Materials for Health Research at iMATUS (USC Institute of Materials)

Place: conference room, IMDEA Nanociencia.

Abstract: 

Advances in materials science are essential for sustainable and environmentally friendly development. iMATUS, with the highest scientific ambition and a strong vocation for service, works with and for society, actively seeking collaboration with companies, educational and social entities, and public bodies, to put its cutting-edge science at the service of people. This talk will present an overview of iMATUS' research in Materials for Health to seek possible collaborations with IMDEA members, mainly in advanced drug delivery systems and theragnostic platforms, scaffolds for regenerative medicine, and alternative methods to in vivo testing.

Short bio: 

Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo is the Head of the Institute of Materials (iMATUS) and Coordinator of the I+DFarma Competitive Reference Group at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). She has 25 years of research experience in academic institutions in Spain and the USA (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT) and in collaboration with industries. Her work lies at the interface between pharmaceutical technology, biology, materials science, and medicine (multidisciplinary) and has led to a variety of advanced macro-nano drug carriers, drug-eluting medical devices and tissue scaffolds. She has authored ca. 400 articles, 40 book chapters, and 20 patents, co-edited 2 books, and supervised 31 PhD Thesis. She is ranked 7th in the h-index in Pharmacology and Pharmacy of Spain (h-index: 84 Google Scholar), Top 2% Highly Cited Researchers, and one of the few Top100 scientists in Spain with leadership in two matters: Materials Science and Chemistry (Research.com).