Secondary Mathematics Teacher

• Aug 2020 - Present

Temporary Research Faculty

• Sep 2020 - Present

Senior Postdoctoral Researcher

• Apr 2015 - Sep 2020

- develop algorithms and mathematical models to investigate the effects of cancer radiation treatment on cognition dysfunction related to impaired neurogenesis and alterations of neuronal morphology- develop mathematical models and implemented statistical data analysis to study the biological effects of ionizing radiation (low LET for radiotherapy and high LET for space explorations), such as DNA damage repair response and tumor induction - mentor undergraduate and graduate students- selected publications:a. Cacao, E. & Cucinotta, F.A. (2016). Modeling impaired hippocampal neurogenesis following radiation exposure. Radiat Res, 185(3): 319 – 331. PMID: 26943452.b. Cacao, E., Hada, M., Saganti, P.B., George, K.A. & Cucinotta, F.A. (2016). Relative biological effectiveness of HZE particles for chromosomal exchanges and other surrogate cancer risk endpoints. PLoS ONE, 11(4): e0153998. PMCID: PMC4844187.c. Cacao, E., Parihar, V.K., Limoli, C.L. & Cucinotta, F.A. (2018). Stochastic modeling of radiation-induced dendritic damage on in silico mouse hippocampal neurons. Sci Rep, 8(1): 5494. PMCID: PMC5882641.d. Cacao, E., Kapukotuwa, S. & Cucinotta, F.A. (2018). Modeling reveals the dependence of hippocampal neurogenesis radiosensitivity on age and strain of rats. Frontiers in neuroscience. 12:980. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00980.-complete list of publications: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/browse/collection/57339029/?sort=date&direction=ascending Show less

Adjunct Faculty (General Education)

• Jun 2020 - Present

teach General Chemistry and General Microbiology courses for nursing students teach General Chemistry and General Microbiology courses for nursing students

Adjunct Faculty Instructor

• May 2017 - Present

- teach lecture and laboratory classes in General Chemistry I (Chem 121) - teach lecture and laboratory classes in General Chemistry I (Chem 121)

High School Math Teacher

• Aug 2019 - Jun 2020

Taught Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Honors Precalculus classes Taught Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Honors Precalculus classes

Postdoctoral Fellow

• Jul 2013 - Mar 2015

- developed nanobiological surface assay for enhanced quantitative analysis of single molecule images in super resolution microscopy - contributed in algorithm development for single molecule image analysis and in identifying novel molecular targets in breast cancer - related publication: Golfetto, O., Wakefield, D.L., Cacao, E.E., Avery, K.N., Kenyon, V., Jorand, R., Tobin, S.J., Biswas, S., Gutierrez, J., Clinton, R., Ma, Y., Horne, D.A., Williams, J.C. & Jovanovic-Talisman, T. (2018). A platform to enhance quantitative single molecule localization microscopy. J Am Chem Soc, 140(40): 12785 – 12797. PMCID: PMC6187371. Show less

Postdoctoral Fellow

• Aug 2012 - Jul 2013

- customized algorithm for correlation analysis of single molecule images in super resolution microscopy - identified effects of pharmacologically relevant concentrations of ethanol and clinically used drug naltrexone on protein organization in plasma membrane - related publication: Tobin, S.J., Cacao, E.E., Hong, D.W., Terenius, L., Vukojevic, V., Jovanovic-Talisman, Y. (2014). Nanoscale effects of ethanol and naltrexone on protein organization in the plasma membrane studied by photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM). PLoS ONE, 9(2): e87225. PMCID: PMC3913589. Show less

Adjunct Professor in Chemistry

• May 2012 - Aug 2012

- taught lecture and laboratory classes in Developmental Chemistry and Health Science Chemistry - taught lecture and laboratory classes in Developmental Chemistry and Health Science Chemistry

Research Assistant

• Sep 2006 - Mar 2012

- implemented the novel use of helium beam lithographic techniques for high resolution and high throughput patterning of functionalized surfaces in biochip fabrication- contributed in the development of retroreflectors as ultra-bright optical labels for immunoassays and as biosensing surface assay platform - related publications:a. Cacao, E., Nasrullah, A., Sherlock, T., Kemper, S., Kourentzi, K., Ruchhoeft, P., Stein, G.E. & Willson, R.C. (2013). High-resolution, high-throughput, positive-tone patterning of poly(ethylene glycol) by helium beam exposure through stencil masks. PLoS ONE, 8(5): e56835. PMCID: PMC3663801.b. Cacao, E., Sherlock, T., Nasrullah, A., Kemper, S., Knoop, J., Kourentzi, K., Ruchhoeft, P., Stein, G.E., Atmar, R.L. & Willson, R.C. (2013). Helium beam shadowing for high spatial resolution patterning of antibodies on microstructured diagnostic surfaces. Biointerphases, 8(1): 9. PMCID: PMC4000555.c. Sherlock, T. Nasrullah, A., Litvinov, J., Cacao, E., Knoop, J., Kemper, S., Kourentzi, K., Kar, A., Ruchhoeft, P. & Willson, R.C. (2011). Suspended, micron-scale corner cube retroreflectors as ultra-bright optical labels. J Vac Sci Technol B Microelectron Nanometer Struct Process Meas Phenom, 29. Pii:06FA01. PMCID: PMC4269273. Show less

Teaching Assistant

• Sep 2006 - Aug 2011

responsibilities include assisting students (in lab, for Computing class only), grading homeworks and proctoring exams; courses include * Chemical Processes* Computing for Engineers* Biomolecular Engineering Fundamentals * Material Science and Engineering

Instructor 3, Institute of Chemistry

• Jun 2004 - May 2006

* Taught laboratory classes in General, Organic and Physical Chemistry and lecture class in Industrial Chemistry;* Responsibilities include teaching lectures (and pre-/post lab), grading reports, preparing quizzes and exams

Science Research Specialist II, Institute of Chemistry

• May 2003 - May 2004

* Project title: "Chemical remediation of high BOD and dark-colored effluent - experimental and computational studies* Project leader: Dr. Ernesto J. del Rosario* Funding agency: National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP), Manila, Philippines* Research activities: mostly computational studies which includes molecular docking of melanoidin binding to anion-exchange resins