Born and educated in Colombia, graduated with BSc in Microbiology at the Univerisidad de los Andes (Colombia). Obtained a PhD in Biomedical Sciences at NYU. Did post-doctoral work in virology at TAMU and TAMHSC-College of Medicine. Currently works in interactions between the SUMOylation system and viral infection.

• NIH/NIAID – F13 Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Fellowship Review Panel 2018/05 ZRG1 F13-Z (20) L for F32 (postdoctoral) and F30/F31 (predoctoral) grant applications - NIH/NIAID (07/11/2019)
• NIH/NIAID – F13 Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Fellowship Review Panel 2018/05 ZRG1 F13-Z (20) L for F32 (postdoctoral) and F30/F31 (predoctoral) grant applications - NIH/NIAID (03/21/2019)
• Selected as an iClicker Advocate by Macmillan Learning - Macmilla Learning (11/08/2018)
• NIH/NIAID – F13 Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Fellowship Review Panel 2018/05 ZRG1 F13-Z (20) L for F32 (postdoctoral) and F30/F31 (predoctoral) grant applications - NIH/NIAID (03/21/2018)
• Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award - The University of Texas System (08/25/2016)
• One of 12 UTEP nominees for the ROTA award 2015-2016 - Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETaL) (12/17/2015)
• Undergraduate Student Choice Award for Outstanding Teaching - College of Science - The University of Texas at El Paso (12/08/2015)
• Undergraduate Student Choice Award for Outstanding Teaching - Department of Biological Sciences - The University of Texas at El Paso (05/12/2015)
• Invited Speaker - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - HHMI Seminar Series (04/02/2015)
• Invited Speaker - 2nd Annual Infectious Diseases Symposium, Texas Teach University Health Sciences Center, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine. El Paso, TX (11/03/2014)
• Invited Speaker - Texas Area IV Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA). Silva Health Magnet High School for Health Care Professions, El Paso, TX (09/22/2014)
• Invited Speaker - Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México (08/25/2014)
• Invited Speaker - Annual COURI Summer Symposium: Showcasing Emerging Researchers, Scholars and Artists. The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas (08/02/2014)
• Ad-Hoc Reviewer - • NIH/NIAID – F13 Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Fellowship Review Panel ZRG1 F13-C (20) L for F32 (postdoctoral) and F30/F31 (predoctoral) grant applications (07/10/2014)
• Invited Speaker - The Seventh International Conference on SUMO, Ubiquitin, and UBL Proteins: Implications for Human Diseases. Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine and The University of Texas – MD Anderson Cancer Center. Shanghai, China (05/11/2014)
• Invited Speaker - Institute Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, China (05/09/2014)
• Invited Speaker - Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD (03/14/2014)
• Invited Speaker - Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College Station, TX (03/03/2014)
• Invited Plenary Lecture - First Latin American Congress of Virology - Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia (11/21/2013)
• Invited Special Topic Lecture - First Latin American Congress of Virology - Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia (11/21/2013)
• Ad-Hoc Reviwer - NSF CAREER Grant - NSF - Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Division (08/01/2013-08/31/2013)
• Invited Speaker - Academic Technologies Summit - UTEP (10/13/2012)
• Ad-Hoc Reviewer - Sir Henry Dale Fellowship - Pathogen Biology and Disease Transmission Grant Review Meeting - Wellcome Trust and The Royal Society - Wellcome Trust and The Royal Society (08/01/2012-08/31/2012)
• Selected as Convener - Workshop #26 - 31st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology - American Society for Virology (07/01/2012-07/31/2012)
• NIH Grant Reviewer - NIH/NIAID - Immunology Special Emphasis Pannel review group ZRG1-IMM-M(08)F (R01 grants). March 2012. - NIH/NIAID (03/01/2012-03/31/2012)
• Invited Speaker - Distinguished Lecture Series - Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, TX (12/07/2011)
• NIH Grant Reviewer - NIH/NIAID - Scientific review group ZAI1-LG-M-J (R01 grants under RFA-AI-11-004). October 2011. - NIH/NIAID (10/01/2011-10/31/2011)
• Invited Speaker - South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX. (09/02/2011)
• Top 25 hottest articles - Virus Research April to June 2011 - Virus Research - SciVerse and ScienceDirect (07/01/2011-07/31/2011)
• Invited guest - The Strelz Show - KHRO radio 1650 AM - Paul Strelzin (08/19/2010)
• Invited Attendee - NSF 2010 Joint Annual Meeting (NSF 2010 JAM) - National Science Foundation (06/06/2010)
• Invited Speaker - Department of Biology, New Mexico State University (04/08/2010)
• Interview for a local newspaper - El Paso Times (05/22/2009)
• Participant on a radio program - KTEP Science Studio - KTEP (05/01/2009)
• Featured as one out of 50 young Colombian professors in the USA - PODER360 - A Colombian magazine (01/01/2009-01/31/2009)
• Selected as a Texas Innovator - State of Texas - Texas Innovator (montly newsletter) (01/01/2009-01/31/2009)
• NIH Grant Reviewer - NIH/NIGMS - Scientific review group ZGM1-MBRS-7-GC (SCORE SC1, SC2, and SC3 grant applications). July 2008. - NIH - Minority Biomedical Research Support Meeting (07/01/2008-07/31/2008)
• Newspaper article on new grant - El Paso Times (07/29/2008)
• News release in UTEP University Communications - UTEP University Communications (07/25/2008)
• Postodcoral travel grant award - 22nd International Papillomavirus Conference/ Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (05/02/2005)
• Postdoctoral travel grant - The Ubiquitin Family Meeting/ Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory/ Cold Spring Harbor, New York (04/27/2005)
• Postdoctoral travel grant award - The Second Annual McLaughlin Symposium in Infection and Immunity: "EBV and HPV: Oral infection, persistence, and phagocytosis/ The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (02/13/2003)
• Postdoctoral travel grant award - 19th Annual Meeting American Society for Virology/ Colorado State University Forth Collins (07/08/2000)
• Elected Departmental Students' Representative - Department of Medical and Molecular Parasitology/ New York University Medical Center (01/01/1995-01/31/1995)
• Selected Research Assistant Position - Instituto de Inmunologia, Hospital de San Juan de Dios Department of Microbiology (01/01/1989-01/31/1989)
• Undergraduate Student Teaching Assistantship - Department of Microbiology. Universidad de los Andes (07/01/1987-07/31/1987)

