​Summary

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She studied Education Chemistry at Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación (UMCE), where she graduated with distinction as the first of her class. During 2004, as part of her undergraduate Thesis, she performed research on inorganic coordination complexes for dye-sensitized solar cells at the Universidad de Chile. In 2009 she obtained her Doctoral Degree in Chemistry from the Universidad de Chile, working on ordered arrangements of metal nanoparticles onto supramolecular complexes and metal nanostructures (nanowires, nanofibers, thin films). She is currently Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Department of Chemistry, UMCE. She is interested in the development of a new generation of photocatalyst materials combining supramolecular architectures, nanotechnologies, and nanofabrication with potential antibacterial properties. She obtained fellowships from the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT) in 2005 and from the Improving the Quality and Equity in Higher Education (MECESUP) in 2006 to develop her Doctoral research. In 2009 she obtained her Postdoctoral Fellowship from CONICYT.





Education

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2009-2011     Postdoctoral Fellow, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
 

2005-2009     Doctor in Chemistry, Universidad de Chile.

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1999-2005     Graduate in Education Chemistry, UMCE.

                         (First Class Honours)





Research



2011-today   Mean Researcher, FONDECYT (Grant No. 11110138, CONICYT).

                         Project Title: “Inorganic-Supramolecular Nanostructures with Potential Bio-Properties. Chemical

                         Design, Synthesis and Application Strategies”.

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                         Young Researcher, Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

                         (CEDENNA) (Basal Financing Program CONICYT-FB0807).

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                         Associate Researcher, FONDECYT (Grant No. 1131112, CONICYT)
                         Project Title: “Single-Sheet Nanostructured Hybrid semiconductors for Photocatalytic Processes”.

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                         Associate Researcher, FONDEF IDeA, CONICYT.
                         Project title: “Ciencias Integradas, Una Propuesta De Apoyo A La Educación Formal De Ciencias En Los

                         Niveles De 1º A 4º De Educación General Básica.”
 

2009-2011     Postdoctoral Associate, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. (Grant No. 3100088, CONICYT).





​Adwards, Fellowship and Grants 



• ​Award of “first her class”, UMCE, 2003.
• Doctoral Fellowship CONICYT, 2005.
• Doctoral Fellowship MECESUP, 2006.
• Student Assistants Fellowship (Inorganic Chemistry I-II, General Chemistry I-II), Universidad of Chile, 2005-2009.
• Research Fellowship Stay Abroad, MECESUP-UCHILE, 2006. (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Spain).
• Assistance to International Conferences, CONICYT (Nanotechnology Conference), 2007.
• Research Fellowship Stay Abroad, Universidad of Chile, 2008. (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Spain).
• Research Fellowship Stay Abroad, MECESUP-UCHILE, 2009. (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Spain).

 

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Professional Memberships

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Member of the Chilean Chemical Society.