Rommel Mario Rodriguez Burbano graduated in Biomedicine from the Federal University of Para (1989), and finished both his master's and doctoral degrees in Biological Sciences (Genetics) at the Medicine Faculty of Ribeirão Preto—University of São Paulo (1998). He has a post-doctoral degree in Morphology (Genetics, Federal University of São Paulo) obtained in 2005 and is currently an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Pará. He is a reviewer of 32 international and 4 national scientific journals, and has published 182 papers, 1 book chapter, and 193 resumes in conferences annals. So far, he has advised on 37 master's degree dissertations and 30 doctoral theses. His research area is Human Genetics, with an emphasis on carcinogenesis and mutagenesis.