María García-Díaz

Experience

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  Solvay

  Jul 2006 - Sept 2006

  Quality Control Analyst

  Undergraduate internship

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  Universitat de Barcelona

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2012

  Visiting PhD Student

  Development and characterization of liposomal formulations for drug delivery of photosensitizers. Evaluation of in vitro photodynamic activity.

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  IQS Barcelona

  Jan 2008 - Jul 2012

  * PhD Thesis: Drug delivery in photodynamic therapy: from pharmaceuticals to animal testing Cum Laude mention – International programme.* Responsibilities: - Participate as researcher in several national collaborative projects. Collaboration with Lipotec S.A. leading to a scientific publication. - Research stays at Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School (Boston, USA, 6 months) and Department of Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (1 month) - Teacher assistant. Chemistry Laboratory, 2nd year bachelor course (2008-2010)* Achievements: - Funded own salary with a predoctoral grant. - Travel grant for research stay abroad. - Publication of 7 scientific papers + 5 reviews. - Attendance and participation of several international scientific meetings. - European Society for Photobiology Supplement to the PhD degree. Mostrar menos

  • Research scientist

    Jan 2012 - Jul 2012

  • PhD Student

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2012
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  Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

  May 2010 - Jun 2010

  Visiting PhD Student

  Study of cell death mechanism and subcellular localization of liposomal formulations for photodynamic therapy.

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  Massachusetts General Hospital

  Jun 2011 - Jan 2011

  Visiting PhD Student

  Research stay at Prof. Michael R. Hamblin´s lab.Evaluation of in vitro and in vivo photodynamic activity of new porphycene formulations for cancer treatment.

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  Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen

  Jan 2013 - Mar 2016

  Research Scientist and Project Leader

  * Responsibilities: - Project Leader in the EU IMI consortia “COMPACT” (23 partners – 7 EFPIA): > Participate in different WPs. Responsible for the execution of the sub-project “Polymer-based drug delivery systems” > Organize and facilitate F2F meetings. > Present progress reports and deliverables to management board. - Manage scientific projects about peptide/protein formulation design with focus on overcoming the mucosal intestinal barrier. - Teacher assistant in the Advanced Drug Delivery master course (2013-2016). - Supervise students. - Reviewer in several scientific journals.* Achievements: - Grant of the Danish Council for Independent Research. 2 travel grants for attending scientific conferences. - Publication of 4 scientific papers (1 as corresponding author) + 1 review. - 3 oral presentations at international scientific conferences. Mostrar menos

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  Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)

  Jul 2016 - now

  Research Scientist

  * Responsibilities: - Manage scientific projects about biomimetic 3D in vitro models.- Drive innovation, translating science closer to society- Write grant proposals for national and international calls.- Write and submit research results to peer-reviewed journals and conferences.- Disseminate science through outreach activities.- Supervisor of master and undergraduate students. * Achievements: - Funded own salary with a MSCA COFUND postdoc grant.- Successful national and international grant applications - CRS Oral delivery focus group Trainee award. - Consolidation of national and international collaborations and stakeholders. - Publication of scientific papers and reviews (corresponding author). - Oral presentations at international scientific conferences. Mostrar menos

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  Universitat de Barcelona

  Feb 2020 - now

  Assistant Professor

  Assistant Professor at Physics Faculty of University of Barcelona (UB)- Nanomedicine- 3D biomaterials- Micro and nanobioengineering- Biosensors and Lab on chip

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  Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

  Jan 2023 - now

  Lecturer

  Drug delivery and discovery course (Bioengineering degree)