Fundación Ciencia & Vida has nearly 150 enthusiastic and dedicated team members, from scientists to students to entrepreneurs. In this section we introduce our team.
Management Team
Board of Directors
Javier Valenzuela
Carlos Vio
Principal Investigators
Associated Researchers (alphabetical order)
María José Acuña, PhD. Biological Sciences U. Católica; Postdoctoral training U. Católica. Associate Professor at Centro Ciencia & Vida. Assistant Professor U. Bernardo O’Higgins.
Amelina Albornoz, PhD. Biotechnology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) Trieste, Italia. Assistant Professor USS. Assistant Professor at Centro Ciencia & Vida.
- Iván Alfaro, PhD. U. Católica; Postdoctoral training Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York. Associate Professor U. del Desarrollo.
Raúl Araya, PhD. Biotechnology, U. Andrés Bello; Postdoctoral training Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Ohio State University; Niels Bohr Institute University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Assistant Professor USS.
- Vincenzo Borgna, PhD. MD. Biotechnology U. Andres Bello; Postdoctoral training Centro Ciencia & Vida.
Simón Beard, PhD. Microbiology U. de Chile. Assistant Professor USS.
Patricia Burgos, PhD. U. Católica; Postdoctoral Training U. of Colorado, Denver, USA & National Institute of Health MD, USA. Associate Professor U. San Sebastian.
José Antonio Gárate, PhD. Chemical Engineering, U. College Dublin, Ireland. Associate Professor USS.
Hugo González, PhD. Molecular Biology Universidad Andres Bello. Assistant Professor University of California San Francisco.
David Holmes, PhD. California Institute of Technology. Postdoctoral training Caltech.
Carlos Lagos, PhD. Biotechnology U. Andrés Bello; Postdoctoral training U. Católica, Faculty of Medicine. Associate Professor U. San Sebastian.
Alberto Martin, PhD. Computer Sciences, U. College Dublin, Ireland. Associate Professor USS.
Sarah Núñez, PhD. Biomedicine Sciences U. de Chile. Assistant Professor USS.
Mónica Otero, PhD. Electrical Engineering U. Federico Santa María; Postdoctoral training U. Valparaíso. Assistant Professor USS.
Carolina Prado, PhD. Biotechnology U. Andrés Bello; Post Doctoral training Centro Ciencia & Vida. Assistant Professor Centro Ciencia & Vida.
Daniela Sauma, PhD. Sciences University of Chile; Postdoctoral training Centro Ciencia & Vida. Assistant Professor U. de Chile.
Andrea Soza, PhD. Molecular Biology Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany; Postdoctoral Training Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. Assistant Professor U. San Sebastian.
Manuel Varas, PhD. Biotechnology U. Andrés Bello; Postdoctoral training Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. Associate Professor at USS.
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