Education

09/2012 – 02/2016

Ph.D. in Chemistry

Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Field: Computational Chemistry. Final grade: Magna Cum Laude (EQF level 8).

Thesis: Computational Investigations on Weak and Noncovalent Bonding Interactions in Biomolecules.

09/2010 – 09/2012

M.Sc. in Chemistry

Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Field: Computational and Theoretical Chemistry. Final grade: 10/10 (EQF level 7).

12/2000 – 11/2008

License in Chemistry

San Carlos de Guatemala University, Guatemala

Studies on theoretical interactions protein-protein.

Work Experience

10/2024 – Present

Lecturer

Division of Algorithms Design and Programming Systems, Poznan University of Technology

Lecturer of Discrete Mathematics, Algorithms and Data Structures.

02/2016 – Present

Assistant

Poznan University of Technology, Poland

Research in computational chemistry, quantum molecular dynamics and structural bioinformatics. Projects: GMP:POIR.04.02.00-30-A004/16 and MOSAIC:POIR.04.02.00-00-D017/20-00.

12/2017 – 12/2023

Research Assistant

European Centre of Bioinformatics and Genetics (ECBiG), Poznan, Poland

RNA, DNA, and protein modelling by Classical Molecular Dynamics, structural bioinformatics.

09/2010 – 01/2016

Researcher

San Carlos de Guatemala University, Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, Guatemala

Research projects: FODECYT-2008, FODECYT-2010, FODECYT-2011. Drug design, molecular modelling and dynamics, organic synthesis.

06/2011 – 01/2016

Research Assistant

Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry, Cluj, Romania

Molecular dynamics, QM/MM dynamics calculations, modelling of metalloenzymes, QM calculations on small biomolecules. Under Prof. Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu.

2003 – 2008

Laboratory Assistant

Departments of Physical Chemistry; Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, San Carlos de Guatemala University

Teaching of laboratory techniques, preparation of reactives and lectures.

Skills

Programming Languages

  • C / C++
  • Java
  • Python
  • Bash / SH / AWK
  • LaTeX

Machine Learning

  • TensorFlow
  • PyTorch

Molecular Modelling Software

  • AMBER
  • GROMACS
  • Gaussian
  • MOPAC
  • Autodock
  • VMD / SYBYL
  • Quantum Espresso

Languages

  • Spanish (native)
  • English (C1/C2 proficient)
  • Polish (A2)

Honours & Awards

  • 2021 Best scientific presentation — ICOLE, Lessach, Austria
  • 2018 Member of the Polish Society of Bioinformatics
  • 2016 Magna Cum Laude — Babes-Bolyai University
  • 2014 Internship grant — COST Action CM 1201, Gotemburg, Sweden
  • 2012 Academic grant to record's excellence — Romanian Ministry of Education
  • 2011 Best research of the year — General Direction of Research, San Carlos de Guatemala University
  • 2008 Member of the National Team of Researchers — Secretaria Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Guatemala