Mercedes Vila

Mercedes Vila Juárez (born 1975) is a Spanish material science researcher. She is the chief technology officer (CTO) and co-founder of BioTech Foods SL.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vila and the second or maternal family name is Juárez.

Mercedes Vila
Mercedes Vila Juárez
Born1975
Madrid, Spain
Alma materAutonomous University of Madrid
Known forMaterial science
AwardsL'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards
Scientific career
InstitutionsComplutense University of Madrid,
University of Aveiro
S.L.-CTECHnano

Path

Mercedes Vila Juárez Vila was born in Madrid, Spain. graduated in Physics from the Autonomous University of Madrid with a doctorate in Materials Physics, in December 2003.

She did five years of international post-doctoral experience, funded by a Marie Curie Intra-European fellowship and several national programs of investigation, to develop biomaterials surfaces using physical and chemical methods.

In 2008, she incorporated as a Ramón y Cajal Investigator at the faculty of Pharmacy of the Complutense University of Madrid, in one of the most prestigious European groups of Nanomedice and regenerative Tissue engineering, with the funding of an ERG-Marie Curie Action grant (2008–2010).[2] During this period, she developed materials for the reconstruction of the loss of bone mass, with what promised to improve the quality of life of patients with some injuries, and pathologies such as bone cancer or osteoporosis.[3][4]

Her work has focused on understanding materials-cells interactions, and the design and applications of nanoparticles based on graphene oxide for cancer hyperthermia. .[2]

In November 2010, she was awarded, with four other scientists (Isabel Lastres Becker, Ana Briones Alonso, Elena Ramírez Parra and María Antonia Herrero), the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science, with an endowment of €15000 to reward the work, for women younger than 40 years, to support woman in science.[3][5]

In 2013, she was Principal Investigator at the University of Aveiro, becoming laboratory coordinator for applications of carbon in nanomedicine.[6] In 2015, while keeping her appointment as professor at the University of Aveiro, she transferred to industry in 2015 as Scientific Director of Coating Technologies S.L.-CTECHnano,[7][8]

She co-founded BioTech Foods in February 2017, being the CTO of the company.[9][1][10]

Awards
  • 2006: Marie Curie IntraEuropean Fellowship. European Commission
  • 2008: Marie Curie Reintegration Grant. European Commission
  • 2010: Women in Science Award. L'Oreal Foundation-UNESCO
  • 2017: Marie Curie Society & Enterprise. European Commission

See also

References
  1. "Ethicameat – Good for you, better for all".
  2. "Research@UA › Mercedes Vila". Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  3. "La investigación "se viste de Prada" | Cultura Biotec". Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  4. "Mercedes Vila". woman.es. 25 March 2011.
  5. "Cinco científicas de la vida españolas reciben las becas L'Oréal-Unesco". El País (in Spanish). 18 November 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  6. Limited, DUSZA. "Graphene Supply, Application & Commercialisation 2014 – Mercedes Vila Juarez". www.graphene-applications-2014.com. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  7. "CTECHnano | Custom and innovative ALD solutions and applications". CTECHNANO.
  8. ORCID. "M. Vila (0000-0002-8473-0881) – ORCID | Connecting Research and Researchers". orcid.org. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  9. "Biotech Foods develops technology to produce cultured meat". BioTech-Foods.
  10. "Mercedes Vila (Biotech Foods): "La carne ética mejorará el bienestar humano y medioambiental"" [Mercedes Vila (Biotech Foods): "Ethical meat will improve human and environmental well-being"]. ticbeat.com (in Spanish). 28 October 2018. Archived from the original on 4 July 2021.
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