Biography

Born in Loja, Ecuador, Prof. Ramirez-Cando is an Biotech Engineer with a broad background in bioremediation, green chemistry, and ecology. He obtained his master’s at the University of Pavia-Italy in Environmental Toxicology and his doctoral degree at the University of Firenze. He studied the environmental performance of 3G Biorefineries in Bologna and Pisa.

Prof. Ramirez-Cando has joined Universidad Politecnica Salesiana as faculty. During this time, he developed and directed several research projects with colleagues from the University of Firenze, the University of Porto, and the University of Debrecen. Additionally, He was the Associate Editor of La Granja Life Science Journal.

More recently, Prof. Ramirez-Cando joined Yachay Tech University in 2019 as Professor of Bioenvironmental Engineering and has joined forces with Dr. Edward Avila and Dr. Santiago Ballaz to study the Cytotoxicity of neonicotinoids in a human neuronal cell line. He also is President of the Committee of Ethics for Research in Yachay Tech. Outside of university; He is collaborating as academic consultant with CEDIA and other universities in Ecuador.