Carla Fuenteslópez is a qualified engineer with extensive international research experience in biomedical applications and wet lab techniques. Carla strives to originate innovations that have a significant impact on people’s quality of life, with the aim of translating research from bench to bedside.
Research interests
- In vitro models for microvascular trauma
- 3D bioprinting
Education
- 2016 – 2018 MSc in Nanotechnology for Medicine and Health Care, University of Oxford
- 2011 – 2015 Undergraduate Degree in Engineering – 1st Class Honours, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
- 2014 Visiting Student reading for Economics, Engineering and Management, Magdalen College, University of Oxford
- 2010 Visiting Student reading for Molecular Medicine, Pembroke College, University of Oxford
Research projects
- 2019 Polymer Biotechnology, Biological Research Centre – Spanish National Research Council (CSIC-CIB), Madrid
- 2016 “Gene mapping of potential arterial hypertension”, Universidad Panamericana
- 2015 – 2016 “Ecological study of the Zika virus in Mexico and Brazil: Geomapping of Confirmed and Suspected Cases, and Disease Spread Forecast”, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
- 2014 – 2016 Tissue Engineering, Molecular Medicine and Cell Therapy Group. National Institute of Rehabilitation (Mexico)
Journal and conference publications
- in preparation …
Prizes and awards
- 2019 – 2023 DPhil Scholarship, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)
- 2019 – 2022 DPhil Funding, Bank of Mexico
- 2016 – 2018 Scholarship, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología – Estado de Puebla (CONACYT-CONCYTEP)
- 2015 Highest University Exit exam scores, 1st Class Honours
- 2011 Environmental Positive Impact
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