Group Members

SuNaLab, August 2023

Former Members

Dr. Solange Selzer graduated last August 9th, 2023, under the supervision of Dr. Nancy Ferreyra and Dr. Raquel Vico from SuNaLab (09/2023).

Dr. Candelaria Bertolino selected as FONCYT fellow in the Biofisicoquímica y Bioquímica Estructural group (https://ciquibic.fcq.unc.edu.ar/investigacion/biofisica-1/), under the supervision of Dr. Natalia Wilke
in the Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba (CIQUIBIC) (02/2023).

Dr. Heber Andrada awarded with FAPESP fellowship (https://fapesp.br/) as a postdoctoral researcher in the Universidad de Franca (UNIFRAN), Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil (https://www.unifran.edu.br/), under the supervision of Dr. Eduardo Ferreira Molina (08/2022).

Dr. Martín Villanueva graduated last April 13th, 2020, and was granted a CONICET postdoctoral fellowship to work in the group of Prof. Guillermo Montich at the Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba (CIQUIBIC). (04/2020)

Dr. John Pinzón Barrantes graduated last Nov. 26th, 2019, the PhD thesis title was ”Sistemas organizados formados por ciclodextrinas anfifílicas que revisten interés biomédico o farmacéutico” under the supervision of Dra. Raquel Vico, then was granted a CONICET postdoctoral fellowship to work in the group of Polymeric Materials in the IPQA (01/2020) )

Dr. Candelaria Bertolino graduated in December 2017, under the direction of Dr. Alejandro Granados. She is now a postdoctoral student in the Lab of Prof. Huskens, at the University of Twente, Netherlands (02/2018).

Dr. Claudio Krapacher graduated on April 18th, 2018, under the direction of Dr. Laura Rossi. Dr. Krapacher is now a postdoctoral student in the Lab of Prof. Julio Zygadlo, at the IMBIV, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, (04/2018).

Dr. Erica Pachón Gómez obtained her PhD in Chemistry on April 19th, 2018, under the supervision of Dr. Mariana Fernandez. The PhD thesis title was: Self-assembled systems using gemini surfactants: synthesis, characterization and applications. She is now back in Bogota, Colombia, (05/2018)

Dr. Fabricio Politano graduated on August 1st, 2018, under the direction of Dr. Elba Buján. Dr. Politano was awarded with a Fulbright Fellowship to pursue a Master’s Degree under the supervision of Prof. Nicholas Leadbeater, at the University of Connecticut.  (09/2018).

Dr. Diana Pinilla Peña graduated on October 25th, 2018, under the direction of Dr. Laura Rossi. Her PhD title was Evaluation of the synthesis and use of Co- and Ni-complexes and the sulfoxidation reaction, from the green chemistry perspective.

Dr. Lady Catalina Cabana Saavedra graduated on November 20th, 2018, under the direction of Dr. Mariana Fernandez. Her PhD thesis was about Evaluation of new amphiphilic systems for the potential remediation of contaminated soil.

Dr. Lucas Agazzi graduated on November 20th, 2018, under the direction of Dr. Alejandro Granados. His PhD thesis title was Synthesis of precursors and polyfunctional molecules with interesting solvatochromic properties.

Dr. Virginia Lobatto graduated on December 5th, 2018, under the direction of Dr. Elba Buján. Her PhD thesis was about Photochemical degradation of pesticides. Effect of cyclodextrins.

Dr. Elba I. Buján retired from her Full-Professor position and as an Independent Scientist, last year (2018). Dr. Buján was the first PhD student at SuNaLab. In her more than 40 years career at UNC, she developed one of the pillar research lines within the group and successfully trained 6 PhD students and many undergrads and young scientists. She participated and organized more than 80 scientific meetings and published more than 40 papers in different peer-review journals. She was and still is an integral part of SuNaLab.

Dr. Noelia Machado graduated on March 21st, 2019, under the supervision of Dr. Mariana Fernandez. Her PhD thesis was about the Design and characterization of amphiphilic systems as carriers for molecules of interest in different fields. Dr. Machado is now a postdoctoral researcher and teaching assistant in the group of Estudios en química orgánica analítica. Dispositivos moleculares: diseño, síntesis y aplicaciones.

Dr. Francesca Giudice finished her postdoctoral research work on Supramolecular chemistry and biomembrane models, y returned to Italy last June 1st, 2019.

MSc. Gaetano Caramazza completed his experimental work on the Construction of porous extended structures (MOFs) with environmental remediation applications, y returned to Italy last July 1st, 2019.