Ethan Rodriguez

A motivated, committed, and hard-working second year medical student with a passion for advancing clinical knowledge who is looking to contribute to impactful research.

Graduate Research 

Rosalind Franklin University, 02/2025-Present

• Completed comprehensive literature reviews regarding chemotherapeutics and histology, providing a strong foundation for future studies and grant proposals.
• Contributed to the development of novel research projects involving doxorubicin-derived nanoparticles for the purpose of mitigated chemotoxicity and increased patient compliance, that will result in publication and conference presentations.
• Utilized analysis software such as QuPath or Prism to perform qualitative and quantitative analysis of immunohistochemical data.

Undergraduate Research

DePaul University, 01/2022-03/2023

• Collected experimental and computational research regarding cation-pi bonding from academic journals
• Researched cation-pi intermolecular bonding and association between benzyl halides, aniline, and alkaline metal cations.
• Interpreted computational data from generated polarized molecules in addition to relative cis/trans conformation minima, and intra/intermolecular bond interaction energies

Parra, R. D., & Rodriguez, E. (2023). Na+ binding by benzyl halides: A DFT study. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 1225, Article 114155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2023.114155

Amazon Warehouse Waterspider (08/2020-11/2020)

• Redesigned numerous efficiency and efficacy challenges leading to a record increase in overall productivity, including a reorganization of the distribution of product and changes to product conveyor lines upstream of finalized delivery
• Oversaw and managed distribution of product throughout the warehouse
• Managed and controlled workflow of incoming trucks to the warehouse
• Developed skills at working independently and leading collaboratively in a team environment.

• Summa cum laude graduate
• Dean’s List: All Quarters Autumn 2020 – Spring 2024
• Pathways Honors Student
• National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS)
• National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS)
• Golden Key International Honors Society