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Luis Castillo

Luis Castillo

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    PhD. candidate | Scientific & Technical Expert in Nanoparticles - Particle engineering & Particle sizing (PE&PS) EUROAPI

  • Education

    • Université de Paris

      2021 - 2023
      MSc. Nanomedicine (Erasmus Mundus Scholarship holder)

    • Universidad de Costa Rica UCR

      2012 - 2017
      Doctor of Pharmacy - PharmD Pharmacy

    • Università di Pavia

      2022 - 2022
      MSc. Nanomedicine for Drug Delivery Nanobiotechnology

      Semester of specialization in nanobiotechnology within the Nanomedicine for Drug Delivery master’s program

    • Université Paris Cité

      2023 - 2026
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Physical Chemistry of Nanomedicines

      Activities and Societies: EuroAPI fellowship under the frame of the CIFRE doctoral program (ANRT, Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation) Large-scale production of therapeutic nanocrystals: From fundamental aspects to biological evaluation.https://utcbs.u-paris.fr/annuaire/luis-castillo/

  • Experience

    • Laboratorio Infarma

      Jan 2017 - Jul 2017
      Research and Development

      Design and development of generic drugs under the Quality by Design (QbD) model.Product reformulation.Manufacturing of pilot batches for accelerated stability studies.

    • Universidad de Costa Rica UCR

      Aug 2017 - Sept 2021
      Assistant professor, Faculty of Pharmacy

      Physical chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology lectures and practical works for undergraduate students.

    • LABORATORIO NACIONAL DE NANOTECNOLOGIA LANOTEC CENAT

      Feb 2020 - Aug 2021
      Guest Researcher

      Working with thermo-responsive polymers for developing drug delivery systems for wound healing.

    • Faculté de Santé - Université Paris Cité

      Jan 2022 - Apr 2022
      Research Intern Unité de Technologies Chimiques et Biologiques pour la Santé CNRS 8258 INSERM U1267

      Formulation and characterization of active substance-based nanocrystals for enhancing in vivo antitumoral properties.

    • Université d'Angers

      Apr 2022 - Jun 2022
      Research intern, Unité Micro et Nanomédecines Biomimétiques (MINT) UMR Inserm 1066 - CNRS 6021

      Formulation of lipid nanocapsules functionalized with NFL-TBS.40-63 peptide to target hepatoma cells

    • Faculté de Santé - Université Paris Cité

      Jan 2023 - Jul 2023
      Research Intern Unité de Technologies Chimiques et Biologiques pour la Santé CNRS 8258 INSERM U1267

      Design and physicochemical/ in-cellulo internalization evaluation of pharmaceutical nanocrystals for the development of novel anticancer therapies. Implementation of a new experimental platform for improving the scale-up conditions to transpose to the pharmaceutical industry.

    • EUROAPI

      Oct 2023 - now
      Scientific and technical expert in nanoparticles (Formulation scientist)

      Bottom-up synthesis and large-scale production of pharmaceutical nanocrystals

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Design and Formulation of generic drugs

      Universidad Complutense de Madrid
      Sept 2016

    • Adult First Aid/CPR/AED (Primeros auxilios, RCP y DEA para adultos)

      Outward Bound Costa Rica
      Aug 2011

    • Project management

      Adoc Talent Management
      Mar 2024

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Luis Castillo
      CIFRE fellowship French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovations Oct 2023 Industrial PhD. +300.000€ funding granted for the proposed thesis dealing with the large-scale production of pharmaceutical nanocrystals. Funding is provided by EuroAPI France and administered by the Association Nationale de la Recherche et de la Technologie (ANRT)
    • Awarded to Luis Castillo
      Erasmus Mundus Scholarship European Education and Culture Executive Agency Sep 2021 Full scholarship (+50.000€) holder for the Joint Master Degree in Nanomedicine for Drug Delivery