Curriculum Vitae
CV
Research positions
2020-2021
2017-2019
Postdoctoral Researcher
French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Institute of Molecular Genetics of Montpellier (IGMM) and ABIVAX, cooperative laboratory, Montpellier, France.
Postdoctoral Researcher
National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) UMR 1058 – Pathogenesis & Control of Chronic Infections, Montpellier, France.
2009-2010
Molecular Biology Research Assistant
Sustainable Environmental Development Association (ASDMAS), NGO at the National University Agraria de la Molina, Lima, Peru.
Education
2013-2017
2011-2013
Doctor of Phylosophy (PhD)
In Sciences (Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (UFRGS)
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Thesis: Chemokines and chemokine receptors in HIV infection: genetics and immunology in modulating the immune response in HIV+ patients with different disease progression profiles and before and after initiation of antiretrovirals.
Master of Science (MSc)
In Sciences (Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Thesis: Immunogenetic evaluation of toll-like receptors 7, 8 and 9 variants in infected patients with human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
2003-2008
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
In Genetics and Biotechnology
National University of San Marcos (UNMSM), Lima, Peru
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Dissertation: G2848A and T-1237C polymorphisms of the TLR9 gene and susceptibility to inflammatory bowel disease in patients from southern Brazil.
Awards & Scholarships
2013-2017
2014
Doctorate scholarship
PEC-PG through the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES).
Short visit travel grant
Mobility grant by CAPES for a short-term scientific mission at Petronela Ancuta's Lab, Montreal, Canada.
2011-2013
Master scholarship
PEC-PG through the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brazil.
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2011
2nd Best oral presentation
Symposium South of Immunology, Bento Gonçalves, Brazil.
2007
Research grant
Rector's program at UNMSM, Peru. To develop Scientific Initiation Project.
Teaching merits
2022
2021
Fundamentals of Scientific Research
Lecturer
Bachelor students, Faculty of Biology, UNMSM, Peru.
Research Perspectives in Immunogenetics.
Genetics
Lecturer
Master students, Faculty of Biology, UNMSM, Peru.
Immunogenetics, what does it, and what is its application?
2022-2018
HIV infection and immune system
Principal instructor in the online international course in Spanish organized by Instituto de Genética Barbara McClintock, Peru.
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2015
Genetics and Human Molecular Biology
Lecturer and organizer
Bachelor and master students, UFGRS, Brazil.
Bioinformatic tool for primer design and SNPs genotyping
Postgraduation Program of Genetics and Molecular Biology, PPGBM-UFRGS.
2014
Genética para que eu te quero
Lecturer
Scholar students, Brazil.
Vaccines
Educational Program organized by the PPGBM-UFRGS.
2012
Genetics
Lecturer
Bachelor students, Faculty of Biomedicine, UFGRS, Brazil.
Genealogy Analysis, Dihybridism and Chi-Square Test
PPGBM-UFRGS.
Academic merits
2022-present
2022
Editorial board (ad hoc peer-revieweer)
Frontiers in Genetics
Guest Editor
Research Topic: "Host-Virus Interaction at the Omics and Ecology Levels" in Frontiers in Immunology, section Viral Immunology.
2021-present
Ad hoc reviewer
HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care (1), Immunologic Research (1), Frontiers in Genetics (1), Frontiers in Immunology (4), Scientific Reports (1).
(#) numbers of revisions/editions.
2021
Jury of master thesis
Titled CCR5 and variant CCR5Δ32: Function, applications and clinical impact in inflammatory conditions, infectious diseases, and cancer, PPGBM, UFRGS, Brazil.
2018
Peer-review for research funding
Peruvian projects from the Peruvian National Council for Science, Technology, and Innovation (CONCYTEC) (1).
(#) numbers of revisions/editions.
2018
Hosting Brazilian colleagues in France
Dr Joel Ellwanger, participated in research experiments at the INSERM, UMR1058 and; he and Dr José B. Chies (PhD advisor) shared their research with French colleagues.
Invited speaker
2021
2019
Immunology and inflammation: better decipher it to understand its connection with other systems.
VI International Scientific Conference on Biosciences, HAMUTAY, Peru (Online).
Genetic and immunological aspects in HIV/AIDS infection.
IV meeting with Peruvian researchers in Europe, SINAPSIS, Ghent, Belgium (Presential).
2017
Immunogenetics of infectious diseases: HIV as a model.
"Comparte Ciencias" organized by CIENTIFICOS.PE, UNMSM, Peru (Presential).
2017
Immunotherapies against HIV/AIDS.
College of Biologists of Peru conferences, (Online).
Last conferences & courses
2023
2023
Genetics in Drug Development Course
University of Cambridge, UK (Online).
Mendelian Randomization Course
University of Cambridge, UK (Online).
2022
2nd Population and Systems Immunology Symposium
Participant, Paris, France (Presential).
2022
Solution is in Immunity. 31st BioCity Symposium
Participant, Turku, Finland (Presential).
2021
Machine Learning for Single Cell Analysis Course
Krishnaswamy Lab, in collaboration with Yale Genetics, Unites States (Online).
2020
Designing, procedures, and projects in animal experimentation (EU functions A, B, C, D) Course
accredited by FELASA organized by RAM (Réseau des animaleries de Montpellier) and University of Montpellier, France (Presential).
2018
Meeting of Postdocs and PhD students
Poster presentation, Labex EpiGenMed Day, University of Montpellier, France (Presential).
2023
1st Danish International Conference on Personalised Medicine
Aarhus University, Denmark (Presential).
Research supervision & Mentoring
2023-present
2018
2019
Guiding of Peruvian undergraduate students during the initiation of their scientific career.
Melusine Durand, master's student.
Skills in bioinformatics, molecular biology, flow cytometry and co-direction in her master's project. INSERM UMR1058, France.
2016
Karine de Andrade, undergraduate student.
Skills in molecular techniques, clinical databank and bioinformatic tools and co-direction in their Scientific Initiation Project. Immunobiology and Immunogenetics Lab, UFRGS, Brazil.
2016
Glaucia Herzer, undergraduate student.
Skills in molecular techniques, clinical databank and co-direction in their Scientific Initiation Project. Immunobiology and Immunogenetics Lab, UFRGS, Brazil.
*Of note: These research supervisions are not official in these countries; thus, I can provide the emails and telephones of these students and the head of the institutions to prove that if requested.
Languagues
English
Professional proficiency
French
Professional proficiency
Portuguesse
Second languague
Spanish
Mother tongue