Maria Luisa Izaguirre-Mayoral

Background

Izaguirre-Mayoral, Maria Luisa was born on June 21, 1952 in Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela. Daughter of Jose Alejandro Izaguirre and Maria Teresa Lessmann de Izaguirre.

Education

Licence in Biology, University Central Venezuela, Caracas, 1976. Master of Science in Plant Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Physiology, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel, 1982.

Career

Postdoc Agricultural Organization, Volcani Institute, Beit-Dagan, Israel, 1983—1984. Head, researcher, lab biotechnology and plant virology Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, since 1983, professor postgrade studies, since 1983, coordinator postgrade studies, microbiology, 1989—1999, head center microbiology and cell biology, since 2005. Principal member, presidential commission genetic engineering and biotechnology National Council for Science and Technology, 1985—1995.

Professor postgrade studies Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, 1987—1995. Member editorial committee journal agronomia tropical Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad Central de Venezuela, since 1994. Director Center Agroecological Development Institute of Science and Technology Studies, Simon Rodriguez University, Caracas, Venezuela, 1997—1999.

Invited professor Agronomy Department, University Florida, Gainesville, 2001—2002, 2003—2004. Elected member Latin American Academy of Sciences, Caracas, since 2004. Investigator Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, since 2005.

Coordinator Latin American regional project development system diagnosis plant viruses PNUD/Organisation des Nations Unies pour le Développement Industriel/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1987—1993. Advisor National Council of Scientific and Technology, Caracas, since 1985. Member technical commission project biotechnology food security Banco Interamericano Desarrollo, National Fund.

Science Technology, since 2004. National coordinator BioFAG Network, CyTED, Caracas, since 2002. Member science committee XXIII Latino American meeting Rhizobiology, 2007.

Reviewer of science journals.

Achievements

• Maria Luisa Izaguirre-Mayoral has been listed as a notable research scientist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of International Society Sugarcane Technology (associate), Association Latinoamericana de Rhizobiologia (associate), African Association Biological Nitrogen Fixation (associate), African Crop Science Society (associate), Association Venezolana para el Avance de la Ciencia (associate).

Interests

• Travel, theater, reading.

Connections

1 child Maria Luisa Elena Mayoral.

Father:

Jose Alejandro Izaguirre

Mother:

Maria Teresa Lessmann

child:

Maria Luisa Elena Mayoral Izaguirre-Mayoral