Ana Karen MENDOZA MARTINEZPhD Student
Mexico
Area of Study
PhD Student
Project:
Key Areas of Expertise
Biomedical engineering
Hydrogels
Materials Characterization
Self-assembled nanostructures
Ana Karen graduated with a BSc degree in Biomedical Engineering from Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico, in 2014. She obtained her MSc degree in Biomaterials from Queen Mary University in 2017. Her masters research project was “Design and characterization of laponite – peptide amphiphile nanocomposite hydrogels for biomedical applications”.
She is currently a PhD candidate under the supervision of Prof. Alvaro Mata group at Queen Mary University.
Publications
Antonio Sanchez-Fernández, Laura Peña-Parás, Rodrigo Cue-Sampedro, Román Vidaltamayo, Paulina Riojas, Ana Karen Mendoza, 2014, “Synthesization, Characterization, and in vitro Evaluation of Cytotoxicity of Biomaterials based on Halloysite Nanotubes”, Materials, 7 (12), 7770-7780, 2014
Sanchez-Fernández, A.; Peña-Parás, L.; Cue-Sampedro, R.; Tamayo, R.; Riojas, P.; Mendoza, A. “Synthesization, Characterization, and in vitro Evaluation of Cytotoxicity of Biomaterials based on Halloysite Nanotubes”. In Proceedings of the 1st Int. Elec. Conf. on Mat., 26-10 June 2014; Sciforum Electronic Conference Series, Vol. 1, 2014, c004; doi: 10.3390/ecm-1-c004
Education
BSc in Biomedical Engineering
Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico
MSc in Biomaterials
Queen Mary University of London
Honours and Achievements
State Youth Award 2015 “Coahuila New Generations”, 2015
MAGNA CUM LAUDE, 2014
CUM LAUDE, 2014
Excellence Scholarship, 2009-2014
Telmex Scholarship, 2009-2014
contact details
Queen Mary University of London
Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS