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Cristobal Rodriguez

Cristobal Rodriguez
Cristobal Rodriguez

Hometown: Edinburg, TX

Contact

cristo.rod_07@tamu.edu

Biography

Previous Degrees
Master of Science in Biology (2021) & Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art (2018)

What is your favorite word? What do you like about it?
The word “surreal” tends to stand out to me. This is since in most cases our life’s journey surprise us in many ways. This word is also a representation of my work that is created as an artist, which help portray many of my ideas coming from the mind to vivid imagery.

What is on your bookshelf?

  • Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement by Thames & Hudson.
  • My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
  • The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
  • The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

What is one thing people would be surprised to know about you?
work in my art, experimenting new ideas through oil painting and drawing. This has opened the opportunity to study at the New York Academy of Art, and gained the opportunity to exhibit my work in multiple galleries and museum out of the state of Texas.

What degrees do you hold and from what institutions?

  • Master of Science in Biology & Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art
  • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), Edinburg, TX.

What excites you about joining Texas A&M School of Medicine for your PhD studies?
I am really looking forward for my lab experience at the School of Medicine. I have always enjoyed learning different experimental techniques and equipment training. This field will further involve me in interdisciplinary work and the advancements in medical applications.

If you could meet any scientist throughout history, who would you want to meet and why?
The very influential researchers like Marie Sklodowaska (Marie Curie) and Albert Einstein would be very interesting to meet. It would be interesting to know how their daily lives were, and what other passions they might have had; while trying to understand other possible ideas they might have had as part of the theoretical and applicable science.

Tell us something you are passionate about apart from research.
I do enjoy working in research and related science work. Yet, as noted previously my life has involved both art and science. Art is not only a simple hobby, but is a field or environment that allows my Mexican heritage to be represented. I enjoy portraying and displaying a surreal imagery for others to view, while hoping in presenting humble ideas from my time living in Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley.