Education & Qualifications
St. Giles International, San Francisco, California, United States.
International Semester year English Course (May 2014 – April 2015)
Certificate of Advance in English from University of Cambridge
Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain, June 2010
M.Sc in Environmental Engineering
Master Thesis: “Design of an economic system in order to minimize nuisances in home composting systems”. Instructors: Dra. Elisabet Rudé, Dr. Ricard Torres
Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain, September 2008
M.Sc in Chemical Engineering
Helsinki University of Technology (TKK), Helsinki, Finland, August 2008
ERASMUS/Final Project Thesis: “Glycerol based renewable traffic fuels”. Instructors: D. Sc. Juha Linnekoski, M. SC. Kati Vilonen.
Career Summary
Administrative Intern (volunteering)
November 2014 – April 2015
St. Giles International San Francisco, CA, USA
Support to coordinate the Social Activities Calendar for all students
Provide information about English courses to prospective students
Support students with information about the school, the city and the country
Inventory of student materials
Support to the Director of Studies, the Registrars and Administrative personnel.
R&D CoE Closure Technologies Project Leader
November 2011 – March 2014
B.Braun Surgical/Aesculap Barcelona, Spain
Lead all projects related with surgical needles;
– Person in charge of surgical needles developments
– Person in charge of relationships between the company and the needles manufacture of the company, located in France
– Improvement of actual products related with surgical needles in order to ensure the actual position in the market and achieve new ones
– Developing of new products related with surgical needles
– Coordinator of projects between the company and tech partners in order to ensure total compliance with agreed targets
Conduct research on new materials and manufacturing techniques
Follow- up of competitors
Assist in the development of new innovative packaging containing needles
Provide technical support to the sutures development group for needle attachment improvements
Coordinate relationships between internal departments in order to launch new products
Patent studies (freedom to operate studies)
Clinical trials with animals (protocol and site feasibility assessments)
6Sigma Project Co-leader (2 implemented measures)
Equipment qualification and process validation (IQ, OQ, FAT/SAT)
Drafting of technical documents for Regulatory purposes
R&D CoE Closure Technologies, Lab Technician
May 2011 – October 2011
B.Braun Surgical/Aesculap Barcelona, Spain
Member of the monofilament surgical threads team
Person in charge of the chemical laboratory, compliance with GLP
Conduct physical, chemical and biological studies in new products
Characterization of internal and competitors products
Feasibility studies on modified and new products
Development of new analytical methods
R&D CoE Closure Technologies, Technician Assistant
November 2010 – April 2011
B.Braun Surgical/Aesculap Barcelona, Spain
Member of the braided surgical threads team
Kinetic release tests
Antibacterial activity tests
Development and implementation of new characterization tests
Coating processes
Research studies
R&D CoE Closure Technologies, Lab Assistant
July 2010 – October 2010
B.Braun Surgical/Aesculap Barcelona, Spain
Member of the Surgical Meshes team covering a maternity leave
Kinetic release tests
Degradation tests
Antibacterial activity tests
Development of new antibacterial tests
Publications
– Aguirre, Juan; Morales-Dalmau, Jordi; Funk, Lutz; Jara, Francesc; Turon, Pau; Durduran, Turgut. The potential of photoacoustic microscopy as a tool to characterize the in vivo degradation of surgical sutures. Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 5 Issue 8, pp.2856-2869 (2014)
Achievements
– Dermaslide® product launch. (http://www.bbraun.com/cps/rde/xchg/bbraun-com/hs.xsl/15543_17373.html)
Language skills
English: Fluent (Written and spoken), Certificate of Advance in English (C1) from Cambridge.
Spanish: Mother tongue
Catalan: Mother tongue (bilingual)
French: Basic knowledge
Additional Skills & Courses
IT Skills Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Flosheet, AutoCAD, Aspen Plus, Biowin, Fortran, Windows and Mac OS platforms, SolidWorks3D, Minitab.
Zwick user
Forensic science and engineering, training course (year 2010, length 31h).
Basic training in microbiological methodology
Acculine Engineering AE-3 training (2012, length 8h)
Internal Auditor training, EMAS, OSHAS 18001, ISO 14001 and ISO 19011 (2012, 12h)
Protection and occupational risk training (2012, 30h)
SolidWorks3D design and simulation. (ASCAMM, 2012, 90h)
ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 13485, EU-GMP, 21 CFR 820 (US-FDA).
Design control, changes control and Process validation, Barile and Associates,Inc.
6 sigma, Green Belt
Laboratory Management
