Radamés J.B. Cordero, PhD, Promoted to Research Professor
Radamés J.B. Cordero, PhD, who studies how fungi regulate temperature and endure extreme conditions bridging mycology and space exploration, has been promoted to Research Professor.
Radamés J.B. Cordero, PhD, a faculty member in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, has been promoted to Research Professor.
Cordero investigates how fungi regulate temperature and endure extreme conditions, bridging mycology and space biology with applications in biotechnology and space exploration.
Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Cordero earned a PhD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he studied polysaccharides and their role in host-pathogen interactions. He continued this research by conducting postdoctoral studies at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. At the Bloomberg School in the Department of Molecular Microbiology, he continued his postdoctoral research and uncovered a role for fungal pigments in thermoregulation.
In 2024, he received a Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Fund award from the Maryland Department of Commerce to support his commercialization and translational research efforts.
Cordero joined the Bloomberg School as a postdoctoral Research Fellow in 2015.
Cordero has published over 60 research articles. His most recent work, , was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in April of this year.
In addition to his published research, Cordero is an inventor and has three approved patents.