Virginia Paredes
Universidad ECCI Bogotá, Colombia
Biography
Virginia Paredes began studying Mechanical Engineering in Venezuela (1998), she was Project Manager (1998-2008). In 2008, she was awarded the “FUNDAYACUCHO†fellowship by Fundación Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho of Venezuela, and she completed her PhD in Biomedical Engineering (Biomaterials) from Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain in 2012, (“Biofunctionalized metal surfaces for bone tissue regenerationâ€). In 2012 she joined the “Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering†(UPC) as researcher. In 2013 she has been working in Colombia development project related to biomimetic modified metal surface. She has participated in international congress and published several peer review journals index.