William Hidalgo
Industrial University of Santander, Colombia
Biography
William Hidalgo pursued Master of Science Degree in Biotechnology from National University of Colombia (Colombia). He is a Chemist from University of Nariño (Colombia); Doctor in Natural Science from Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany). Since March 2017, he joined the Industrial University of Santander (Bucaramanga, Colombia) as an Assistant Lecturer and Researcher in the Chemistry School. His scientific background is focused on the study of plant chemical defenses especially in the biological system “Musa-Mycosphaerella fijiensis” (causing the Black Sigatoka Disease in Banana plants), biosynthesis of natural products (by using 13C-tracer) and metabolomics studies by using NMR and MS spectrometry techniques. He has participated in several international conferences organized mainly by the International Society of Chemical Ecology and Latin American Association of Chemical Ecology, with a scientific contribution of ten international publications.