Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Structural Biology; Protein Engineering; Enzymology and Protein Science; Mathematical & Computational Biology; Bioinformatics; Synthetic Biology; Applied Statistics & Probability

Postgraduate student guide in the last 5 years
Carlos Gómez, “New evolutive operation-based methodology for in silico protein engineering”, Doctorado en Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Chile. 2018. (Co-Guía).
Javiera Gómez, “Synthetic biology in Escherichia coli BAL1611 to optimize ethanol production from alginate and mannitol from Macrocystis pyrifera”, MSc in Chemical engineering, University of Chile. 2019. (Advisor).
Pablo Troncoso, “The role of the biotechnology industry in the sophistication and diversification of the Chilean productive matrix: difficulties and proposals for development”, MSc in Chemical engineering, University of Chile. 2019. (Co-Advisor).
Juan Pablo Biron, "Evaluation of the proteolytic capacity of Lactobacilli isolated from sourdough on gliadin-derived proline-rich peptides", MSc in Chemical engineering, University of Chile. 2020. (Advisor).
Diego Narváez, "Implementation and development of methodologies for characterization of cellular composition as an input for formulating empirical mathematical models", MSc in Chemical engineering, University of Chile. 2020. (Co-Advisor).
Karen Oróstica, "Implementation of cancer classification models based on mutational and clinical data", PhD in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Chile. 2021. (Advisor).
David Medina, “Applications of Machine Learning and Data Mining in protein engineering design and implementation of new strategies for the study of mutations”, PhD in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Chile. 2022. (Advisor).
Benjamín Armijo, “Implementation and validation of a computational system and a purification process for the improvement of the MachinePep system”, MSc in Chemical Engineering, University of Chile. 2022. (Advisor).
Juan Amado, “Protein engineering for the rational design of Anti-HIV peptides and improvement of the peptide production platform for its recombinant production”, PhD in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Chile. 2022. (Advisor).

Activities in the last 5 years.

Lecturer in extension courses:
Workshop of Multimedia Education in Sciences for high-school science teachers, organized by the Institute for Cell Dynamics and Biotechnology and the Centre for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Santiago, Chile.

Invited speaker:
Motivation Talks on Science and Biotechnology for High-School Students, organized by the Institute for Cell Dynamics and Biotechnology, Santiago, Chile.
“Chemistry of life and patent rights”, Intellectual Property Court – Seminar for attorneys and judges specialized in intellectual property.

Media coverage:
TV news show 24 horas, “CeBiB research on the COVID-19 pandemics in Chile”, Televisión Nacional, Chile.
UdeC Radio note, “Study shows that gamma has been the most transmissible variant in Chile”, Chile.
CNN Chile TV and press note, “Gamma has been the most transmissible variant in Chile, according to a study of the Chilean Public Health Institute and University of Chile”, Chile.
Qué Pasa magazine article, “Study shows that gamma has been the most transmissible variant in Chile”, Chile.
FCFM magazine article, “Why ammonium nitrate would be responsible for the huge Beirut explosion?”, Chile.
Teletrece TV, central news show, live expert interview about the explosion of an ammonium nitrate deposit explosion at Beirut's harbor, Chile.
University of Chile news article, “CeBiB's research: mismatch between PCR diagnostic date, symptomatology and COVID-19 incubation time reports influenced decisions to apply restrictive measures”, Chile.
El Mercurio newspaper article, “Mismatch between new case data reports would have had an impact on the increase in COVID-19 contagion”, Chile.