Dr. Laura Almendares Calderón, professor and researcher at USACH’s Faculty of Technology

Agosto 10, 2022 con ciencia mujer

Dr. Laura Almendares Calderón has 41 years of experience and has received the following awards: “Agro Innovation Professional” granted by the Foundation for Agricultural Innovation in 2010, “Challenges: Innovation and “Entrepreneurship” granted by the Ministry of Agriculture, and Poster Award at the “Congress of Innovation in the Horticulture Sector”.

Her main research lines are horticultural and sylvo-agricultural products, use of by-products to generate food innovations and contributions to circular economy, and applied food microbiology, among others.

One of her recent studies aimed to use the by-products of potatoes and rice to create a destroyed potato that can absorb less than a third of the oil when frying.

With regard to gender equality in sciences, she emphasizes a “more predominant role of women in research. Applied research, women-led studies, has some characteristics that men-led studies do not possess, which is closeness and humanity. So, I invite women who are just starting, who are doing research, to persevere because they will eventually succeed.”

Learn more about her story here:

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