Michael Seeger

Full Professor in Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Microbiology at Chemistry Department, Technical University Federico Santa Maria (Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria) in Valparaiso, Chile. MS is Director of the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology. He is Biochemist and PhD in Biology of Universidad de Chile, with a PhD thesis at German Center of Biotechnology GBF, Brauschweig, Germany. He received the “Scopus-Conicyt” award 2013 for the highest impact research in Biology & Biotechnology in Chile, American Academy of Microbiology fellowship (2009), German Max Planck Society fellowship (2010-2011) and was awarded with the Honorary Membership of the Chemical Society of Cuba (2018). He was president of Latin American Association of Microbiology (2004-2006) and Chilean Society of Microbiology (2004-2008), member of National Biotechnology Committee (2001-2006), and SOMICH Membership Committee (2012-2019), and co-Chair of First Latin-American ISME 2019 meeting (Valparaiso, Chile). He is-currently president of the Chilean Society of Biology (2025-2027), organization in which he was previously vice-president (2023-2025) and director (2021-2023).