Mario G. Garcia-Rios

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

B.Sc., Biochemical Engineering, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Ph.D., Biochemistry, Purdue University

E-mail: mgarciarios@stonehill.edu
Phone: (508) 565-1852
Office: Shields Science Center, 302

García-Ríos brings both teaching and academic administration experience to the Chemistry department. He has taught Ciology and Chemistry at Texas A&M International University, and worked earlier as an instructor and graduate teaching assistant at Purdue University.

García-Ríos has designed and implemented courses such as Recombinant DNA and Genetic Engineering, Food Chemistry, and Molecular Systems Biology. He also has served as the director of the NIH-National Institute of General Medical Sciences summer research internship program at Texas A&M International and Laredo Community College, and as the director of the joint admission medical program and the early medical school acceptance program at Texas A&M in Laredo.

The recipient of numerous grants and awards, García-Ríos was the Scholar of the Year for the College of Science and Technology at Texas A&M and was named a Texas Education Agency Faculty Fellow.