Daladier Miguel Castillo Cotrina Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre Grohmann, Tacna, Perú Biography Dr. Daladier Miguel Castillo Cotrina is Head of the Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology Research at the Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre Grohmann, Tacna, Peru. He obtained his degree as a Biologist–Microbiologist in 1991 from the Universidad Nacional de Trujillo. He earned a Master of Science in Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology in 2001 (Universidad Nacional de Trujillo) and a PhD in Environmental Sciences in 2015 (Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre Grohmann). He has been serving as a faculty member at the Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre Grohmann since 1991 and is currently a RENACYT Research Professor. His research focuses on bacterial bioleaching and bioremediation. Dr. Castillo Cotrina is an active member of the Peruvian Society of Microbiology and the College of Biologists of Peru. Research Interests: Bacterial bioleaching Bioremediation Environmental microbiology Industrial biotechnology