Rosa Vasquez Espinoza

Photograph by Elisa Sotelo
By National Geographic
Published 21 Apr 2022, 16:19 BST

Rosa Vasquez is a Peruvian chemical biologist and microbial natural products researcher, educator, conservationist and award-winning artist. She is the creator of MicroAmazon, a multidisciplinary project that will explore the unknown microscopic universe of extreme natural environments found in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon.

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