Nadia Vertti-Quintero

I am a curious and enthusiastic interdisciplinary researcher who values creativity, love of learning and transcendence.

Coming from a Physics Engineering background, I diversified my training by doing a Master in Science in Bioengineering. A driver in my carrier has been my interest in developing Microfluidic Technologies that allow for studying, in a novel accurate and relevant manner, small biological objects and phenomena.

I conducted my doctoral thesis research studying the heterogeneity in the dynamics of heat shock response, using as a model organism the nematode C. elegans. This project was, naturally, powered by microfluidic platforms and modelling. The interest for cultivating similar quantitative biology approaches brought me to my current Postdoc position, where I am studying efficiency in DNA repair, at single-cell resolution, using S. cerevisiae as a model organism. 

Recently, I have been granted the INCEPTION PostDoc Funding 2020 for Interdisciplinary Projects so that I can continue my research in the Physical Microfluidics and Bioengineering Unit at the Institut Pasteur.

I am open for scientific collaborations, as I would be glad to contribute in the understanding of bio-systems at the micro-scale. Do not hesitate in contacting me.

• Postdoc at Institut Pasteur (2019 – present)
• Postdoc at deMello group in ETH Zurich (2018-2019)
• PhD in Chemical and Bioengineering at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich ‘ETH’ (2018) – Thesis advisors: Prof. Andrew deMello and Prof. Rudiyanto Gunawan 
• MSc Bioengineering at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne ‘EPFL’ (2013) – Master project at Laboratory of Life Sciences Electronics ‘CLSE’ (2013)
• BSc Engineering Physics at Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey ‘ITESM’ (2010)
• International Exchange Student at École Polytechnique (2009-2010)
• Undergrad internship at Laboratoire d’Hydrodynamique ‘Ladhyx’ (2010, 2011)