MSc student
Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
Adrian Maynez-Perez is a master’s student at the Department of Animal Science and Ecology at the Autonomous University of Chihuahua. He is interested in characterizing the ruminal microbiome of adapted cattle breeds and is working with the comparission of ruminal microbe communities in Raramuri criollo cattle and mainstream european breeds used in the northern Mexico conditions.
Adrian completed his degree in Animal Science at Autonomous University of Chihuahua with a thesis focused on the overexpression, purification and characterization of cellulases and their potential use in agricultural waste to increase their nutritional value in animal feed.
Adrian has carried out research stays in biocatalysis and computational biology at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute and at the National Laboratory of Genomic Biodiversity, respectevly. In addition, he took a food safety course at the University of Copenhagen.
Adrian lives with his family and three dogs named Ringo, Barbara and Lola. He liked watch sports with his friends, go to crossfit, and enjoying food, beer and go to the movies.