PhD researcher, Plant Protection

PhD in Plant Science from the University of Dundee, Scotland, UK

Areas of expertise:

Agricultural Science; Agricultural and Food Biotechnology; Biological Sciences; Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Microbiology

Previous positions:

Professor of Ecology and Botany at the Universidad Tecnológica de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

Post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory led by Lucilla Lacumin at the University of Udine, Italy

4 scientific publications; h-index (Scopus): 3

Two relevant publications:

Amaro, T.M.M.M.; Rosa, D.; Comi, G.; Iacumin, L.. Prospects for the Use of Whey for Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Production. Frontiers in Microbiology 10 (2019)
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00992

Amaro, T.M.M.M.; Thilliez, G.J.A.; Mcleod, R.A.; Huitema, E.. Random mutagenesis screen shows that Phytophthora capsici CRN83_152-mediated cell death is not required for its virulence function(s). Molecular Plant Pathology 19 5 (2017): 1114-1126
https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12590