Ariadna Mondragon Botero

I was born in Cali, Colombia where I grew up. I studied biology and microbiology (two majors) at the University of Los Andes in Colombia. For my undergraduate projects I worked on the biography of the Sapotaceae family and in the characterization of Archaea for soil bioremediation. When I graduated from the university I worked in the Colombian paramos and for a private enterprise on waste management and composting. After working for a few years I made my master's in TROPIMUNDO an Erasmus Mundus program, in which I spent one semester in France, one semester in Belgium, and one semester in Cameroon. My master's thesis sealed with the tropical dry forests in Madagascar, and during my Ph.D. I am going to pursue this study, working for the conservation of this threatened ecosystem.