We are excited to introduce Dr. Cecilia Demergasso as one of our national speakers at the “Microbial Frontiers: Ecology in Extreme Environments” Symposium!
Professor Cecilia Demergasso is a Full Professor at Universidad Católica del Norte in Antofagasta, Chile. She holds a degree in Biochemistry and a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Dr. Demergasso directs the Biotechnology Center at UCN and leads the Natural Laboratory Node in the Atacama Desert. Recently appointed to the Presidential Advisory Committee on Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation for Development (CTCI), her research focuses on microbial communities in extreme desert-highland-volcanic environments and on astrobiology. She also leads industrial research projects on bioleaching processes.
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