Maria Lopez Cavestany

Cleanroom Postdoctoral Researcher at Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE)
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Location
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, US
Languages
  • Spanish Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • French -

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Credentials

  • CITI Certified in "No More than Minimal Risk"​ Human Subjects Research
    Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative at the University of Miami
    Jun, 2016
    - Nov, 2024
  • Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provides
    American Heart Association | American Stroke Association
    Apr, 2019
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Cleanroom Postdoctoral Researcher
      • Aug 2023 - Present

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Postdoctoral Researcher
      • Aug 2023 - Present

    • PhD in Biomedical Engineering
      • Jun 2018 - Aug 2023

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Volunteer
      • Dec 2018 - Mar 2020

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Undergraduate Research Associate: Nanoparticle-Based Targeted Drug Delivery for Cancer Therapy
      • Jan 2017 - Jun 2018

      • Develop experiments to perform the surface functionalization of the nanoparticles for tumor cell targeting • Conduct experiments on specific cell lines to verify that this is a viable alternative treatment to chemotherapy • Assist in the imaging of the nanoparticles using a SEM and TEM • Stay current with all recent publications on this topic • Develop experiments to perform the surface functionalization of the nanoparticles for tumor cell targeting • Conduct experiments on specific cell lines to verify that this is a viable alternative treatment to chemotherapy • Assist in the imaging of the nanoparticles using a SEM and TEM • Stay current with all recent publications on this topic

    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Ambulance Corp Volunteer
      • Jun 2017 - May 2018

      · Assist EMTs in doing patient evaluations in the ambulance while en route to the hospital. · I volunteered over 200 hours in a year. · Assist EMTs in doing patient evaluations in the ambulance while en route to the hospital. · I volunteered over 200 hours in a year.

    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Summer Research Scholar: Stroke Telerehabilitation
      • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

      · Worked under Dr. David Putrino in his Telerehabilitation Lab on projects that use technology to improve the objectiveness of medical exams and treatments, for example, the Burke Balance Test done to patients who have recently been admitted with a Stroke · Designed, 3D printed and constructed a mechanical prosthetic hand for a young girl from Columbia that has Streeter’s Syndrome · Conducted MRI and CT image analysis to mask the location of a Stroke in human brains using ITK Snap and other image processing software · Interacted with many Stroke patients to collect data for studies being conducted in the lab Show less

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Undergraduate Research Associate: Brain-Computer Interface
      • May 2015 - May 2016

      · Measured and processed brain signals from the sensory-motor cortex using a Neurobit and BrainBay code (created by a colleague) to control the movement of a computer cursor around a screen and solve a python game using data collected by the Neurobit · Measured and processed brain signals from the sensory-motor cortex using a Neurobit and BrainBay code (created by a colleague) to control the movement of a computer cursor around a screen and solve a python game using data collected by the Neurobit

Education

  • Vanderbilt University
    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biomedical/Medical Engineering
    2018 - 2023
  • Vanderbilt University
    Master of Science - MS, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Stevens Institute of Technology
    Bachelor in Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
    2014 - 2018

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