Yohei Tashiro, Gabriel M Rodriguez, and Shota Atsumi. 2-Keto acids based biosynthesis
pathways for renewable fuels and chemicals. Journal of Industrial Microbiology. (2014)
Gabriel M Rodriguez and Shota Atsumi. Toward Aldehyde and Alkane Production by
Removing Aldehyde Reductase Activity in Escherichia coli. Metabolic Engineering. (2014)
Gabriel M Rodriguez, Yohei Tashiro, and Shota Atsumi. Expanding Ester Biosynthesis in
Escherichia coli. Nature Chemical Biology. (2014)
C. Rabinovitch-Deere,J. W. K. Oliver, G. M. Rodriguez, and S. Atsumi. Synthetic Biology and
Metabolic Engineering Approaches to Produce Biofuels. Chemical Reviews. 113 (7): 461-
4632. (2013)
Gabriel M Rodriguez and Shota Atsumi. Isobutyraldehyde production from Escherichia coli
by removing aldehyde reductase activity. Microbial Cell Factories. (2012)
Gabriel M Rodriguez and Shota Atsumi. Synthetic biology approaches to produce C3-C5
alcohols from microorganisms. Current Chemical Biology 6: 32-41. (2012)
Awards & Honors
“Best Oral Presentation” ($5000 grand prize) at the Interdisciplinary Graduate and
Professional Student (IGPS) Symposium, UC Davis. April 2013
Fellow, NIH Biotechnology Training Grant (T32 GM008799) UC Davis 2012-2013
Sloan Fellowship 2010-2014
Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry South Florida ACS 2008
Outstanding BS Chemistry Student Department of Chemistry, FIU 2008
Outstanding Academic Achievement FIU College of Arts and Sciences 2008
Florida Bright Futures Florida Academic Scholars Award (FAS) 2004-2008
Academic Excellence Scholarship 2004-2008
Presidential Scholarship, Florida International University 2004-2008
(SEAGEP) South East Alliance for Graduate Education & the Professoriate Scholarship 2007