Current Lab Members
Carolina Parra. Principal Investigator.
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM). Dr. Parra received her Ph.D. in Physics from UTFSM and subsequently held a postdoctoral position in the Department of Physics at Stanford University. Email: carolina.parra@usm.cl
Dana Gentil
Laboratory Manager. Dana holds a B. Sc. in Microbiology from Universidad Libre Seccional de Baranquillas.
Rodolfo San Martín
Fondecyt Research Assistant. Rodolfo holds a B. Sc. in Physics from Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Helen Figueroa
Fondecyt Research Assistant. Helen holds a B. Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María and a M. Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María.
Danae Barría
Science Communication Coordinator. Danae holds a B. Sc. in Biochemistry from Universidad Austral de Chile.
Fernanda Olivares
Fondecyt Postdoctoral fellow. Fernanda holds a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Universidad de Valparaíso and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Pedro Contreras
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering student, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Hans Fritz
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering student, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Maximiliano Olguín
B.Sc. Industrial Mechanical Engineering student, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Nohat Elitin
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering student, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Javiera Bravo
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering student, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María. Javiera holds a B. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María.
Claudio Ragni
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering student, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María. Claudio holds a B. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad Técnica Santa María
Isabel Providel
Administrative assistant, Informatic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Former Members
Bárbara Arce
Fondecyt and Fondef research assistant. B. Sc. in Physics from Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Juliet Ariztizábal
Fondecyt postdoctoral fellow and Fondef research assistant. B. Sc. in Chemistry from Universidad Católica de Valparaíso and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
María José Vargas
FONDEF Postdoctoral Fellow. M. Sc. in Biochemistry from Universidad de Santiago de Chile and Ph. D. in Microbiology from Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Valentina Gallardo
M. Sc. in Physics from Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Elias Reinoso
B. Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María and M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Elsie Zurob
FONDEF Research Assistant
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (2019).Analytical chemist INACAP
Javiera Romero
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Fernando Volke
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María.
Francisco Montero
Postdoctoral fellow, Biochemist from Universidad Austral, Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Geraldine Dennett
FONDEF Researcher, Biochemist from Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Ph.D. Biotechnology from Universidad de Santiago de Chile.