Research Experience

Georgia Institute of Technology

Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow - Prof. Andrés J. García and Prof. Arancha del Campo

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tissue and Cell Engineering Lab

  • Discovered FAK-Force mechanotransduction coupling at individual Focal Adhesions

  • Engineer immunomodulatory synthetic matrices for wound healing applications

  • Supervised undergraduate students (2)

March, 2019 - Present

National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG),

Postgraduate Student - Prof. Abhay Pandit and Dr. Biggs

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Centre for Medical Devices (CURAM) .

  • Initiated new approaches of tissue engineering using osteoinductive ferroelectric polymers with implications in regenerative medicine.

  • Supervised an undergraduate and master students team (7).

  • Collaborated with research groups: University of Columbia/NY, Queen Mary University of London/EN, Universiy of Glasgow/EN, University College of Dublin/IR,

February, 2014 - November 2018

Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain

Research Engineer - Prof. Javier Gil

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomaterials Research Lab.

  • Worked as group’s technology transfer officer

  • Supervised undergraduate students (5)

  • Collaborated with academic research groups and industrial partners: KLOCKNER S.A, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, ZIMMER, Center for Research in NanoEngineering, AMES, University of Valencia, Technology Centre of Manresa

September, 2009 - February 2014

Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain

Undergraduate Researcher - Prof. Mari Pau Ginebra

Centre for Research in Biomedical Engineering, UPC

  • Characterized biomaterials in wet state using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)

September, 2009 - june 2012

Barcelona East School of Engineering, Barcelona, Spain

Undergraduate Researcher - Prof. Elizabeth Engel

Institute for Bioengineering of Catalunya (IBEC)

  • Developed project " The influence of the physical-chemical and topographic properties of TiO2 in protein adsorption"

  • Collaborated with Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

September, 2006 - june 2010