HERRERO GÓMEZ, Alba

Academic training

Master's Degree in Biotechnology, College of Staten Island
Biochemistry graduate, Georgian Court University

Professional experience

- Ph.D. student, Molecular Imaging for Precision Medicine group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (May 2021 – present) Development of NMR-compatible 3D cellular models for metabolic study in real time via hyperpolarized NMR Laboratory Technician, Biosensors for Bioengineering group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (October 2020 – May 2021)
BLOC project (FET Open) – Tissue engineering and metabolomics section
- Laboratory management and maintenance Resident Assistant through the office of Student Resident Services at Georgian Court University (2016-2019). Peer tutor for chemistry, biology, physics, math, social sciences, and Spanish language through the peer tutoring program at Georgian Court University, (2016-2017)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- Ph.D. thesis in Biomedicine with Irene Marco Rius, Ph.D., Universitat de Barcelona Bioengineered Biological Systems for Biochemical Analysis of Cellular Metabolism via NMR.
- BLOC project (FET Open) – Liver-on-chip design, viability, and functionality. Design of microfluidic platform and identification of metabolic probes for biological model analysis via DNP-NMR.
- Master program thesis in Biotechnology for Cancer Biology with Jimmie E. Fata, Ph.D., College of Staten Island. Developing a new photodynamic therapy treatment for HPV-driven cervical cancer.
- Four semesters of Research in Analytical Chemistry with Prasad S. Lakkaraju, Ph.D., Georgian Court University. Deuterium Exchange Kinetics in Hypophosphite Ion: NMR, Raman, and DFT Studies Electrochemical Reduction of Oxalic Acid
- Medical Microbiology, Michelle Esposito, Ph.D., Georgian Court University, Spring 2019