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Dr. Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz is a Professor at Arizona State University with a dual appointment in the School of Life Sciences and Biodesign Institute. He served as co-Director of the Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program at ASU, co-Leader of the Genomics, Evolution and Bioinformatics Faculty Group at SOLS, and a National Geographic Society explorer. Dr. Cadillo-Quiroz’s research focuses on understanding the sources, dynamics and uses of greenhouse gases at various scales. His studies span subjects on the microbial physiology of methanogens and methanotrophs, ecosystem studies of methane emissions, as well as collaborations on landscape-level assessments of atmospheric methane. As the lead of the Ecology of Microorganisms and Ecosystems laboratory at ASU, he undergoes projects focused on methane production, consumption, and possible microbial management in pure cultures, small to medium-scale bioreactors, as well as environments like landfills, northern forest, and tropical peatlands in the Amazon.

Dr. Cadillo-Quiroz received a B.S. degree from the San Marcos National University of Peru and his Ph.D. in Microbiology with a minor in Ecology from Cornell University. He completed a postdoctorate in the Evolution of Archaea at the University of Illinois and a second postdoctorate in Geochemistry and methane production processes at the University of Oregon. He has published over 60 articles in journals such as Nature, PNAS, PLoS Biology and several others. Dr. Cadillo-Quiroz currently serves as an editor for the Journal of Ecological Applications and Frontiers in Microbiology, and he is a reviewer for 15 other journals and organizations. He has been recognized with a Fulbright Scholarship, a Presidential Scholarship at Cornell University, a NSF CAREER Award, and a Honorific Doctorate in Forestry by the National University of the Peruvian Amazon.

February 2025