DEGREES

2005 : Ph.D in Chemical Engineering , University of Chile, December 2005, Thesis “Prediction of the Behaviour of Proteins in Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography”, which produced 6 papers in international scientific journals, ISI, with peer review and high impact factors.

2002 : Chemical Engineering Professional Degree , Summa Cum Laude , University of Chile. Thesis “Conceptual design of a system for the prediction of the degree of accessibility to the solvent of globular proteins”.

1996 : B.S. in Chemical Engineering , with honour, University of Chile.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

2007 – 2008 : Principal Researcher for FONDECYT Postdoct Project Nº 3070031 “Prediction of the partitioning behaviour of proteins in aqueous two-phase systems using their three dimensional structure or their amino acid composition”.

AWARDS

1996 : Dean's list for outstanding academic performance, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile.

1995-1996 : “President of the Republic” scholarship for outstanding academic performance.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Mathematical and computational modeling

Processes control

Computational biology and bioinformatics

Modeling of gene regulation and metabolic networks.