Denise Cifuentes, Ph. D.

Postdoc Researcher in Bioproducts

Bio-engineer (2009) with a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences with  a concentration in Chemical Engineering (2016), both from the Universidad de Concepción (Chile). Denise´s main line of work is the study, development and formulation of bioprocesses, mainly, their application in agro-products elaboration.

Denise worked for the Center of Biotechnology and Bio-engineering (CeBIB), isolating and studying microorganisms from thermal water for applied use, and for the Universidad Católica of Temuco, as a profesor for different careers.

Denise’s skills include knowledge of microbiology, fermentation, formulation development, bioreactors and processes scaling.