Laura Victoria Florez Patino

Postdoc

Education

Dr. rer. nat - Summa cum laude

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

B.Sc. Biology , Universidad de los Andes Colombia

B.Sc. Chemistry, Universidad de los Andes Colombia

Postdoctoral Researcher under Novo Nordisk Foundation Fellowship in Plant Science, Agriculture and Food Biotechnology

Applied Evolutionary Ecology Research Group

Section for Organismal Biology

Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Main responsibilities

- Design and development of research project “The interaction between the insect microbiome and pathogenic fungi: an underexplored dimension of pest control”
- Co-supervision of two Ph.D. students at Johannes Gutenberg University. Mainz, Germany
- Teaching support in practical courses for B.Sc. students.

Research Project Leader on Ecology and regulation of defensive symbiosis in beetles

Academic Research Staff, Department for Evolutionary Ecology

Johannes Gutenberg University. Mainz, Germany

Main responsibilities:

- Project design and direct mentoring of two Ph.D. students
- Supervision and evaluation of undergraduate thesis projects
- Design and supervision of practical courses for B.Sc., B.Ed. and M.Sc. students
- Lecturing for M.Sc. students in Biology

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