Curriculum Vitae
Former Positions
03/2017 - 02/2018: Assistant Lecturer. Universidad Autónoma de Chile. Temuco. Chile.
01/2017 - 03/2017: Research Collaborator. Centre de Recerca Matèmatica. Barcelona. España.
Education
2011-2016: Ph.D. in Physics. Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona. España.
2008-2009: Master in Physical Sciences. Instituto Balseiro. Bariloche. Argentina.
2004-2008: Bachelor in Physical Sciences. Universidad de Concepción. Chile.
Finance support and projects
Project Fondecyt Iniciación N°11231082 (2023-2026): "Mechanical Biomarkers of red blood cells: Microfluidics Towards Point of Care Diagnostics". Principal Investigator. Programa de Proyectos de Investigación. FONDECYT, ANID.
Project ECOS220012 (2023-2026): "Time-lapse Imagery with a Differential stereoscope for Evapotranspiration measurementS". Co-investigator. Programa de Cooperación Internacional. ECOS, ANID.
Project Fondecyt Regular N°1231661 (2023-2026) : "Modeling habitability in the universe: from small to large scales". Co-investigator. Programa de Proyectos de Investigación. FONDECYT, ANID.
Project 039.370/2023 (2023): "Plant-Environment Evapotranspiration Research (PEER): a multidisciplinary collaboration". Co-investigator. Proyecto Centenario , Vicerrectoría de Investigación, Creación e Innovación. PUCV.
Project XI VIU FONDEF VIU21P0082 (2021): "Desarrollo de un foto-microrreómetro y espectrómetro para el análisis de muestras hematológicas." Asociate Investigator. Programa de Valorización de la Investigación Universitaria. FONDEF, ANID.
Project DI 039.343/2021 (2021): "Characterization of the aggregation dynamics and the viscosity of blood." Proyecto de Investigación Emergente. Principal Investigator. Vicerrectoría de Investigación. PUCV.
Project DIII 039.425/2020 (2020): "Characterization of the aggregation dynamics and the viscosity of blood in inflammatory diseases." Principal Investigator. Proyecto Interno Investigación Innovadora Interdisciplinaria. Vicerrectoría de Investigación. PUCV.
Project MEC80180021 (2019-2020): "Microfluídica aplicada a hemorreología: Relación entre la viscosidad de la sangre y las propiedades mecánicas de las células rojas." Atracción de capital humano avanzado desde el extranjero modalidad estadía cortas. Principal Investigator. Programa de cooperación internacional, Conicyt, Chile.
Scholarships and Awards
2015-2016: Beca de Colaboración, Universitat de Barcelona.
2010-2014: Becas Chile, Conicyt, Chile. Folio: 72110084.
2008-2009: Beca de Maestría, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina.
Conferences and schools
3rd International Workshop on Statistical Physics and Interdisciplinary Research. Antofagasta, Chile. December 13th-15th, 2023.
Oral Contribution: Front Microrheology Relation between blood viscosity and red blood cells biomechanical properties in health and disease.
XIX Instabilities and Non Equilibrium Structures: Enrique Tirapegui. Valparaíso, Chile. December 4th-8th, 2023.
Invited Speaker: Front Microrheology Relation between blood viscosity and red blood cells biomechanical properties in health and disease.
XXIII Simposio Chileno de Física. Valparaiso, Chile. November 22nd-24th, 2022.
Oral Contribution: Rheological characterization of blood in health and disease using Front Microrheometry
III Brazil-Argentine Microfluidics Congress. Buenos Aires, Argentina. November 7-9th, 2022.
Oral Contribution:Pitting of malaria parasites in microfluidics devices mimicking spleen interendotelial slits.
Conference Physics of Active Matter. Coyhaique, Chile. October 24-28th, 2022.
Oral Contribution:Characterization of the aggregation dynamics and the viscosity of blood .
International Workshop on Statistical Physics. Antofagasta, Chile. December 1st-3rd, 2021.
Oral Contribution:Characterization of the aggregation dynamics and the viscosity of blood in inflammatory diseases.
6th International Conference on Microfluidics. Las Vegas. USA. March 24th-26th, 2021.
Invited Speaker: Relation between the viscosity of blood and the properties of its red blood cells.
31th International Conference on Science and Technology of Complex Fluids. Universidad de Guanajuato, México. November 9th-12th, 2020.
Oral Contribution: Characterization of the aggregation dynamics and the viscosity of blood in inflammatory diseases.
II Brazil-Argentine Microfluidics Congress. Córdoba, Argentina. October 22nd-25th, 2019.
Keynote Speaker.
XX International Conference on Statistical Mechanics and Nonlinear Physics, MEDYFINOL. Santiago, Chile. December 3rd-7th, 2018.
Oral Contribution: Relation between the viscosity of blood and the properties of its red blood cells.
XVI International Workshop on Instabilities and nonEquilibrium Structures. Valparaíso, Chile. December 4-8th, 2017.
Invited Speaker: Front Microrheology of Biological Fluids.
XV Latin American Workshop on NonLinear Phenomena. La Serena, Chile. November 6-10th, 2017.
Oral Presentation: Front Microrheology of Biological Fluids.
Poster Contribution: Relation between the viscosity of blood and the bending rigidity of erytrocytes membrane.
XX Simposio de la Sociedad Chilena de Física. Santiago, Chile. November 30, 2016.
Oral Presentation: Front Microrheology of Biological Fluids.
CRM Applied Mathematics and Physics Seminars. Barcelona, Spain. May 26, 2016.
Invited Speaker: Front Microrheology of Biological Fluids.
III Encuentro de Investigadores Chilenos en España. Barcelona, Spain. October 7-9, 2015.
Oral Presentation: Dispositivos Lab on a Chip: La pequeña maravilla.
V Summer School on Statistical Physics of Complex and Small Systems.
Centre de Recerca Matematica, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. July 6-17, 2015.
"Hands on" activity Assistant: Biological membranes and biofluids at the microscale.
SelectBio Lab on a Chip & Microfluidics Conference. Berlin, Germany. March 17-18, 2015
Poster Contribution: Micro-viscosmeter with controled capillary filling.
XVIII Congreso de Física Estadística. Palma de Mallorca, Spain. October 18-20, 2012.
Poster Contribution: Fluid interfaces in microchannels.
XVII Congreso de Física Estadística. Barcelona, Spain. June 4-6, 2011.
Poster Contribution: The role of asymmetric interaction in mutualistic networks.
II IMSc Complex Systems Summer School, Chennai, India. January 4-29, 2010.