
Graduate Student
408 Stakman Hall
1991 Upper Buford Circle
495 Borlaug Hall
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States
Degree
Ph.D.
Advisor
Robert Blanchette
Education
- BS biological sciences, Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Ecuador 2013
Areas of Interest
My principal research involves the biochemical mechanisms during degradation by five species of brown rot fungi and their specificity on different substrates, morphological investigations of the decay process using light and confocal microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. I will also study Ecuadorian polypores; these new taxa are being identified using molecular methods and studies are being done on the biology and ecology of these little-known fungi.