Pilar Márquez-Cardona: Growing Knowledge, Cultivating Communities
Botany One interviews Prof. Pilar Márquez-Cardona, a plant biotechnologist seeking to put cutting-edge science at the service of local communities.
Carlos A. Ordóñez-Parra
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Carlos (he/him) is a Colombian PhD candidate at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil). He works as an Editor at Botany One and a Communications Officer at the International Society for Seed Science. Follow him at @caordonezparra.bksy.social.
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