Positions

• Senior Researcher at the Smart Nano-bio-devices group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Barcelona, Spain, since 07/2023, hosted by Prof. Samuel Sanchez

• Senior Postdoctoral Researcher funded by the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants of Catalunya hosted by the Smart Nano-bio-devices group, IBEC, Barcelona, Spain, since 10/2022

• Visiting Researcher funded by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) hosted by the Smart Nano-bio-devices group, IBEC, Barcelona, Spain, since 06/2021

• Postdoctoral Researcher funded the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) hosted by the Laboratory of General Biochemistry & Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, 09/2016 - 09/2022

• Visiting Scholar funded by Fulbright hosted by the Nano-Bio Interface Laboratory of the Photonics Center, Boston University, U.S.A., 08/2015 – 11/2015

• PhD at the Instituto de Investigaciones en Fisicoquímica de Córdoba (INFIQC), Nationa University of Cordoba (UNC), Cordoba, Argentina, 04/2012 - 07/2016

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Awards

• Ocean Optics Young Investigator Award for the work ‘VNBmediated endosomal escape triggers robust gene silencing in human cell lines’ presented in the conference “Colloidal Nanoparticles for biomedical Applications XV, 2020 SPIE BiOS, 1-6 February at The Moscone Center San Francisco, California, United States.

• Best Poster Price awarded by the Royal Belgian Society for Microscopy at From Pictures to Numbers: Workshop on Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy, Antwerp, Belgium.

• Sabato Institute 2012 Award in the field of Science and Technology of Materials (Best Thesis). Topic: "Design of Hybrid plasmonic nanostructures By Bio-conjugation: Morphological Characterization and Optics".

Invited Talks

• NANOMOTORS Internacional Conference 2024, La Pedrera / COSMOCAIXA, Barcelona, Spain. 02/06/2024 - 05/06/2024. Combining nanocarrier design and self-propulsion for delivery of nucleic acids.

• ECI Conference - Nanotechnology in Medicine IV: Physical Triggers and Advanced Materials 2024, Tomar, Portugal. 12/05/2024 - 16/05/2024. Enzyme Powered nanobots with photothermal and magnetic properties for biomedical applications.

• ICONAN 2024, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain. 15/01/2024 - 17/01/2024. Swarms of enzyme powered nanomotors with photothermal and magnetic properties for immunogenic cell death.

• NanoBio&Med Conference, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 22/11/2022 - 24/11/2022. Light-Triggered Vapor Nanobubbles and Nanomotors for Drug Delivery Applications.

• Controlled Release Society (CRS) 2022 Annual Meeting & Expo, Montreal, Canada. 11/07/2022 - 15/07/2022. LIGHT-TRIGGERED NANOBOMBS FOR NANOPROJECTILE-MEDIATED DELIVERY OF BIG MACROMOLECULES.

• European Advanced Materials Congress, Stockholm, Sweden. 20/08/2018 - 23/08/2018. Escaping the endosome using light and gold nanoparticles.

• Top Poster Award CRS 2024 Annual Meeting & Exposition in Bologna, Italy, from July 8-12, 2024.