Zaide Montes
Lund
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Doctoral Student, Biology
Lund University
09.2021 - 12.2025
- Computational Insect Chemical Ecology
Research Assistant
Los Andes University
01.2018 - 08.2021
- Development and implementation of a bioinformatics workflow for the prediction of olfactory receptors in insects using genomic data.
- Implementation of Hidden Markov Models (HMM) for protein prediction.
Graduate Assistant
Los Andes University
01.2018 - 11.2020
- Research thesis work on "A Computational Approach for the Prediction of Relevant Chemosensory Proteins in a Broad Range of Insect Taxa".
- Taught undergraduate Organisms Biology and Introduction to Biological Science courses, both theoretical and experimental.
- Qualitative comparison of volatile organic compounds released by human skin, retained in cotton materials with different sampling areas and dynamically flowing. Analysis by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry
- Research group in Computational Biology and Microbial Ecology, Max Planck Tandem Group in Computational Biology, and the Research Center for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Los Andes University
01.2015 - 11.2017
- Research assistant to the "Electrophysiological response to volatile compounds isolated from human skin" project.
- Research assistant to the project “Randomized Trial of Benzimidazole for Chronic Chagas' Cardiomyopathy (BENEFIT)”. Performed molecular protocols in the lab working with Trypanosoma cruzi, by extracting DNA to typify strains.
Research Intern
Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
05.2017 - 07.2017
- Development and validation of a molecular detection system for symptomatic and asymptomatic plants with Tilletia maclaganii, causal agent of head smut in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
Education
Master of Science - Computational Biology And Bioinformatics
Los Andes University
Bogota, Colombia10.2020
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology, Biology
Los Andes University
Bogota, Colombia2018
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology, Biology, Computational Chemical Ecology
Los Andes University
Bogota, Colombia12.2017
Skills
- Bioinformatics
- Genomics
- Transcriptomics
- Gene expression level analysis
- Insect Chemical Ecology
- Statistical Learning
- Machine learning
- BASH
- Python
- R
- Big Data
- Teaching
Languages
Spanish
Native language
English
Advanced
C1
Swedish
Beginner
A1
Certification
Kenaley, S. C., Bergstrom, G. C., Montes Ortiz, Z. K., Van Wallendael, A., Lowry, D. B., Bonnette, J. E., & Juenger, T. E. (2019). First Report of the Head Smut Fungus Tilletia maclaganii Affecting Switchgrass in Texas. Plant Disease, 103(3), 578.
Mrisho, L. M., Maeda, D. G., Ortiz, Z. M., Ghanavi, H. R., Legg, J. P., & Stensmyr, M. C. (2021). Influence of olfaction in host-selection behavior of the cassava whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 775778.
Timeline
Doctoral Student, Biology
Lund University
09.2021 - 12.2025
Research Assistant
Los Andes University
01.2018 - 08.2021
Graduate Assistant
Los Andes University
01.2018 - 11.2020
Research Intern
Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
05.2017 - 07.2017
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Los Andes University
01.2015 - 11.2017
Master of Science - Computational Biology And Bioinformatics
Los Andes University
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology, Biology
Los Andes University
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology, Biology, Computational Chemical Ecology
Los Andes University
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