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María Martín López

Summary

Clinical research scientist with a broad background in advanced therapies, including cell therapy and tissue engineering, making me adaptable to any therapeutic area with both, preclinical and clinical expertise. Experienced and skilled in design, execution, result analysis, interpretation and reporting studies.

  • Extensive knowledge in drug development process, good manufacturing practices (GMP) and human pathophysiology & diseases (e.g., spinal cord injury, stroke and vascular diseases).
  • Experienced in clinical study protocol development and execution.
  • Expert in analyzing scientific data including interpretation and summarizing for publications (10 publications in JCR indexed peer reviewed scientific journals).

Overview

16
years of professional experience

Work History

Unidad de Producción y Reprogramación Celular (UPRC)
Sevilla

Advanced Therapies Clinical Scientist
06.2022 - Current

Job overview

  • Conducted and documented experiments under GMP compliance across daily activities and special products.
  • Proficiently inspected and verified tissue donations, processed intermediate products and produced the final product for the treatment of patients
  • Supported other team members on manufacturing activities
  • Performed data analysis and interpretation, wrote study reports and published in first quartile JCR indexed international journals
  • Directed one module of the MSc in Manufacturing of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) organized by the RADdytTA.

Sarcoma Research Solutions
Sevilla

Research in Oncology
12.2021 - 06.2022

Job overview

  • Processed patients' samples in a daily basis
  • Efficiently reorganized the clinical trial patient's database enrolled in +5 different clinical trials
  • Analyzed the effectiveness of specific drugs on cancer cells.


Unidad de Producción y Reprogramación Celular (UPRC)
Sevilla

Clinical/Preclinical Research Advanced Therapies
02.2013 - 09.2021

Job overview

  • Designed, conducted and documented experiments under GMP compliance including authoring technical protocols and SOP's for method development, performing data analysis and interpretation, and writing study reports.
  • Participated in four GMP cell based assays for validation or manufacturing of cell therapies and bioengineered products including neural stem cells, bone marrow derived mononuclear cells, mesenchimal stem cells and artificial skin.
  • Supervised technicians.
  • Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations.

Skretting
Burgos

Fish Pathology Service Technician
10.2009 - 04.2010

Job overview

  • Supported the diagnosis for diseased fish
  • Managed the maintenance of the laboratory equipment and materials and dealt with suppliers
  • Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
  • Cultivated interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.

Charles River Laboratories International
Madrid

Animal Facilities Technician
02.2008 - 10.2009

Job overview

  • Organized and maintained multiple mice lines at the research center belonging to 3 different research groups
  • Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
  • Paid attention to detail while completing assignments.
  • Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement, got promoted within a 6 month-period.

Coritel
Madrid

Programmer
09.2007 - 02.2008

Job overview

  • Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.
  • Tested server code to validate code changes.

Education

Universidad De Sevilla
Sevilla

Ph.D. from Biomedical Sciences
11.2023

University Overview



Good Clinical Practices Course, 2022

Good Laboratory Practices Course , 2015


Universidad De Granada/ IATA
Granada

Master of Science from Manufacturing Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products
09.2013

UNESCO-IHE
Delft

Master of Science from Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Ecohydrology
09.2012

Universidad De Valencia
Valencia

Bachelor of Science from Biology
09.2007

Skills

  • quick learner
  • team player
  • adaptable
  • detail oriented
  • multitasking abilities
  • written communication

Published Work

  • Martín-López, M., Rosell-Valle, C., Arribas-Arribas, B. et al., “Bioengineered tissue and cell therapy products are efficiently cryopreserved with pathogen-inactivated human platelet lysate-based solutions”, Stem Cell Res Ther 14, 69 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-023-03300-z.
  • E. Gomez-Gonzalez et al.,”Polarimetric imaging for the detection of synthetic models of SARS-CoV-2: A proof of concept”, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, vol. 302, March 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2023.108567.
  • García-Delgado, A. B., Campos-Cuerva, R., Rosell-Valle, C., Martin-López, M ., Casado, C., Ferrari, D., Márquez-Rivas, J., Sánchez-Pernaute, R., & Fernández-Muñoz, B. (2022). Brain Organoids to Evaluate Cellular Therapies. Animals, 12(22), 3150. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12223150
  • C. Rosell-Valle and M. Martin-Lopez et al., “Inactivation of human plasma alters the structure and biomechanical properties of engineered tissues,” Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol., vol. 10, Aug. 2022, doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.908250.
  • E. Gomez-Gonzalez et al., “Optical imaging spectroscopy for rapid, primary screening of SARS-CoV-2: a proof of concept,” Sci. Rep., vol. 12, no. 1, p. 2356, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-06393-3.
  • M. B. González et al., “Optimization of human platelet lysate production and pathogen reduction in a public blood transfusion center,” Transfusion, vol. 62, no. 9, pp. 1839–1849, Sep. 2022, doi: 10.1111/trf.17045.
  • E. Gomez-Gonzalez et al., “Hyperspectral image processing for the identification and quantification of lentiviral particles in fluid samples,” Sci. Rep., vol. 11, no. 1, p. 16201, Dec. 2021, doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95756-3.
  • M. Martín-López , E. González-Muñoz, E. Gómez-González, R. Sánchez-Pernaute, J. Márquez-Rivas, and B. Fernández-Muñoz, “Modeling chronic cervical spinal cord injury in aged rats for cell therapy studies,” J. Clin. Neurosci., vol. 94, pp. 76–85, Dec. 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2021.09.042.
  • M. Martin-Lopez , B. Fernandez-Muñoz, and S. Canovas, “Pluripotent Stem Cells for Spinal Cord Injury Repair,” Cells, vol. 10, no. 12, p. 3334, Nov. 2021, doi: 10.3390/cells10123334.
  • B. Fernández-Muñoz et al., “Retrieval of germinal zone neural stem cells from the cerebrospinal fluid of premature infants with intraventricular hemorrhage,” Stem Cells Transl. Med., vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 1085–1101, Sep. 2020, doi: 10.1002/sctm.19-0323.

Languages

Spanish native and English (C1)

Skills

Advanced therapies, cell therapy, clinical development, clinical study, clinical trials, drug development, English, experiments, GMP, interpretation, international experience, protocols, research, SOP, tissue engineering, validation.

Timeline

Advanced Therapies Clinical Scientist

Unidad de Producción y Reprogramación Celular (UPRC)
06.2022 - Current

Research in Oncology

Sarcoma Research Solutions
12.2021 - 06.2022

Clinical/Preclinical Research Advanced Therapies

Unidad de Producción y Reprogramación Celular (UPRC)
02.2013 - 09.2021

Fish Pathology Service Technician

Skretting
10.2009 - 04.2010

Animal Facilities Technician

Charles River Laboratories International
02.2008 - 10.2009

Programmer

Coritel
09.2007 - 02.2008

Universidad De Sevilla

Ph.D. from Biomedical Sciences

Universidad De Granada/ IATA

Master of Science from Manufacturing Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products

UNESCO-IHE

Master of Science from Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Ecohydrology

Universidad De Valencia

Bachelor of Science from Biology
María Martín López