Current Lab Members
Carolina Parra
Principal Investigator
Dr. Parra joined the Department of Physics at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM) in 2013 and directs the Nanobiomaterials Laboratory since its creation in 2016. Prior to joining UTFSM, Dr. Parra was postdoctoral fellow in Physics Department at Stanford University. Ph.D. Physics UTFSM (2009).
Email: carolina.parra@usm.cl
Juliet Aristizábal
FONDECYT Postdoctoral Fellow
B.S. Chemistry, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2011)
Ph.D. Chemistry, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2017)
Fernanda Olivares
FONDEF Postdoctoral Fellow
B.S. Chemistry, Universidad de Valparaíso (2014)
Ph.D. Chemistry, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2021)
Maria José Vargas
FONDEF Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD Microbiology USACH (2020)
Ms. Biochemistry USACH (2012)
FONDEF Research Assistant
B.S. Physics student, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
B.S. Physics Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
M.Sc. Physics student Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
B.S. Physics Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
M.Sc. Physics student, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
B. S. Chemical Engineer, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
M.Sc. Chemical Engineering student, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
B. S. Chemical Engineer, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
M.Sc. Chemical Engineering student, 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.S. Mechanical Engineering student, UTFSM
Fernando Volke
B.S. Mechanical Engineering student, UTFSM
B.S. Civil Engineering student, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Abraham Mejías
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Student, Universidad Michoacana de Hidalgo-UTFSM.
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Instituto Tecnológico de Tlalnepantla, Mexico.
B.S. Electrical Engineering, Instituto Tecnológico de Tlalnepantla, Mexico.
Dana Gentil
Laboratory Manager
Microbiologist, Universidad Libre de Barranquillas (2014)
Isabel Providel
Administrative assistant
Informatic Civil Engineering Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Former Lab Members
B.S. Physics Student, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Viviana Mardones
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (2016)
Currently at Codelco, Calama
Ulrike Gerber
Visiting scholars
Ph.D. Student, Biotechnology
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rosendorf
Francisco Montero
Postdoctoral fellow
Biochemist Universidad Austral (2007)
Ph.D. Biotechnology Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (2016)
Geraldine Dennett
FONDEF Researcher
Biochemist, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (2005)
Ph.D. Biotechnology, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (2015)