Elsa María Materón Vásques

Chemist of the Universidad del Valle, Colombia with a strong foundation in Condensed Matter Physics, she earned her Masters degree (2011) and Ph.D. in Biotechnology (2015) from São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho. Her doctoral work included research internships at the University of Waterloo (Department of Bioanalytics) and the University of Pennsylvania (Department of Physics). She completed postdoctoral fellowships at the Federal University of São Carlos (2016) and the University of Pennsylvania (2018). Since 2016, she has been a research collaborator at the Institute of Physics of São Carlos (IFSC). Her research spans surface physical chemistry, with a focus on the application of field-effect transistors for cancer biomarker detection, the study of chemotherapy drug metabolism via membrane models (including Langmuir films), thin film deposition, materials for controlled drug release, and the development of electrochemical and optical biosensors. Additionally, she synthesizes nanobiomaterials, magnetic, and metallic nanoparticles for use in optical and electrochemical device applications. (Fonte: Currículo Lattes)