Angelica Ruiz-Font
Postdoc: Bioprocess Engineering
Email: afont@ipn.mx
Angelica focuses on microbial diversity prospecting. She is exploring the pristine microbiome for industrial development. Her project interests are about different topics: a) source of hydrocarbon precursores by interaction biomass-bacteria for integrated biorefinery, b) Natural herbicide from soil seed bank, my favorite plants. c)Seed forest microbiome
Honors & Awards
Education
Ph D – Dr.rer.nat. Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (2020)
Ms Sc -Ecology. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (2005)
Bachelor;s Degree in Biology (1999)
Hobbies
Painting, senderism, hiking
Awards
2012 Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship. $30,000 USD
Current Projets
- Microbial diversity and Biomass conversion to specialty chemicals
- Natural herbicides