Genève, Suisse

Tel. +41 78 712 81 88 (mobile)

E-mail: [email protected] (until Dec 2006) or

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	Formation

 

 

1999 - 2005	Études du doctorat au Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Bioénergétique, Université de Genève. « Détermination de l’état physiologique des plantes et des algues microscopiques pour l’analyse de la fluorescence chlorophyllienne et imagerie de fluorescence en utilisant des méthodes d’intelligence artificielle »
1995-1996	Risk Management Engineering. Université de Burgas, Bulgarie.
1990 - 1996	Ingénieur Chimiste, Université de Burgas, Bulgarie. Spécialité: Synthèse Organique et Combustibles. « Extension des applications de le méthode cristallographique de poudres pour déterminer la structure atomique de substances de moyenne et bas poids moléculaire »

Expérience Professionnelle

 

1999 -2005	Chercheur-Assistant. Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Bioénergétique, Université de Genève. Recherche du stress environnemental dans les plantes et les algues microscopiques. Analyse physico-chimique, spectroscopie (UV, visible, infrared). Fluorescence chlorophyllienne, imagerie numérique. Mise à point de logiciels pour des besoins internes du laboratoire. Création et maintenance de la page web du laboratoire de bioénergétique. Enseignement.
1996 – 1997	Assistant de analyses chimiques. Ecology Department. Burgas University, Bulgarie Échantillonnage et control de rejets industriels. Analyses physico-chimiques industriels. Développement de additives pour agents détergents utilises en exploitation de mines. Mise à point de logiciels pour des besoins internes du laboratoire.
1995 – 1996	Programmeur. Laboratoire Central de Recherche Scientifique, Université de Burgas, Bulgarie.

Connaissances Linguistiques

 

   Espagnol : langue maternelle; 

   Bulgare : écrit et parlé couramment;

   Anglais : écrit et parlé couramment;

   Français : écrit et parlé;

   Russe : Bonnes connaissances;

   Italien : Bonnes connaissances.

 

 

Informatique

 

      Maîtrise des langages de programmation (Delphi, C++, Fortran, Basic, R, Java).

 

   Logiciels bureautiques (Adobe Indesign, ChemOffice, Microsoft Office, StarOffice,

   Macromedia, CorelDraw, FrontPage, Reference Manager, Endnote).

  

       Programmation de bases de données (SQL, Oracle, Paradox, MS Access).

  

   Logiciels scientifiques (ChemDraw, ChemCad, Statistica for Windows, StatWin, SPSS, SAS,

   Epcon ChemPro, Pro-Engineer, ProII, Origin, Sigmaplot, Matlab, TableCurve 2D et 3D,  

   FEMLab, Mollecular Modelling, PeakFit, SyStat, Viscovery, SNNS, eSOM, etc.).

  

   Plusieurs logiciels de simulation et analyse de systèmes dynamiques.

      

       Plusieurs logiciels pour l’analyse des images et dessin (Autocad, Cartographie, SIG,

      ArcView, ENVI, MIPS, Adobe Photoshop, PaintshopPro, ImageJ, Illustrator, etc.).

    

       Animation pour ordinateur (3D Studio Max, Maya, ToonBoom, Flash, RayStudio, etc.)

    

       Plusieurs logiciels pour Web design (Adobe, Macromedia, FrontPage, etc.)

   Desktop-PC hardware diagnostic, troubleshooting and repairing. System maintenance,

   upgrade, and benchmarking. Portable Laptop diagnostic and repairing.        

 

 

 

	Publications

 

 

Environmental Chemistry Letters (2003) Springer Verlag 1:201–205

Can machines recognize stress in plants?

Ronald Maldonado Rodríguez, Stancho Pavlov, Alberto Gonzalez, Abdallah Oukarroum ·Reto J. Strasser

 

WSEAS Transactions Journal (Accepted for Publication August 2005)

A Methodological Approach for Pattern Recognition System using discriminate analysis and artificial neural networks

Anna Pérez-Méndez, Elizabeth Torres-Rivas,  Francklin Rivas-Echeverría, Ronald Maldonado-Rodríguez

Best Paper Award from WSEAS Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems, Evolutionary Computing Congress (Lisbon 14-18 July 2005)

 

WSEAS Transactions Journal (Accepted for Publication August 2005)

A Methodological Approach for Pattern Recognition System using discriminate analysis and artificial neural networks

Anna Pérez-Méndez, Elizabeth Torres-Rivas,  Francklin Rivas-Echeverría, Ronald Maldonado-Rodríguez

WSEAS Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems, Evolutionary Computing Congress (Lisbon 14-18 July 2005)

 

Chlorophyll a fluorescence patterns of six deciduous forest tree species exposed to normal and elevated CO2

