Berlin Londoño-Renteria
Berlin Londoño-Renteria
Assistant Professor
- General Latin America
Biography
Dr. Londoño is currently the lead scientist of the Arbovirology and Immunology Laboratory. Her research is focused on the characterization of mosquito salivary proteins as markers for disease risk and transmission dynamics. She is also looking at the interactions between immunodominant salivary proteins and vertebrate skin cells (Fibroblast, mast cells, and dendritic cells) to characterize their role in disease progression and pathogenesis. Dr. Londoño has a strong background in human immunology and microbiology and has published more than 45 peer-reviewed articles in journals, including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and PLOS Pathogens and Frontiers of Immunology in topics regarding tropical medicine and vector-borne diseases.
Research
Molecular Biology, Entomology, Tropical Medicine, Parasitology, Epidemiology, Immunology
Degrees
- B.S. Clinical Microbiology, Universidad de Antioquia, 1997
- MSc., Parasitology, Universidad Antioquia, 2003
- Ph.D., Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, 2009
Academic Experience
- Assistant Professor, Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, 2021-
- Adjunct Professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. 2021-
- Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, KS., 2017-2021
- Research Associate, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC., 2015-2017
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA., 2014-2015
Distinctions
- Voted Treasurer American Council of Medical Entomology (ACME-ASTMH), 2021
- Outstanding Faculty Award – Mortar Board Honor Society, KSU., 2019
- Distinguished Alumnae – Universidad de Antioquia, 2018
- Excellence in Undergraduate Research – Department of Entomology KSU, 2018
- Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority (CSURM) Fellowship, 2016
- ASV Travel Award, American Society of Virology, 2015
- Jack Aron Scholar, Tulane University, 2008
Languages
- Spanish 5
Overseas Experience
- Haiti
- Colombia
- Peru
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Venezuela
Robert M. Hill
Robert M. Hill
Professor Emeritus
- Mesoamerica
Biography
Dr. Hill received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1980. At the most general level, Prof. Hill's research attempts to refine our understanding of how the ancient Maya became the modern Maya, particularly in the face of so many Spanish and later, national institutions designed to change them into other people. He carries out his research in the highland region of Guatemala for several reasons. First, it was an understudied area when he was in graduate school. Second, there are tremendous continuities from the late preconquest periods in many aspects of culture. Third, the documentary record is extensive and, again, was under-utilized when he began his work.
Dr. Hill has undertaken ethnographic, archaeological and ethnohistoric research in the region. For the last 20 years his focus has been ethnohistorical, using both Spanish colonial and indigenous documents to learn more about both the late preconquest and colonial periods. He has also followed up archaeological leads derived from the documents in the forms of surveys in the Department of El Quiche and Guatemala.
His major publications reflect this wide range of research. His books include Traditional Pottery of Guatemala (with his mentor, Ruben E. Reina); Continuities in Highland Maya Social Organization: Ethnohistory in Sacapulas, Guatemala (with John Monaghan); The Pirir Papers and other colonial-period, Cakchiquel-Maya Testamentos; and Colonial Cakchiquels: Highland Maya Adaptations to Spanish Rule, 1600-1700. He is currently collaborating with Prof. Judith Maxwell on translations of the major Cakchiquel chronicles, written down in Spanish characters early in the colonial period.
Research
Guatemala; Cultural Anthropology; Ethnohistory; Late Postclassic and Colonial Highland Maya Society
Degrees
- B.A., University of Pennsylvania, Anthropology, 1974
- M.A., University of Pennsylvania, Anthropology, 1976
- Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Anthropology, 1980
Academic Experience
- Professor Emeritus, Tulane University, 1997-
- Associate Professor, Tulane University, 1994-1997
- Associate Professor, University of Texas-San Antonio, 1987-1994
Distinctions
- NEH Research Grant
- Cakchiquel Chronicles Translation Project
- 1997-1998 Fulbright Fellowship
- 1991 Latin American Studies
- International Studies, and/or Language Courses: Middle American Indians
Languages
- Spanish 5
Overseas Experience
- Guatemala
Ronald E. Blanton
Ronald E. Blanton
Professor and Chair, Department of Tropical Medicine
Biography
Dr. Ronald Blanton is a physician-scientist who began his career in studies on the molecular biology of parasitic diseases. He returned to the classroom to obtain a master’s degree in genetic epidemiology. Throughout his career, his work has integrated basic laboratory science with field epidemiology to uncover useful epidemiologic relationships and identities. This includes 30 years of experience in Brazil. For schistosomiasis and the flaviviruses dengue and hepatitis C, he identified human genetic determinants of diseases by microsatellite and SNP markers. He identified new microsatellite markers for the dengue vector Aedes aegypti and the parasite Schistosoma mansoni. Dr. Blanton sees an extraordinary opportunity for placing population genetics at the service of public health by tracing patterns of pathogen and vector distribution, the current dynamics and influences on these patterns and projecting their future directions. By developing new approaches to analyze the geographic distribution and dynamics of populations in the presence of control measures, this allows for another level for evaluation of the impact of the control measures themselves and a better understanding of how these measures might be modified. He comes to Tulane from Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine where he has served as a professor of international health in the Center for Global Health and Diseases and an adjunct professor in Population Health and Quantitative Sciences (formerly Epidemiology and Biostatistics). Prior to joining the faculty at Tulane, Dr. Blanton spent 40 years at Case Western Reserve University not only as a professor but also as an advisory board member for PubMed and a special visiting researcher at the Nation Council for Scientific and Technological Development in Brazil. An English and Spanish Literature alumnus of Harvard University, Dr. Blanton later received both his MD and MS from Case Western Reserve University.
