CURRICULUM VITAE
LEON A. CUERVO, PH. D.
Education
Doctor in Pharmacy, University of Habana, 1949.
Graduate studies, The Johns Hopkins University, 1961-62.
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1968.
Academic Positions
Instructor, Department of Chemistry, School of Science,
University of Habana, 1954-56.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Technology,
University of Villanova, Cuba, 1956-61.
Research Scientist, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine,
University of Maryland, 1962-68.
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine,
University of Miami, 1968-70.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine.
University of Miami, 1970-71.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine,
University of Miami, 1971-73.
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences,
Florida International University, 1973-90.
Chairperson, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences,
Florida International University, 1974-80.
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering,
School of Engineering and Environmental Design,
University of Miami, 1975-85.
Project Director, Programs of Excellence in Science and Computer Education,
Florida International University, 1983-88.
Visiting Research Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, FHKLS,
University of Waterloo, Ontario, 1987-88.
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences,
Florida International University, 1990-present.
Research Experience
Voltage-clamp studies of ionic conductances in giant axons, University of Maryland and Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, 1962-67.
Mechanisms of endochondral calcification, University of Miami, 1968-70.
Formation of permeable Cell-cell junctions in plasma membranes, University of Miami, 1971-73.
Steady state and kinetic studies of metabolic, cardiac and respiratory responses to exercise using breath-by-breath data analysis, University of Waterloo, 1987-88.
Selected Publications
Cuervo, L.A., and Adelman, W.J.: Equilibrium and kinetic properties of the interaction between tetrodotoxin and the excitable membrane of the squid giant axon. J. Gen. Physiol. 55:309-335, 1970.
Pita, J.C., Howell, D.S., Madruga, J.E., Cuervo, L.A., and Muller, F.J.: Demonstration of a naturally occurring heavy component of cartilage fluid protein polysaccharide by ultramicro-analytical ultracentrifugation. Gordon Conference on Bone and Teeth, Meriden, N.H., July 1970.
Pita, J.C., Cuervo, L.A., Madruga, J.E., Muller, F.J., and Howell, D.S.: Evidence for a role of protein polysaccharides in the regulation of mineral phase separation in calcifying cartilage. J. Clin. Invest. 49:2188,1970.
Cuervo, L.A., Pita, J.C., and Howell, D.S.: Ultramicro analysis of pH, PCO2 and carbonic anhydrase activity at calcifying sites in cartilage. Calc. Tissue Res. 7:220-231, 1971.
Cuervo, L.A., Pita, J.C., and Howell, D.S.: Inhibition of calcium phosphate mineral growth by proteoglycan aggregate fractions in a synthetic lymph. Calc. Tissue Res. 13:1-10, 1973.
Cuervo, L.A., and Mende, T.: "Properties of Excitable and Contractile Tissues", in "The Biological Foundation of Biomedical Engineering", Jacob Kline, Ed.. Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 1976, pp. 71-99.
Cuervo, L.A.: "Neuronal; and Synaptic Function", in "The Biological Foundation of Biomedical Engineering", Jacob Kline, Ed.., Little Brown and Co., Boston, 1976, pp. 439-478.
Murphy, P., Cuervo, L.A., and Hughson, R.L.: A study of cardiorespiratory dynamics with step and ramp exercise tests in normoxia and hypoxia. Cardiovasc. Res. 23:825-832, 1989.
Hughson, R.L., Winter, D.A., Patla, A.E., Swanson, G.D., and Cuervo, L.A.: Investigation of VO2 kinetics in man with pseudorandom binary sequence work rate changes. J. Apl. Physiol. 68:796-801, 1990.
Hughson, R.L., Cuervo, L.A., Patla, A.E., Winter, D.A., Xing, H.C., Dietrich, B.H., and Swanson, G.D.: Time domain analysis of oxygen uptake during pseudorandom binary sequence exercise tests. J. Appl. Physiol. 71:1620-1626, 1991.