Julia Inés Fariña

Concluiu o doutorado na Faculdade de Bioquímica, Química e Farmácia pela Universidade Nacional de Tucumán (1998), cujo título é: ?Scleroglucan production by Sclerotium rolfsii?. Tem experiência na área de Química, Microbiotecnologia, Biotecnologia de fungos com ênfase em Polímeros e Colóides. Pesquisadora Independente da Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiológicos del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas e Técnicas (PROIMI-CONICET), localizado em Tucumám-Argentina. Professora titular de Bioquímica e Micologia Geral e Aplicada da Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e Naturais (FACEN) da Universidade de Catamarca, Argentina. Realizou pós-doutorados: ?Biotechnological potential of Sclerotium rolfsii ? Biochemical and molecular aspects? e ?Biodegradation and bioremediation in benzene-polluted sites ? Monitoring the benzene-degrading microbial community in contaminated sandstone aquifers by means of Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) techniques?, no Department de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade de Ciências de ESSEX, Colchester (Reino Unido), (2001-2002).

Graduate in Biochemistry (1992) at Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (UNT) and PhD in Biochemistry from Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (1998). Experience in Chemistry, focusing on Polymers and Colloids, with a PhD about ?Scleroglucan production by Sclerotium rolfsii?, and main current areas of research relate to Microbiotechnology, Mycodiversity and Mycoprospecting. At present, Independent Researcher at Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiológicos depending from Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (PROIMI-CONICET), located in Tucumán, Argentina. Titular Professor in Biological Chemistry and General and Applied Mycology at the Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FACEN), Universidad Nacional de Catamarca (UNCa), Argentina. Postdoc fellowships concerning ?Biotechnological potential of Sclerotium rolfsii ? Biochemical and molecular aspects? and ?Biodegradation and bioremediation in benzene-polluted sites ? Monitoring the benzene-degrading microbial community in contaminated sandstone aquifers by means of Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) techniques?, the later in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of ESSEX, Colchester (Reino Unido), (2001-2002).