Research Experience
Project: Role of Astrocyte Energy Metabolism in Memory Stability
King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (Saudi Arabia) and University of Turin (Italy) – (2021 – to date)
- Cannula implantation
- Behavioral Tests
- Brain Dissection
- Data analysis
Project: The effect of aging on the spatial distribution of glycogen in Layer I somatosensory cortex of mice.
King Abdullah University of Science (Saudi Arabia) – (2018 – 2020)
- 3D Dense reconstructions from electron micrographs
- Data analysis using computational tools and virtual reality
Project: Chemical synapses of the central nervous system
Universidad de las Américas Puebla and CINVESTAV (Mexico) – (2018)
- Design, synthesis and characterization of silica nano-carriers to target the brain
Project: Use of magnetic nanoparticles as drug carriers to the brain
General Hospital Dr. Manuel Gea González (Mexico) – (2016 – 2018)
- Set-up of a Parkinson’s Disease model in rodents
- Evaluation of nano-carriers performance as therapeutics for Parkinson’s Disease
- Brain Dissection
- Histology
Project: Development of nano-carriers for brain delivery
Universidad de las Américas Puebla (Mexico) – (2015 – 2018)
- Design, synthesis, characterization, and biological evaluation of magnetic nano-carriers to target the brain.
Project: Carbon nanostructures
Universidad de las Américas Puebla (Mexico) – (2013 – 2015)
- Synthesis of carbon nanostructures by means of pyrolysis of plastic waste.
- Characterization of carbon nanostructures using electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy.