Erika Espinosa-Ortiz, Ph.D.
Montana State University
Dr. Erika Espinosa-Ortiz is a research assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Center for Biofilm Engineering at Montana State University (MSU). As a professional in environmental engineering and technology, her work has been devoted to developing alternative biological treatments, particularly fungal-based systems, for the remediation of polluted environmental matrices.
Espinosa-Ortiz received her Ph.D. at UNESCO-IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands as part of an Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Program on environmental technologies. Her research focuses on the myco-metallurgical recovery of metals/metalloids with biogenic synthesis of nanoparticles. She also specializes in biomineralization processes and biofilm engineering investigating the formation of bacterial, fungal and algal biofilms in various model systems, simulating medical, environmental and industrial situations.
Espinosa-Ortiz received her Ph.D. at UNESCO-IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands as part of an Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Program on environmental technologies. Her research focuses on the myco-metallurgical recovery of metals/metalloids with biogenic synthesis of nanoparticles. She also specializes in biomineralization processes and biofilm engineering investigating the formation of bacterial, fungal and algal biofilms in various model systems, simulating medical, environmental and industrial situations.