3rd Edition Of Plant Science and Molecular Biology World Conference 2026

Speakers - PMBWC2025

Michael Handford

  • Designation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Chile
  • Country: Chile

Biography

Michael Handford is a Full Professor in the Biology Department of the Faculty of Sciences in the Universidad de Chile. Since completing his PhD and postdoctoral fellowships in the University of Cambridge, he has focused his research on various aspects of plant metabolism, such as cell wall synthesis, and more recently on the metabolic changes that plants undergo in order to withstand abiotic stress conditions, including antioxidant and sugar alcohol metabolism. He also carries out multiple teaching (undergraduate and postgraduate) and administrative commitments in the University, and in Chilean organisations