Professional Responsibilities and Activities

• Nebraska Center for Virology member, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2018-present
• Faculty Ombud, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2019-present
• Courtesy Appointment, Department of Environmental Agricultural and Occupational Health. College of Public Health, University of Nebraska-Medical Center, 2015-present
• Redox Biology Center member, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2009-present

Publications

Garza-Lombó C, Posadas Y, Quintanar L, Gonsebatt ME, Franco R. Neurotoxicity Linked to Dysfunctional Metal Ion Homeostasis and Xenobiotic Metal Exposure: Redox Signaling and Oxidative Stress. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2018 Jun 20;28(18):1669-1703. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5962337.

Navarro-Yepes J, Burns M, Anandhan A, Khalimonchuk O, del Razo LM, Quintanilla-Vega B, Pappa A, Panayiotidis MI, Franco R. Oxidative stress, redox signaling, and autophagy: cell death versus survival. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2014 Jul 1;21(1):66-85. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4048575.

Garcia-Garcia A, Zavala-Flores L, Rodriguez-Rocha H, Franco R. Thiol-redox signaling, dopaminergic cell death, and Parkinson's disease. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2012 Dec 15;17(12):1764-84. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3474187.

Franco R, Cidlowski JA. Glutathione efflux and cell death. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2012 Dec 15;17(12):1694-713. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3474185.

Complete List of Published Work in My Bibliography:

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/rodrigo.franco.1/bibliography/public/

Awards and Honors

• Outstanding Young Scientist Award , SIGMA XI, University of Nebraska Chapter (2014)
• Layman Award, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2010)
• Travel Award, American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB). Experimental Biology (2009)
• Travel Award, Keystone Symposia Scholarship (2008)
• Travel Award, American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB). Experimental Biology (2007)
• Martin Rodbell Travel Award, National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) (2007)
• National Researcher (Currently Level III), National System of Investigators (SNI, Mexico) (2006)
• Marie Curie Scholarship, European Cell Death Organization (2005)
• Postdoctoral Visitor Fellowship, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) (2004)
• Young Investigator Travel Award, International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) (2003)
• Young Investigator Travel Award, American Society for Neurochemistry (ASN) (2002)
• Young Investigator Travel Award, International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) (2001)
• Basic Neurochemistry School (Scholarship), International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) (2001)
• Ph.D. Fellowship, National Council of Science and Technology (Mexico) (1999)

Ad Hoc Reviewer and Study Sections

• Alzheimer's Association International Research Grant Program
• Veterans Affair (Neurobiology 2 Integrated Review Group)
• NIH (NOMD, NST-2/NINDS, NIEHS, ZRG1 F03B-R (20) L)
• Parkinson's Research Program from the Congressionally Directed Research Programs (CDMRP) of the Department of Defense

Editorial Boards

• Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods
• Chemico-Biological Interactions
• Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
• PLOS-ONE (Academic)
• Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology (Review in Signaling)
• Frontiers in Neuroscience
• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• Chemical Research in Toxicology
• Neurotoxicology (Associate)
• Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy (Associate)

Professional Interests

• Molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of cell death by redox signaling
• Molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of cellular transformation by redox signaling
• Cell death and Neurodegenerative diseases
• Environmental Toxicity and Oxidative stress
• Molecular Mechanisms of Cytotoxic Brain Edema

Professional Society Memberships

• Society of Toxicology (SOT)
• Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)