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Juan Diego Palacio-Mejía

Juan Diego Palacio-Mejía

Teaching assistant. General botany

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Director Centro de Investigación Tibaitatá en AGROSAVIA - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria

  • Education

    • The University of Texas at Austin

      2011 - 2018
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Plant Biology

    • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

      1991 - 1998
      B.S Agronomic engineering

    • Universidad de Concepción

      2005 - 2006
      Diplomado en Bioseguridad Biotechnology

    • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

      2001 - 2005
      M.Sc Plant genetic resources

  • Experience

    • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

      Jan 1994 - Jan 1996
      Teaching assistant. General botany

      Botany lab

    • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

      Jun 1996 - Dec 1996
      Research Assistant

      Plant tissue culture

    • CIAT

      Jan 1998 - Apr 1998
      Student doing professional practice

      Cassava crioconservantion

    • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt

      Jun 1998 - Jun 2008
      Senior researcher, founder and senior coordinator of tissue collection and molecular biology lab

      Conservation genetics of Colombian oaks, Quercus humboldtii and Colombobalanus excelsa. Genetics research in Colombian agrobiodversity. Interchange, curator, manager of tissues. Genetic conservations of Colombian biodiversity.

    • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

      Jun 2005 - Jun 2008
      Lecturer

      Lecture in Biodivesrity and Evolution

    • Universidad de Córdoba (CO)

      May 2008 - Aug 2009
      Invited lecturer in molecular markers

      Lecture and lab in molecular biology to Biology master program

    • ICA - Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario

      Jul 2008 - Aug 2009
      Specialized professional

      Lead of detection of genetic modified organism lab. Germoplasm bank. Biosafety risk assessment

    • The University of Texas at Austin

      Oct 2010 - Dec 2018

      Teaching assistance in this courses: Genetics, plant anatomy, botany and scientific inquiry Gene expression, RAD markers, qPCR.

      • Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant

        May 2011 - Dec 2018

      • Volunteer as a research assistance

        Oct 2010 - May 2011

    • AGROSAVIA - Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria

      Jan 2019 - now
      Director Centro de Investigación Tibaitatá

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Juan Diego Palacio-Mejía
      Margaret Menzel Award to best paper presentation Botanical Society of America Jun 2017 The Margaret Menzel Award is presented by the Genetics Section for the outstanding paper presented in the contributed papers sessions of the annual meetings.