• Ph D in Biomedical Sciences, New York University - NYU Medical Center - Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences (1998)
• MS in Biomedical Sciences, New York University - NYU Medical Center - Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences (1995)
• BS in Microbiology, Universidad de los Andes (1988)

• Alternative splicing of the SUMO1/2/3 transcripts affects cellular SUMOylation and produces functionally distinct SUMO protein isoforms Scientific Reports 13 2309 (2023) (2023), Myriah L. Acuna, Andrea T. Garcia, Rebeca Orozco, Carlos Ontiveros, Alejandra Flores, Arely Diaz, Isabel Gutierrez-Zubiate, Abhijeet R. Patil, Luis A. Alvarado, Sourav Roy, William K. Russell, German Rosas-Acosta.
• Alternative splicing of the SUMO transcripts contributes to the regulation of the cellular SUMOylation system and produces messages coding for protein isoforms functionally distinct from the prototypical SUMO proteins Research Square (2022), Myriah L. Acuna, Andrea T. Garcia, Rebeca Orozco, Carlos Ontiveros, Alejandra Flores, Arely Diaz, Isabel Gutierrez-Zubiate, Abhijeet R. Patil, Luis A. Alvarado, Sourav Roy, William K. Russell, German Rosas-Acosta.
• Instructional Models for Course-Based Research Experience (CRE) Teaching CBE Life Sciences Education 21 1 (2022), David I. Hanauer, Mark J. Graham, Rachel J. Arnold, German Rosas-Acosta.

• Something with BossLady (2019), Volume Janelia Farms, VA, Lizbeth Carmona, J Bonglo, E Cohen, D Moreno, M Ponce, D Reyna, A Romero, A Vasquez, Stephen B. Aley, German Rosas-Acosta.

• Assessing the Chemotherapeutic Enhancing Effect of SUMO Modulators
• Pursuing the Therapeutic Potential of the SUMOylation System by Characterizing the Mechanisms That Regulate SUMO Levels in the Cell