Monica Santa-Maria

- A method to immobilize never-dried cellulose microfibrils on chemically modified glass surfaces.
- A method to encapsulate enzymes in cross-linked alginate matrix using spray-drying.
- A transgenic sweetpotato plant expressing a hyperthermophilic amylase that self-processed starch upon heating
- An improved method for the genetic engineering sweetpotato plants using Agrobacteriium tumefaciens.