About me

You can contact me by email: aferrer at illinois.edu

I am a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

I received my undergraduate degree in microbiology from the Universidad Los Andes, Colombia and my PhD at SUNY-ESF in Syracuse, New York, USA

I currently co-teach IB496 A study-abroad course for undergraduate students in Panama

IB496 students bird watching with Guido Beguido, Gamboa, Panama

Collecting aquatic fungi associated with submerged wood