Experience

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  PhageLab

  • Chile
  • Biotechnology Research
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Chief Technology Officer and Founder

    • Jul 2021 - Present

    Leader of R&D projects related to the discovery and development of new bacteriophage-based solutions for animals, with a team of 50+ people specialized in microbiology, molecular biology, bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, animal health, and regulatory & quality assurance in Latin America and Europe.https://phage-lab.com/

  • Tech Manager

    • Aug 2015 - Jun 2021

    Responsible for the expansion, execution and management of the company’s pipeline, including the R&D projects for clients, new technologies for diagnosis and development, and implementation of continual process improvements.

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  Pontificia Universidad Cat��lica de Chile

  • Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

  • Professor

    • Jan 2018 - Present
    • Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

    Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship course of the Engineering 2030 program.

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  Centro de Innovación UC Anacleto Angelini

  • Startup Mentor

    • Apr 2023 - Present

    Part of the Mentoring Network of the UC Innovation Center, to support entrepreneurs in the development of their businesses and technologies.

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  Medzyme Inc.

  • San Francisco (CA), United States

  • Chief Technology Officer

    • Aug 2017 - Jun 2021
    • San Francisco (CA), United States

    Leader of the execution of R&D projects related to developing bacteriophage-based products for Human Health in Latin America and the US.

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  Universidad Andres Bello

  • Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

  • Professor

    • Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
    • Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

    Professor of Business Management for Biotechnology Engineering students.

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  Imagina Ciencia

  • Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

  • Founder and Speaker

    • Jul 2013 - Dec 2016
    • Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

    Novel training and outreach programs to stimulate the curiosity and awe of school students through motivational speeches and instill the importance of communicating science to the general public among young investigators. The program consisted of six short lectures of about 10 minutes each. “Imagina Ciencia” reached more than 2,100 students and science teachers in 2015 with the support of Fundación Ciencia & Vida.

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  Fundación Ciencia & Vida

  • Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

  • MSc Student

    • Mar 2013 - Apr 2015
    • Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

    Ciencia & Vida is a private nonprofit institution founded by Pablo Valenzuela, former R&D Director in the discovery of the hepatitis C virus and development and the invention of the world's first recombinant vaccine against the hepatitis B virus Its goal is to improve social and economic development through scientific discovery, entrepreneurship and education in the biological sciences. I developed my thesis on "Development of the stable expression cell line CHSE-IL2: Cloning and expression of interleukin-2 from Salmo salar in a eukaryotic expression system”.Thesis Director: Mario Rosemblatt, PhD.Thesis Co-Direction: Nicole Halçartégaray, PhD.

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  Fundación Ciencia & Vida

  • Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

  • Lab Intern

    • Sep 2012 - Jan 2013
    • Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

    Ciencia & Vida is a private nonprofit institution founded by Pablo Valenzuela, former R&D Director in the discovery of the hepatitis C virus and development and the invention of the world's first recombinant vaccine against the hepatitis B virus Its goal is to improve social and economic development through scientific discovery, entrepreneurship and education in the biological sciences.I developed a research unit on “Cloning of Salmo salar interleukin-2 cDNA into an expression vector”.Director: Vivian Wilhelm, PhD.Co-director: Nicole Halçartégaray, PhD.

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  Laboratorio de Farmacoterapia Génica, Facultad de Farmacología, Universidad de Chile

  • Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

  • Lab Intern

    • Jan 2012 - Mar 2012
    • Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

    “Synthesis and cloning of the cDNA of the LlPLD1 isoform of phospholipase D from Loxosceles laeta”.Director: Amalia Sapag, PhD.