R. Maldonado Rodríguez, R. Strasser. In preparation

 

Self-Organizing Map (SOM) for monitoring the evolution of Rhizobium nodulation status in Vigna unguiculata

R Maldonado Rodríguez, P Schmitz, R. Strasser. In preparation

 

Ecophysiological responses to summer drought in Pinus halepensis Mill. seedlings of five provenances

Rafael Mª Navarro1, David Ariza1, Ronald Maldonado Rodríguez, Francisco Canovas. In preparation

 

Journal of Plant Physiology. 160. 81–90 (2003) Urban & Fischer Verlag

Quality assessment of urban trees: A comparative study of physiological characterisation, airborne imaging and on site fluorescence monitoring by the JIP-test.

Christian Hermans, Mathias Smeyers, Ronald Maldonado Rodríguez, Murielle Eyletters, Reto J. Strasser, Jean-Paul Delhaye

 

Prompt and delayed Chlorophyll a fluorescence analysis of intact pea leaves treated with photosynthetic herbicides

Petar H. Lambrev, Vassilij N. Goltsev, Ronald Maldonado Rodríguez, Reto J. Strasser. In press

 

Environmental Sciences & Pollution Research 11 (2) 98 – 106 (2004)

Effects of Lindane on the Photosynthetic Apparatus of the Cyanobacterium Anabaena: Fluorescence Induction Studies and Immunolocalization of Ferredoxin-NADP+ Reductase.

Marta Bueno, Maria F. Fillat, Reto J. Strasser, Ronald Maldonado Rodríguez, Nerea Marina, Henry Smienk, Carlos Gómez-Moreno and Francisco Barja

	Congresses Posters and Oral Presentations

 

 

 

Poster Leipzig March 2000.

Fluorescence Workshop. Institute of Plant Physiology. University of Leipzig

Software for calculation and plotting of the membrane energetic fluxes: The pipeline model

R. Maldonado Rodriguez, R. Strasser

 

Oral presentation Basel March 2000

Swiss Canopy Crane Project Workshop. Institute of Botany, Basel.

Characterisation of six decidua tree species and four conifer tree species during the growing season 1999 by the JIP test

R. Maldonado Rodriguez, R. Strasser

 

Oral presentation Basel April 2001

Swiss Canopy Crane Project Workshop. Institute of Botany, Basel.

Characterisation of six deciduous species exposed to elevated CO₂ enrichment during the growing season 2000 by the JIP test

R. Maldonado Rodriguez, R. Strasser

 

Oral presentation Basel March 2003

Swiss Canopy Crane Project Workshop. Institute of Botany, Basel.

Characterisation of six deciduous species exposed to elevated CO₂ enrichment during the growing season 2001 by the JIP test

R. Maldonado Rodriguez, R. Strasser

 

Oral presentation Basel February 2004

Swiss Canopy Crane Project Workshop. Institute of Botany, Basel.

Characterisation of six deciduous species exposed to elevated CO₂ enrichment during the growing seasons 2002 and 2003 by the JIP test

R. Maldonado Rodriguez, R. Strasser

 

Poster Zurich April 2001. Biotechnology Start-up Workshop organised by ETH Zurich

The JIP Test: a new tool in Plant Research

R. Maldonado Rodríguez, C. Hermann, R. Strasser

 

Poster Australia August 2001

International Photosynthesis Congress. Brisbane August 2001

Coral life as probed by their fluorescence emission

F Sinniger, R. Maldonado Rodríguez, R J Strasser

 

Poster Australia August 2001

International Photosynthesis Congress. Brisbane August 2001

The JIP test for monitoring the evolution of Rhizobium nodulation status in Vigna unguiculata

P Schmitz, R Maldonado Rodríguez, RJ Strasser

 

Czech Republic, Poster August 2001

Fluorescence Imaging Workshop. Institute of photosynthesis research. Academy of Sciences.

In vivo Chlorophyll a Fluorescence imaging of herbicide infiltration in Pisum sativum

R. Maldonado Rodríguez, R. Strasser

 

Poster Varna, Bulgaria June 2002

Luminescent control of biotic and abiotic stress effects in plants

V. Goltsev, I. Zahareiva, R. Strasser, R. Maldonado Rodríguez, P, Lambrev

 

Poster Cordoba July 2002

ANÁLISIS DE LA RESPUESTA DE LA VARIEDAD DE OLIVO “CORNICABRA” A LAS APORTACIONES DE FERTILIZANTES ORGÁNICOS, MEDIANTE EL TEST DE CINÉTICA RÁPIDA DE FLUORESCENCIA, JIP-TEST

Alberto González Moreno,  Ronald Maldonado Rodríguez

 

