About Me

Hello! My name is Maria and I come from Spain.

I studied Chemistry in the University of Valencia and did my Master in Medicinal and Pharmacological Chemistry at Jaume I University in Castello. I have a strong Organic Chemistry background. Prior to my PhD studies I spent two years working in the Analytical Chemistry department of the Polytechnic University of Valencia doing Basic research and development of practical applications in the field of bio and nanosensors.

I am currently based in the 'Electrochemical & Interfaces Group' at the University of Warwick where I am doing my PhD studies in Mechanisms of Pharmaceutical Drugs dissolution. My goal is providing new information on the growth and dissolution of individual crystals at a level where the behaviour of each exposed crystal face can be determined. Spectroscopic, electrochemical and microscopic techniques will be used to study concentration and morphology changes at the surfaces of tablets and microcrystalline formulations.

Academic History

2013 - Present:

• PhD (Ongoing), Analytical Science, MOAC DTC, University of Warwick
  'Quantitative and Holistic Views of Crystal Dissolution Processes'

2011 - 2013:

• Senior Laboratory Technician, Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain)
  'Basic research and development of practical applications in the field of bio and nanosensors'
  

2011 - 2012:

• M.Sc. Medicinal and Pharmacological Chemistry , Jaume I University of Castello (Spain)
  'Synthesis of structural analogs of pironetin'
  

• 5 Years Degree in Chemistry, University of Valencia (Spain)
  
• ERASMUS Scholarship, Department of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz (Germany)
  'Synthesis of Coumarin Derivatives for RNA Derivatization and Application in Click Chemistry'