Romilio T. Espejo

Biochemist of Universidad de Chile, Postvación por la tripsina de los rotavirus, principales causa-doctoral and Senior Post Doctoral research fellow at California Institute of Technology. Has reached the highest academic positions at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad de Chile. Main contributions in microbiologíy; Discovery and characterization of Bacteriophage PM2 the first phage with a lipid membrane and a circular closed DNA, rotaviruses, Thiobacillus ferrooxidans and bioleaching, Vibrio parahaemolyticus. More than 100 publications with more than 4000 citations. Member of American Academy of Microbiology, Chilean Academy of Sciences. Profesor at Universidad de Chile and Director of Centro Nacional de Genómica y Bioinformática.