In 2003, after obtaining a Degree in Chemistry (FCEN-UBA), she joined the Chemistry of Nanomaterials Group to carry out her Doctoral Thesis under the supervision of Dr. Galo Soler Illia. In 2008 she obtained her PhD Degree. For this work, she was awarded with the Premio Leloir (FCEN, UBA, 2009) and a Schumacher Prize honorable mention (AAIFQ, 2009). Between 2008 and 2012 she was a postdoctoral fellow in the Colloid Chemistry Group (University of Vigo, Spain) under the direction of Prof. Luis Liz-Marzán. She came back to the group in 2012, as a CONICET Researcher; since 2024 she holds an Principal Research position. She has been in charge of several national and international research projects. She has supervised several degree thesis, two MSc thesis and five PhD thesis. She has published more than 70 scientific papers related to the synthesis, characterization and uses of mesoporous oxides, metal nanoparticles and composite materials containing both. In 2019, she received the Chemistry Incentive Award from the National Academy of Exact, Physical, and Natural Sciences of Argentina, and in 2024, the L'Oréal UNESCO National Prize for Women in Science, supported by CONICET. She is currently the Vicepresident of the Argentinean Nanotechnology Foundation.
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