B.Sc., University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, 1998 M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001 M.S.C.E.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001 Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002

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