEM competition^[2], at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA.^[3]

Biography

During the 1950s more than 30% of the children in his home town of Buenaventura died from diseases such as parasites, malaria, tuberculosis and viral diseases before reaching the age of ten. This served as inspiration for his career. After studying biology on a scholarship awarded for academic merit at the Universidad del Valle in

Ph.D in microbiology in the University of Strathclyde.^[4] In recent year .Dr Cuero have take the labor of promotion of science between Latin-American culture.^[5]

Research

Cuero, as research scientist in the PVAMU(College of Agriculture and Human Sciences)and in a collaboration with David McKay(NASA), developed a natural blocking agent for ultra-violet radiation to prevent burn by exposition to the source. The principal objective of the research was to develop an agent to support life in Mars. It is claim that the discover can revolutionize the prevention and treatment of skin cancer.

Polemic

24 of October of 2013 El Espectador Newspaper publish articles challenging the reputation of Dr. Cuero.^[6] The polemic was over the number of articles that he claim of his authority. In the next days the Colombian government support Dr. Cuero.^[7]

Fellowships, scholarships, awards and honors

MOSI’s 2013 National Hispanic Scientist of the Year ^[8]

Media appearances

Chosen by
PBS Television Network in Houston for the program "Living Smart", as an example of creativity, for his scientific inventions, 2006^[9]

Chosen by international speakers’ bureau for a lecture in Creativity, Overcoming of difficulties ,Science, Technology and Science, motivation [10]

References

External links

Raul Cuero's website

Category:Living people Category:Microbiologists Category:Colombian biologists Category:Prairie View A&M University faculty Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty Category:Heidelberg University (Ohio) alumni Category:Ohio State University alumni Category:Colombian emigrants to the United States Category:University of Valle people Category:Colombian inventors Category:Afro-Colombian people

[1] ttp://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2013/3/prweb10579460.htm

[2] ttp://igem.org/Previous_iGEM_Competitions

[3] ttp://2006.igem.org/wiki/index.php/Members_Latin_American_Team

[4] ttp://raulcuerobiotech.com/

[5] ttp://www.parquedelacreatividad.org/english/home.html

[6] ttp://www.elespectador.com/noticias/actualidad/los-dudosos-honores-del-cientifico-colombiano-raul-cuer-articulo-454167

[7] ttp://www.wradio.com.co/noticias/actualidad/presidencia-respalda-a-raul-cuero-cuestionado-por-su-desempeno-cientifico/20131025/nota/2002024.aspx

[8] ttp://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2013/3/prweb10579460.htm

[9] ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZugtaO85T_Y

[10] ttp://www.grupobcc.com/speakers/speaker/raul_cuero

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