Líneas de Investigación
Biotecnología de alimentos, genómica y biología de sistemas. Alimentos funcionales. Modelamiento y simulación del microbioma intestinal. Análisis bioinformático del impacto del microbioma en salud humana. Diseño de consorcios microbianos.
Biografía
EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of California, Davis. Food Science, March 2012
B.Sc. Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias. Engineering in Molecular Biotechnology, March 2005
Graduated with honors.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Bioprocesses. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Starting April 2013.
Postdoctoral Researcher. University of California, Davis CA. 2012-2013. Advisor: David Mills, Dept. of Viticulture & Enology and Foods for Health Institute.
Graduate student researcher. University of California, Davis. September 2007-March 2012. Advisor: David Mills, Foods for Health Institute at UC Davis.
Teaching Assistant. University of California, Davis. January 2008-March 2012
Premios y Distinciones
– Malaspina Award, International Life Science Institute, 2018
– UC Davis Chile Life Sciences Innovation Center, Scientific Advisor, 2016.
– Bimbo Award 2013, award to the best thesis in human nutrition, United States area.
– Young Investigator Oral Presentation Award. 111th Annual Meeting of the Association of Societies of Microbiology, San Francisco, CA, June 2012.
– National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) National Dairy Leadership Scholarship Award. July 2011.
– Fulbright-CONICYT scholarship for doctoral programs 2006.
