Biography:
Chemist with a PhD and MSc in Chemistry from the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS). She is an Associate Professor at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, affiliated with the Academic Directorate of the La Paz Campus. Her main research area is the bioprospecting of plant species, focusing on chemical analysis of volatiles, fatty acids, and phenolic compounds, as well as antioxidant capacity and biocidal activity. She has led and participated in projects on native fruits from tropical dry forests, biotechnological applications of plant extracts for rural communities, and phytochemical analysis and utilization of promising plant species from Orinoquia region Colombia.
Title : The volatilome of piper tenue in plant–coleopteran interactions