Armando Azua-Bustos is an internationally renowned environmental microbiologist and researcher with over 30 JCR publications. He has extensive laboratory and fieldwork experience, and expertise in the ecology and evolution of microorganisms in extreme environments. He has won one of the prestigious Human Frontiers Science Program Grants, and also a grant from the Dubai Future Foundation. Armando has also won one of the prestigious TED Fellowships, and has had more than 100 appearances in international magazines such as Forbes, National Geographic and Scientific American.