Personal Data
Name: Fernando Roa
E-mail: froao at unal.edu.co
Skype: ferroao
Summary
I have worked as freelance (B2B) building Shiny Apps, including
making reports (from SQL data)
I have experience working with and developing databases (mongo, SQL),
scientometrics (https://cyto.shinyapps.io/cerrado/) and programming
including the R language, R-shiny, excel VBA, bash, python. I also have
experience in downloading databases with scripts (R, python).
I took the data science course from CorrelationOne, including Jupyter
notebooks, SQL and mongo databases, Python libraries to generate data
visualizations, perform exploratory data analysis, and analyze data
using Pandas. Also included use of different Data Science and AI
techniques, such as Decision Trees and the use of kNNs, CNNs,
NLP.
I speak English (see TOEFL), Portuguese (lived > 10 y. in Brazil),
spanish (Native - Colombia) and some German (german highschool).
Professional
experience
Freelance
Shiny Developer2022-present
Main activity: Shiny Interfaces and Backend
Projects: - Modify Shiny Apps to use Shiny modules - Backend and
Frontend for Production of .pdf .docx reports, from SQL
queries
Institution: Home Office B2B
Begin: feb-2022 End: present
Post-doc2014-2019
Main activity: Research in Plant molecular cytogenetics; Teaching in
undergraduate and post-graduateScholarship:
CAPES
Projects: - Plant cytogenetics database of Cerrado
- Reconstruction of ancestral characters in the phylogeny of
Fabaceae
- Reconstruction of ancestral characters in the phylogenetic context of
genus Callisia
- Genome size of plants of Cerrado
Institution: Universidade Federal
de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil. PPGMP Agronomia
Inst. contact:
+55-62-3521-1688
Begin: feb-2014 End: jan-2019
School
teacher2013
Main activity: Sciences
Institution: INEM Francisco de Paula
Santander, Bogotá - SED
Inst. contact: +57-1-3241000
Begin: mai-2013 End: jan-2014
Main Degrees
Doctorate2007-2011
Title: Plant BiologySistematics
Diploma date: jul-02-2012Scholarship: CNPq – Research
funding agency - Brazil
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Thesis: Analysis of the distribution of 5S and 45S rDNA sites in plant
karyotypesSupervisor:
Marcelo Guerra
Keywords: database, ribosomal DNA, FISH, molecular cytogenetics.
language: portuguese
link: https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/747
Other
projects: - Citotaxonomy of Aristolochia
- Citotaxonomy of Tripogandra
- Citrus Heterocromatin
Grade average: 4.3 (from 0.0 to 5.0)
Master2006-2007
Title: Plant BiologySistematics
Diploma date: jul-05-2010Scholarship: CAPES –
Education funding agency - Brazil
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Thesis: Molecular citotaxonomy of genus Callisia (Commelinaceae)Supervisor: Marcelo
Guerra
Keywords: Molecular cytogenetics, FISH. language: portuguese
link: https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/966
Grade average: 4.0 (from 0.0 to 5.0)Theses - aproved with
disctinction
College
Title: BiologyGenetics
Diploma date: sept-15-2005
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Thesis: Cytogenetic analysis with 4MV X-radiation of cells of early
onset Alzheimer patients and controls (Instituto de Genética Humana,
PUJ)Supervisor: Gloria
Osorio, Marta Lucía Bueno
Keywords: cytogenetics, Alzheimer. language: spanish
link: http://www.bdigital.unal.edu.co/8057/
Grade average: 4.0 (from 0.0 to 5.0)with honors, tuition payment
exemption
High-School
Title: High school graduateSciences
Diploma date: jul-15-1995
German School, Bogota. language: spanish-german
Grade average: 8.1 (from 0.0 to 10.0)
Language
proficiency
English
TOEFL-ITP; TOEFL657/677; 103/120
C1; C12018;
2012
Portuguese
CELPE-BRASHigher
intermediate
B22011
German
Sprachdiplom IIPassed
B2-C11995
Articles
Karyotype
differentiation in three species of Tripogandra Raf. (Commelinaceae)
with different ploidy levels2010
Marques, Andre; Roa, Fernando; Guerra, Marcelo. Genetics and
Molecular Biology. 33. 731–738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1415-47572010005000085
Cytotaxonomy of
diploid and polyploid Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) species based on
the distribution of CMA/DAPI bands and 5S and 45S rDNA
sites2009
Berjano, Regina; Roa, Fernando; Talavera, Salvador; Guerra, Marcelo.
