Research

Graduate researcher in sustainable agriculture and microbial ecology, focusing on Rhizobium taxonomy. My work combines nodule trapping, wet-lab experiments, and genomic tools to improve crop productivity and biological nitrogen fixation. Previous research includes nitrifying bacteria in aquaponic systems and plant–pollinator interactions in tropical crops.

Teaching

Teaching Assistant for BIOL 330 Cell Biology and BIOL 103 Organisms to Ecosystems.

Publications

Naranjo-Robayo, N., Castro-González, M., & Gómez-Ramírez, E. (2025). Quantification and characterization of nitrifying bacteria isolated from an aquaponic system. Revista U.D.C.A Actualidad & Divulgación Científica, 28(1): e2653.

Castro-González, M., Molina-Trincado, V., Gómez-Ramírez, E., & Naranjo-Robayo, N. (2023). Nitrous oxide production and microbial diversity in an aquaponic system. Aquaculture, Aquarium, Conservation & Legislation, 16(6), 3032-3047.

Topics

  • Applied biology
  • Computational biology
  • Genomics
  • Molecular biology
  • Molecular genetics
  • Plant-soil interactions
  • Science communication