Juan Maldonado Ortiz, PhD is a Senior Scientist at the Illumina. He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. His research interests are Immunology, Microbiology, Microbial Ecology, Sequencing, Microbiome, Cyanobacteria, Bioremediation, Microbial Ecology Techniques, Environmental Sampling, Transmission Electron Microscopy.