Poster Crete September 2002

13^th Congress of theFederation of European Societies of Plant Physiology held at ersonissos, Crete, Greece

Artificial NEURAL NETWORKS FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF EIGHT VARIETIES OF PEA (PISUM SATIVUM)

R. Maldonado Rodríguez,  A. Gonzales,  L. Ayerbe,  J. Sanches, S. V. Pavlov & R. Strasser

 

POSTER Crete September 2002

13^th Congress of theFederation of European Societies of Plant Physiology held at ersonissos, Crete, Greece

HOW PEA PLANTS RESPOND TO ELEVATED  TEMPERATURE AND REPETITIVE SATURATING LIGHT PULSES

A. Oukarroum, R. Maldonado Rodríguez & R. J. Strasser

 

Poster Crete September 2002

13^th Congress of theFederation of European Societies of Plant Physiology held at ersonissos, Crete, Greece

CHARACTERIZATION OF EIGHT VARIETIES OF PEA (PISUM SATIVUM) BY

THE JIP-TEST

A. Gonzales, F. Reverchon, R. Maldonado Rodríguez, and R. Strasser

 

Poster EMEC3 Geneva December 2002

3rd European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry EMEC3, December 11 to 17 2002 Geneva, Switzerland. http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/ACE

Neural Networks for Monitoring Environmental Stress Effects on plants

R. Maldonado Rodríguez, S. Pavlov, R. Strasser

 

Poster EMEC3 Geneva December 2002

3rd European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry EMEC3, December 11 to 17 2002 Geneva, Switzerland. http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/ACE

Self-Organizing Map (SOM) for monitoring the evolution of Rhizobium nodulation status in Vigna unguiculata

P. Schmitz­, R. Maldonado Rodríguez, S. Pavlov, W. Broughton, R. Strasser

 

Poster Geneva EMEC3 December 2002

3rd European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry EMEC3, December 11 to 17 2002 Geneva, Switzerland. http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/ACE

A fast routine for monitoring plant health status

A. Oukarroum, R. Maldonado Rodríguez, S Elmadidi & R. J. Strasser

 

Oral presentation Cordoba March 2003

University of Cordoba. Seminar organised by the Forest Sciences Faculty.

A comparison of the JIP Test and the Self-Organizing Map neural network for the classification of pea varieties into Drought Stress Resistance categories

R. Maldonado Rodríguez, S. Pavlov, R. Strasser

 

Oral presentation Mallorca March 2003

Congress of the Association of Applied Biologist “Optimisation of water use by plants in the Mediterranean” held at Cala Bona, Majorca, from 24 to 27 March 2003-11-27

http://www.aab.org.uk

Can machines recognize stress in plants?

R. Maldonado Rodríguez, S. Pavlov, R. Strasser

 

Poster Mallorca March 2003

Congress of the Association of Applied Biologist “Optimisation of water use by plants in the Mediterranean” held at Cala Bona, Majorca, from 24 to 27 March 2003-11-27

http://www.aab.org.uk

Effect of water stress and recover of eleven varieties of barley in early growing stage: Characterisation by the JIP-test

R. Maldonado Rodríguez, A. Oukarroum, S. Elmadidi, A. Gonzales & R. J. Strasser

 

Oral presentation Basel February 2004.

Swiss Canopy Crane Project Workshop. Institute of Botany, Basel.

Chlorophyll a fluorescence patterns of 6 deciduous species exposed to normal and elevated CO2 in a open air FACE installation

R. Maldonado Rodríguez, R. Strasser

 

Poster Barcelona March 2004

CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE IN FIVE PROCEDENCES Pinus halepensis Mill TO QUANTIFY RESPONSE TO WATER STRESS

Rafael Mª Navarro Cerrillo, Ronald Maldonado Rodríguez, David Ariza

 

Poster Lisbon July 2005

A Methodological Approach for Pattern Recognition System using discriminate analysis and artificial neural networks

Anna Pérez-Méndez, Elizabeth Torres-Rivas,  Francklin Rivas-Echeverría, Ronald Maldonado-Rodríguez

WSEAS Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems, Evolutionary Computing Conference (Lisbon 2005)

 

	Software created by Ronald Maldonado Rodriguez

 

 

These are the more important programs that I have made for academic research:

1. Biolyzer. Computer program for chlorophyll a fluorescence analysis.

2. BioVision. Software for analysis of plant fluorescence 2D time sequenced images.

3. Spark. Software for spectroscopic analysis of reflectance spectra.

4. PeakTrue. Software tools for Crystallography Analysis in Polymer Structure Research.

5. Fluorimer. Software for plant fluorescence video-imaging analysis.