Plant Systematics and Evolution. 280. 219–227
http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00606-009-0184-6
Software: packages,
scripts, pages
Python/R scripts:
linkScraping: Creating a .bib library from journal html
pages
Repo.: https://gitlab.com/ferroao/linkscraping
Lectures
Cytogenetics40h
Graduate2015.I
Universidade Federal de Goiás
Cytogenetics64h
College2014.I
Universidade Federal de Goiás
Mentoring
Undergraduate research
Student: Daniella Rezende
Institution: Universidade Federal de
Goiás01-08-2014 -
31-07-2015
Courses taught
Evolution of
cytogenetic characters in the phylogenetic context
5h
VI Reunião Brasileira de Citogenética e Citogenômica, Goiânia21 05/2019
Molecular
and classic Citogenenetics in plants6h
XXV Semana do ICB, Universidade Federal de Goiás18-20 11/2014
Talks in Events
Poliploidy and
genome duplication Brazilian legumes
70 Congresso Nacional de Botânica. portuguese25-10-2019
Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
Cytogenetics for
resolving evolutionary questions
Encontro da liga acadêmica de genética. portuguese27-04-2018
UFG. Goiânia, Brasil
Reconstruction of
ancestral states of cytogenetic characters in Leguminosae
Reunião de citogenética do Brasil Central. portuguese20-10-2017
UCG. Goiânia, Brasil
Database of Plant
Cytogenetics. Current situation of the field
Reunião de citogenética do Brasil Central. portuguese08-12-2016
UCG. Goiânia, Brasil
Distribution of 5S
and 45S rDNA sites and implications
II Simposio de Genética. spanish28-05-2012
Universidad del Quindío. Armenia, Colombia
Trends on the
distribution of the 45S ribosomal DNA in plants
Society for Experimental Biology Main Meeting02-07-2010
Prague, Czech Republic
Cytogenetics and
Molecular cytotaxonomy of species of genus Callisia Loefl.
(Commelinaceae)
II simposio Latinoamericano de citogenética y evolución.
spanish17-08-2007
UN, Palmira, Colombia
Congress presentations
and abstracts
Splitting is the
answer. Cytogenetics and systematics analyses of Callisia Loefl.
(Commelinaceae)Poster
Roa F, Pellegrini MOO, Vaio M, Guerra M21-24 05/2019
VI Reunião Brasileira de Citogenética e Citogenômica. Goiânia
The Cerrado Plant
cytogenetics databasePoster
ROA, F; Telles, MPC08-11 11/2016
IV Congresso Brasileiro de Recursos Genéticos. Curitiba
Anais do IV Congresso Brasileiro de Recursos Genéticos. portuguese
Genome size and
chromosome counts in Brazilian Cerrado
spermatophytesPoster
ROA, F; Antunes, AM ; Souza, LGR ; Telles, MPC26-29 05/2015
4 Reunião Brasileira de Citogenética. Atibaia
Trabalhos da 4ta RBC. portuguese
Distribution of 5S
and 45S rDNA sites in plant chromosomesTalk
Guerra M, Roa F23-25
04/2012
Gatersleben Research Conference. IPK Gatersleben, Germany
Annals of the Gatersleben Research Conference. 53
Trends on the
distribution of the 45S ribosomal DNA in plantsTalk
Roa F, Guerra M30-03
07/2010
Society for Experimental Biology Main Meeting. Prague, Czech
Republic
Annals of the SEB Meeting. 262
Preferential
position of 5S ribosomal RNA genes in plant genomesPoster
Roa F, Guerra M31-03
04/2009
II Brazilian Symposium of Molecular genetics. Búzios, Brasil
Annals of the II Brazilian Symposium of Molecular genetics. 180.
