Education
Degrees
Doctor of Phylosophy
(2014 - 2019)
Vanderbilt University
Biological Sciences
Main publication: Ortiz, J. F., Rokas, A. (2016). CTDGFinder: A Novel Homology-Based Algorithm for Identifying Closely Spaced Clusters of Tandemly Duplicated Genes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34 (1): 215-229. Go to article
Master of Science
(2011 - 2012)
University of Wyoming
Molecular Biology
Main publication: Ortiz, J. F., MacDonald, M. L., Masterson, P., Uversky, V. N., Siltberg-Liberles, J. (2013). Rapid Evolutionary Dynamics of Structural Disorder as a Potential Driving Force for Biological Divergence in Flaviviruses. Genome Biology and Evolution 5 (3): 504-513. Go to article
Bachelor of Science
(2006 - 2011)
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Biology
Main publication: Ortiz, J. F., Gavio, B. (2010). Notes on the marine algae of the International Biosphere Reserve Seaflower, Caribbean Colombia II: diversity of drift algae in San Andres island, Caribbean Colombia. Caribbean Journal of Science 46 (2-3): 313-321. Go to article
Awards and Grants
- Special Postdoctoral Researchers Program (SPDR)
- RIKEN. 2020-2021
- Young Investigator Travel Award
- Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE). 2018
- Travel Award
- Quest for Orthologs 5 Conference. 2017
- Best 3 Minutes Thesis Presentation
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University. 2017
Courses and Workshops
Introduction to concepts and methods of networks in evolutionary studies
July 3 - 9, 2016
Station Biologique de Roscoff. France
Tutorial on Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics
August 10 - 15, 2015
NIMBioS at the Univerity of Tennessee. Knoxville TN, USA
Hands-on Workshop on computational biophysics at Pittsburgh
June 10 - 14, 2013
Pittsburgh supercomputing center University of Pittsburgh. USA
Workshop on molecular evolution
July 22 - August 1, 2012
Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL). Woods Hole MA, USA