Highlights:Bioengineering undergraduate student at the Buenos Aires Institute of Technology (ITBA) and graduate student at Rice University with experience and affinity in team projects, prosthesis design and electroencephalogram data recollection and processing. Characterized by self-motivation, overachievement, and teambuilding skills to drive excellence and timely achieve goals.

Skills:Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Biomechanics, Tissue Engineering, EEG, Biological Signal Processing, Sleep Scoring, Robotics, Machining, Chinese, Spanish, Excel, Python, Nx Unigraphics, SolidWorks

Certification:TOEFL iBT HSK Level 1

Honor:Fellowship/Scholarship - Rice University/ITBA May. 2024 - Dec. 2025 ? Awarded a scholarship as part of a Fellowship for academic excellence between Rice and ITBA Special Mention - Congress of Argentine Society of Physiology May. 2023 ? For our team work in “Calamax: Neuroscience Principles and the Hodgkin and Huxley Model” Valedictorian - Saint Andrew’s Scots School School - Buenos Aires, Argentina Dec. 2019 ? Dux Medallist, Flag Bearer, Nora Risdon Prize for Biology, Caroline A.K. Wall Memorial Prize for Chemistry, Swimming Award Meritorious - International Mathematical Modelling Challenge Sep. 2017 ? For our team work in the “Jet Lag Problem” algorithm - 2017 Award: free trip to US to the Harvard, prize-giving ceremony and US Universities tour Argentine 2nd Place - 9th Edition “Chinese Bridge Competition” sponsored by Hanban Jun. 2016 ? Award: free two (2) week immersion trip to deepen Chinese studies Anthologized Sub 20 Category - Itau Short Story Competition Aug. 2016 ? For my short story “El Castillo de Cristal” (“The Glass Castle”)

Engineering Intern 09/2024 - current
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas United States
Programmed a robot for precision surgical tasks in the Operating Room, utilizing real-time data. Collaborated with doctors to ensure the robot’s functionality met their needs. Conducted testing and troubleshooting to ensure the robot’s accuracy and efficiency, and presented findings and recommendations to improve robot’s performance.
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Biomaterials and Tissue Mechanics Teacher Assistant 08/2023 - 07/2024
Buenos Aires Institute of Technology, CABA, Buenos Aires Argentina
Planned and organized classes, helped students with class-related inquiries and particular administrative tasks. Performed demonstrative labs with biological tissues in stress-and-strain testing machinery, and assisted with Nx/CAD software for the design, development and testing of human prostheses via Von Mises stress calculations.
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Research Assistant 08/2023 - 07/2024
Sleep and Memory Lab, CABA, Buenos Aires Argentina
Performed electroencephalograph data acquisition and processing for studies related to the neuroscience of sleep and memory. Interpreted and scored EEG data into the distinct phases of sleep and developed testing protocols.
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Buenos Aires Institute of Technology 03/2020 - 07/2024
CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Bioengineering
Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering (BSBE)

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