WELCOME
My name is Javier A. Jaimes, I am a veterinarian and virologist interested in studying how viruses infect the host cells. I have been in this research field for about 20 years, studying several viruses that infect humans and animals. For 8 years, I was part of Dr. Gary Whittaker's lab at Cornell University in U.S., where my research focused on human and animal coronaviruses (CoV). I am currently part of Dr. Jeremy Luban’s lab at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, where I continued my CoV research and expanded my investigations to Ebola and other epidemic viruses.
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I come from Colombia in South America, where I attended to college and graduate school, and served as a tenured faculty for 6 years, before moving to U.S. to pursue my PhD. I am currently working on my second postdoctoral training and soon will join the job market for a faculty position in the U.S.
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Aside research, I love watching and sometimes playing football (the real one, a.k.a. Soccer) and I am a devoted Millonarios F.C. fan. I also enjoy playing the drums and playing video games, so you may have crossed with me in online games. Most importantly, what I enjoy most is to spend time with my family: my wife Maria, our little daughter Lucy, and our furry Siberian cat Maximillian.
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I hope you enjoy the content of my website and find it useful!
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
2014 - 2019
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - Microbiology
Department of Microbiology
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences​
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
2009 - 2011
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
School of Administration and Accounting Sciences
UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLE
2006 - 2008
Master of Science (M.S.) - Virology
School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA
2000 - 2005
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.)
School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA
2022 - Current
Senior Research Scientist
Program in Molecular Medicine
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS CHAN MEDICAL SCHOOL
2019 - 2022
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
College of Veterinary Medicine
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
2014 - 2019
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Microbiology
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
2014 - 2018
Associate Profesor of Virology
School of Agricultural Sciences
UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLE
2009 - 2014
Assistant Profesor of Virology
School of Agricultural Sciences
UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLE
2008
Consultant
Vice-president of Research
UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLE
2006 - 2008
Teaching and Research Assistant
Department of Animal Health
School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA
HONORS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Ambassador for Colombians Abroad Medal
- Achievement Award for Excellence in Community Engagement – Office of Postdoctoral Studies, Cornell University (2021)
- Ambassador for Colombians Abroad Medal – Awarded by the Congress of the Republic of Colombia (2020)
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- Future Faculty Career Exploration Program – Rochester Institute of Technology (2019)
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- Building Future Faculty Scholar – North Carolina State University (2019)
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- NextGen Professors Program – Cornell University (2019)
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- Liz Hanson Graduate Scholarship – College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University (2018 – 2019)
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- Fulbright Scholarship – Fulbright Colombia (2014 – 2018)
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- Scholarship program for professors of the Universidad de La Salle – Universidad de La Salle (2009 – 2011)
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- Scholarship program for outstanding graduate students – Universidad Nacional de Colombia (2006 – 2008)
- Cornell Rising Star – Program for Achieving Career Excellence, Cornell University (2022)
ABOUT
CORONAVIRUSES
Coronaviruses (CoVs) are infectious agents causing a variety of diseases in humans and animals. Recently, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged from wild animals to infect humans, causing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). My research for the past 18 months has focused in the understanding of the mechanisms of infection of SARS-CoV-2.
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