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