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Dr. Dolly Montoya Castaño - CEMarin

13 01, 2020
Researchers

Dr. Dolly Montoya Castaño

Education

  • 1997-2003 Ph.D in Sciences, Technische Universität München, Germany.
  • 1981-1983 M.Sc.in  Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
  • 1970-1976 B.Sc. in Pharmacy, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia.

University Unit

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
  • Rector.
  • Bogotá, Colombia.

Research Group

Biotechnology Institute.

Rector, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Technical/Quantitative Skills: 

Leadership, Management of one of top research and academic Colombian Institution (Universidad Nacional de Colombia), Creation and development of research entities (IBUN).

Contact Information

Professional Experience

  • 2018-date President of Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • 2018-date General Assembly Member of the Corporation Center of Excellence in Marine Sciences – CEMarin, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • 2014-2016 Vice President of Research, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • 2011-2012 Postdoc position at Sussex University, UK.
  • 1994-2002 President of CORPODIB – Corporation for the Industrial Development of Biotechnology, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • 1988-1995 Director of Instituto de Biotecnología de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • 1977-1979 Production director at Probyala Ltda Labs, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • 1975-1977 Production Chief at Maravedi Labs, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • 1973-1975 Researcher at National Administrative Department of Statistics – DANE, Bogotá, Colombia.

Research Interests

Topics:  Agricultural Biotechnology, Biotechnology in health issues, Bioinformatics, Bioprocesses and Bioprospecting.

Selected Publications

Revelo, D., Grosso, M., Moreno, M., Montoya, D. (2007). A most effective method for selecting a broad range of short and medium-chain-length polyhidroxyalcanoate producing microorganisms.  Electron. J. Biotechnol. 10 (3) http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-34582007000300002

Jaimes, C. P., Fabio A. Aristizábal G., Bernal M., M., Suárez, Z. R., Montoya, D. (2006). AFLP fingerprinting of Colombian Clostridium spp strains, multivariate data analysis and its taxonomical implications. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 67(1), 64–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2006.03.002

Montoya, D., Arévalo, C., González, S., Aristizábal, F., & Schwarz, W. (2001). New solvent-producing Clostridium sp. strains, hydrolyzing a wide range of polysaccharides, are closely related to Clostridium butyricum. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 27(5), 329–335. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jim.7000193

Number Of Publications: 

Cvlac: 141

TAGS: Bioprocess, molecular biology, biochemistry, chemistry.