Professor Francisco A. Fernández-Lima
Associate Professor
PhD: PUC-Rio
Post-doc: Texas A&M University
NIH K99-R00 Fellow
Office: AHC4 233, Ph: 305-348-2037
Lab: AHC4 119, Ph: 305-348-5929
AHC4 240, Ph: 305-348-5995
Office numbers: 305-348-7475, 305-348-7476
Fax: 305-348-3772
email: fernandf@fiu.edu
Dr. Francisco Fernández-Lima is an Professor (2012-present) in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida International University. He received a BS (2001) and MS (2003) in Nuclear Physics at the Institute of Nuclear Sciences and Technology (Havana, Cuba) and a PhD (2006) in Applied Physics at PUC-Rio (Brazil) under the guidance of Dr. Enio F. da Silveira. He performed post-doctoral studies (2007-2010) at Texas A&M University under the supervision of Dr. David H. Russell and Dr. Emile A. Schweikert. He is the recipient of a K99 (2010-2012) and R00 (2012-2016) Pathway to Independence Award by the NIH, 2015 ASMS Emerging Investigator Award, 2017 NSF CAREER, 2017 ACS Emerging Investigator and 2019 FIU Top Scholar Awards.
Post-docs
Lilian Valadares Tose
Fall 2020 -
Graduate Students
Cassandra Fuller
Fall 2020 -
Samuel Miller
Fall 2020-
Miguel Santos
Fall 2020-
Meiby Fernandez
Fall 2022 -
Andre Forero
Fall 2022-
Undergraduate Students
FIUMASS Fellows
Melanie Pérez
Summer 2017
Juan López
Summer 2017
Renzo Cavero
Summer 2018
Alexander Fernandez
Summer 2018
Javier Moreno
Summer 2018
Rhyisa Armbrister
Summer 2019
Ramal Harris
Summer 2019
Tatiana Ramos
Summer 2022
AMSF Administrative
Kevin Jeanne Dit Fouque
Fall 2021
Yarixa Cintron Diaz
Fall 2021
Former Members
Graduated
Paolo Benigni
Spring 2014 -
Fall 2017
PhD in Chemistry
Alyssa Garabedian
Fall 2013 -
Spring 2018
PhD in Chemistry
Raul Villacob
Fall 2014 -
Summer 2016
MSc in Chemistry
Kendra Adams
Fall 2013 -
Spring 2018
PhD in Chemistry
Camilo Molano
Fall 2013 -
Spring 2018
PhD in Chemistry
Lilian Valladares
Spring 2017
PhD in Chemistry
Alan McKenzie
Fall 2013- Spring 2019
PhD in Chemistry
Lilian Valladares
Spring 2017
PhD in Chemistry
Lilian Valladares
Spring 2017
PhD in Chemistry
Jefferson Pereira
Fall 2018-Spring 2019
PhD in Chemistry
Gerald Kirk
Fall 2019-Summer 2021
PhD in Chemistry
Yarixa Cintron Diaz
Fall 2018-Fall 2021
PhD in Chemistry
Dennys Leyva
Fall 2018 - Summer 2022
Clement Olanrewaju
Fall 2018 - Summer 2022
Post-docs
Emily Schenk
2012 - 2014
Diana Hernández
2013 - 2014
Quentin Vanbellingen
2016-2017
David Butcher
2017-2018
Jean Haler
2018-2019
Khoa Pham
2019-2022
Administrative
Charmindra Gamage
2014 - 2015
Daniel DeBord
2012 - 2014
Yovany González
2013 - 2014
Junho Jeon
2013 - 2014
César Ramírez
2015 - 2021
Mario Gómez
2015 - 2021
Undergraduate
Alexandra Blanco
2013 - 2014
Genevieve Gozo
2013 - 2014
Krystal Diaz
2013 - 2014
Raybel Almeida
2013 - 2014
Natasha Fernández
2013 - 2014
Freddy Vega
2012 -2013
Anthony Castellanos
2013 - 2014
Carlos Bravo
2012 - 2014
Alan McKenzie
2013
Paolo Benigni
2013
Kiana Smith
2014
Chris Harrilal
Fall 2013 - 2015
Stefanie Alvarado
Fall 2013 - 2015
Frederic Nau
Fall 2013 - 2015
Raúl Villacob
2013
Jorman García
Spring 2015 jgarc617@fiu.edu
Marco Filipovic
Spring 2015 mfili004@fiu.edu
Gretel Rodríguez
Spring 2015 grodr088@fiu.edu
Cindy Ly
Spring 2015 - cly001@fiu.edu
Rebecca Marín
Spring 2015 - rmari036@fiu.edu
Daniel Gimeno
Spring 2016 - dgime003@fiu.edu
Carlos Acosta
Spring 2017 - cacos040@fiu.edu
Nicholas Hernández
Spring 2015 - nhern094@fiu.edu
Abigail Sundberg
Spring 2017 - asund006@fiu.edu
Alex Bolufer
Spring 2016 - abolu003@fiu.edu
Virgilio Velasco
Spring 2016 - vvela021@fiu.edu
Javier Moreno
Summer 2017 - 2020 jmore170@fiu.edu
Benjamin Bokor
Fall 2018 - 2020 bboko001@fiu.edu
Erica Belkin
Summer 2019 - 2020 ebelk002@fiu.edu
REU Program
Vivian Iglesias
Summer 2013
Alaina McDonnell
Summer 2014
Cynthia McCord
Summer 2014
Jasmine Cheeves
Summer 2015
Alessandra Thomsen
Summer 2015
C. Ray Marshall
Summer 2016
Noa deHaseth
Summer 2018
Anthony Duruewuru
Summer 2018
Renzo Cavero
Summer 2018
Vikash M Bisram
Summer 2018
Christopher Donohue
Summer 2019
Jessica Courson
Summer 2021
High School Research Experience
Daniel Gimeno
Summer 2014
Helen Gall
Summer 2014
Teddie O'Connor
Summer 2015
Patrick O'Shea
Summer 2016
Fernándo Calero
Summer 2016
Muhammad Hamza
Summer 2018