Cyren RicoDr. Cyren Rico is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry at Missouri State University. Previously, he was a National Research Council Fellow at the US Environmental Protection Agency in Corvallis, Oregon. Dr Rico obtained his PhD in Chmistry from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2014. His dissertation, Effects of cerium oxide nanoparticles on cereals: Insights on toxicity and macromolecular modifications, was supervised by Dr. Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey. He earned his MS degree in Agriculture from Kyungpook National University, Korea in 2007, and his BS degree in Chemistry from the University of the Philippines Los Baños in 2000. He works on understanding the ecological effects of nanomaterials, and his goal is to build a career in the field of analytical and environmental chemistry. Read More Read Less