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Alba Marina Cotes
Alba Marina Cotes Prado (Bogota, February 15 1959), is a Colombian chemist and biologist, known for her research on biological pest control In 2009, Cotes became the first Latin American woman in receive a Honoris Causa degree by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Biography Cotes finished a bachelor's degree in chemistry and biology at Free University of Colombia in 1980. Then, she started her Graduate school, graduate studies at University of Los Andes (Colombia), Universidad of los Andes in 1982. She did graduate programs in food microbiology and industrial microbiology, followed by a master's degree in microbiology (1986). Cotes did also a master's degree in agricultural biotechnology in 1988 and a Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D in Agricultural science, agricultural sciences focused on phytopathology in 1994, both at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech in Belgium. In 2009, she received a Honoris Causa An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombians
Colombians ( es, Colombianos) are people identified with the country of Colombia. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Colombians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Colombian''. Colombia is a multiethnic society and home to people of various ethnic, religious and national origins. Though many Colombians have varying degrees of European, Indigenous and African ancestry. The majority of the Colombian population is made up of immigrants from the Old World and their descendants, mixed in part with the original populations, especially Iberians and to a lesser extent other Europeans. Following the initial period of Spanish conquest and immigration, different waves of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly six centuries and continue today. Elements of Native American and more recent immigrant customs, languages and religions have combi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