Courses
Research
Community-based microbial resistance, parasitic diseases, schistosomiasis
Degrees
- B.A., Harvard University, English, 1974
- M.D., Case Western Reserve University, Medicine, 1979
- M.S., Case Western Reserve University, Genetic Epidemiology, 2003
Academic Experience
- Professor and Chair, Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, 2019-present
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, 2019-present
- Secondary Appointment, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 2004-2019
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, Cleveland State University, 1996-2019
- Acting Head of the Division of Geographic Medicine, 1996-1997
Distinctions
- Special Visiting Professor, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Brazil, 2014
- Fulbright Scholar, Federal University of Bahia/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil, 2014
Languages
- Portuguese 3
- Spanish 2
Overseas Experience
- Brazil
- Kenya
- Egypt
Andrea Bardón de Tena
Andrea Bardón de Tena
Adjunct Lecturer- School of Architecture
Biography
Andrea Bardon de Tena is a Registered Architect and Ph.D. Candidate at the Polytechnical University of Madrid [ETSAM]. She holds both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture from the ETSAM, where her final thesis was awarded with the highest honors.
Her research focuses on the transformation that cultural hybridization and globalization produce in local vernacular architecture and territory over time. She is currently developing her Ph.D. dissertation about the Q'eqchi-Maya indigenous communities of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, where she has lived and worked. Her research has been exhibited at the 2018 Venice Biennale and has received several awards.
Since finishing her master's degree, she has combined practice and research with teaching. She taught final thesis’ studio and research tools’ courses at ETSAM. And, in 2021, she joined Tulane School of Architecture where she has taught several courses, coordinated the graduate summer courses, and worked as The ReView editor.
She has worked in different internationally recognized offices such as Burgos & Garrigo. There, she collaborated on a wide range of projects: from territory-landscape competitions to dwelling detail development. Last year, after years of independent practice and collaboration with other colleagues for social housing competitions and private commissions, she founded her firm Mendaro & Bardon de Tena, with Pia Mendaro. They are currently developing several projects focused on the reuse of obsolete rural typologies and the careful development of detail and materiality in architecture.
Research
Cultural hybridization in local architecture in Guatemala, Mayan-Q'eqchi culture, global-localculture, and hybridized typologies and construction systems.
Degrees
- Degree in Architecture, School of Architecture of Madrid [ETSAM-UPM], 2016
- Master’s in Architecture, School of Architecture of Madrid [ETSAM-UPM], 2018
- Ph.D. in Advanced Architectural Projects, School of Architecture of Madrid [ETSAM-UPM], 2021
Academic Experience
- Research Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 2021-2023
- Design Teaching Fellow, Tulane University, 2021
Distinctions
- Finalist Award, PFC ASEMAS 2019 Competition, 2019
- Honorable Mention, Award PFC COAM 2018 Competition, 2018
- Exhibition, Research Project for Becoming, Spanish Pavilion 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, 2018
- Scholarship, UPM Assistance for International Cooperation Journeys, Project within CONI Association, Guatemela, 2016
Languages
- Spanish
- English
- French
Overseas Experience
- Guatemala, Spain, Belgium, India
Selected Publications
- 2020. “Manual de adaptación de los sistemas de PRODUCCIÓN y DISTRIBUCION DE VÍVERES para asegurar el suministro.” inside the publication “LA MITIGACIÓN DEL IMPACTO DEL COVID-19 EN CONTEXTOS DE PRECARIDAD. Posibles medidas desde la perspectivas de la Habit
- 2019. TFM-Master “NIM AK’MU. Nuestra gran sombra” Published in 2017/2018 Yearbook, ETSAM. By the FOundation “General de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid”. March, 2019
- 2018. TFM-Master “NIM-AK’MU, ETSAM. Digital archive DPA.”
- 2016. TFG “Hábitat. Esquernas especiales de la arquitectura primitiva’, tutored by José Luis Garcia Grinda. Digital archive UPM.
Adeno Addis
Adeno Addis
W.R. Irby Chair and William Ray Forrester Professor of Public and Constitutional Law
- General Latin America
Education & Affiliations
Courses
Research
Comparative Constitutional Law, Comparative Law, International Organizations, Jurisprudence, Public International Law, National Security Law
Academic Experience
- Visiting Professor, Passau University (Germany), 2017
- Visiting Professor, City University of Hong Kong, 2011-2012
- Visiting Professor, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan, 2009
- Visiting Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia, 2006
- Visiting Scholar, Center for Comparative Constitutional Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia, 2004
- Professor, Tulane University School of Law, 1996-2001
- Visiting Professor, Cornell University School of Law, 1998-1999
- Associate Professor (tenured), Tulane University School of Law, 1993-1996
Overseas Experience
- Germany
- Australia
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- Ethiopia