9+ years of research experience focusing on advanced microscopy methods and software development. I have been involved in highly interdisciplinary teams, and service provision within the fields of physics, chemistry, and biology. I enjoy developing software for image processing, hardware control, and data analytics/visualization.
SCIENTIFIC OFFICER | UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG – CENTRE FOR CELLULAR IMAGING | December 2018 – present
- Support and training of users for light microscopy.
- Project meetings, and consultation.
- Emphasis on super-resolution methods, such as Structured Illumination Microscopy, Single Molecule Localization Microscopy and, Airyscan.
- Coordination of Correlative Array Tomography CAT projects within SciLifeLab
- Scanning Electron Microscopy, and CLEM.
- Image processing support quantification and hardware control
- Automation and smart-microscopy
- Machine learning and statistical analysis
- Image J/FIJI, Napari, Python, and MATLAB.
- Short consultation and longer projects.
- Establishing collaborations for the development of novel microscopy methods and workflows at the facility.
- Maintenance of microscopy infrastructure.
- Teaching/organization of workshops and Ph.D. courses: Light Microscopy and Image Analysis.
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER | KU LEUVEN | November 2014 – November 2018
- Design & development of a microscope for 3D super-resolution imaging:
- CAD-based design and automated hardware control (Java -µmanager).
- Study of bacterial survival and death by antibiotics.
- Image segmentation, shape descriptors, and machine learning for discrimination and classification (MATLAB).
- Simulations of physical systems.
- Light absorption and energy transfer. Monte Carlo based methods.
- Synthetic image generation – fluorescence images, EMCCD, scCMOS.
- Development of software tools for: Next-generation DNA sequencing, single molecule detection/tracking, intensity traces – change point detection, and super-resolution imaging.
- Project management and supervision of bachelor, master, and Ph.D. students.
- Instructor and organizer of a programming course for young researchers.
- Successful grants: 3-year postdoctoral fellowship (Research Foundation Flanders); 1-year fellowship (Internal funds KU Leuven).
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER | LUND UNIVERSITY | July 2014 – November 2014
- Detection of protein aggregation related to Alzheimer’s disease –by Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) imaging.
PHD IN THE SUBJECT OF CHEMISTRY | LUND UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN | 2014
- Specialization in Chemical Physics and single molecule spectroscopy.
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CHEMISTRY Licenciado en Química | SIMÓN BOLÍVAR UNIVERSITY, VENEZUELA | 2010
- Graduated with cum laude distinction.
- Honourable mention on Final Project.
NEUBIAS – Network of European BioImage Analysts
COMULIS – Correlated Multimodal Imaging in Life Sciences
CTLS – Core Technologies for Life Sciences
QUAREP-LiMi – Quality Assessment and Reproducibility for Instruments & Images in Light Microscopy