portuguese
Chromosomal
variation of heterochromatin and 5S and 45S rDNA in species of
AristolochiaPoster
Roa F, Berjano R, Guerra M02-05 09/2007
53 Brazilian congress of genetics. Aguas de Lindóia, Brasil
Annals of the 53 Brazilian congress of genetics. 56. portuguese
Cytogenetics and
molecular cytotaxonomy of species of genus Callisia Loefl.
(Commelinaceae)Talk
Roa F, Guerra M15-18
08/2007
II Latin-American symposium of cytogenetics and evolution. Palmira,
Colombia
Annals of the II Latin-American symposium of cytogenetics and evolution.
217. portuguese
Cytogenetics of a
spontaneous tetraploid of Nothoscordum pulchellum Kunth
(Alliaceae)Poster
Roa F, Guerra M06-10
11/2006
57 National congress of Botany. Gramado, Brasil. portuguese
Contrasting
chromosome patterns in three species of genus
CallisiaPoster
Roa F, Guerra M03-09
09/2006
52 Brazilian congress of genetics. Foz do Iguaçú, Brasil
Annals of the 52 Brazilian congress of genetics. 1107. portuguese
Transport of
biomass by Atta laevigata Smith (Formicidae) in the eastern
plainsPoster
Velasco P, Roa F06-10 10/2003
III Scientific meeting of biology students. Bogotá, Colombia
Acta Biológica Colombiana, Vol. 8 No. 2. 117. spanish
Taken Courses and
Workshops
Data Science for All
(ds4a)Theoretical and Practical
Course
Correlation One375h
20/05-10/09
2021
Introducing
pythonTheoretical and Practical
Course
Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brasil80h
Portuguese28/07-09/08
2019
Flow
cytometryTheoretical and Practical
Course
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil15h
30/11-02/12
2015
Isolation of cells
by Splitt and acoustofluidicsTheoretical
Course
Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Centro Internacional de Física32h
Spanish28/01-08/02
2013
Engativa Wetlands
2013Course
Jardín Botánico de Bogotá60h
Spanish30/09-30/11
2013
2nd Biological
evolution workshopWorkshop
Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil24h
16/11-18/11
2009
Identification and
characterization of gene function in plants and
microorganismsTheoretical
Course
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil20h
Portuguese28/07-01/08
2008
Stem cells, facts,
fiction and futureCongress
Course
53 Brazilian congress of genetics, Águas de Lindóia, Brasil3h
Portuguese02/09-05/09
2007
Cytogenetics in the
diagnosis and genetic counseling of recurrent
abortionCongress
Course
II Latin-American symposium of cytogenetics and evolution, Palmira,
Colombia4h
Spanish15/08-18/08
2007
Chromosomes and
phylogeny: The use of cladistics in cytogeneticsCongress
Course
52 Brazilian congress of genetics, Foz de Iguaçú, Brasil3h
Portuguese03/09-09/09
2006
Physical mapping
and positional cloning in plantsCongress
Course
52 Brazilian congress of genetics, Foz de Iguaçú, Brasil3h
Portuguese03-09-09/09
2006
Basic and molecular
cytogenetics Training
Instituto de Genética Humana, Bogotá, Colombia2520h
Spanish15/09-15/12
2002
Animal cell
cultureTheoretical and Practical
Course
Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia84h
Spanish04/06-14/07
2001
Transgenic
plantsTheoretical
Course
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia19h
Spanish23/06-24/06
2000
Military service
Escuela de Ingenieros Militares, Bogotá, Colombia15-07-1995 -
21-07-1996
