Castillo has been working in protein-protein interactions and microbial ecology. Currently, his research focuses on implementing bioengineering technologies to efficiently control the growth and dissemination of core bacterial groups from environments of interest.

Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) Response to Water Stress: Physiological Characterization and Antioxidant Gene Expression Profiling in Commercial Clones. Front. Plant Sci. 12:700855. Osorio Zambrano M.A., Castillo D.A., Rodríguez Pérez L. and Terán P. W. (2021)

Molecular and synthetic biology biotechnology, Microbiology Plant biology