Max Planck

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Members

Jahir Orozco Holguín. Group leader.

PhD in Chemistry, University of Barcelona and Institute for Microelectronics of Barcelona, 2008; Chemist, Universidad de Antioquia.

Research interest and expertise:

● Nano-bioengineering, nano-biotechnology, nanomotors, micro and nanocarriers.
● Chemical (bio)sensors and nano(micro)devices.
● Advanced nanoscale materials and methods for detection and separation of biomolecules.
● Development of functional materials by integration of nanostructures and biomolecules (DNA, aptamers, antibodies, proteins, peptides).
● DNA-based sensors for detection of pathogens.
● Nanomaterial-polymer composites for enhanced (bio)sensing.
● Surface and supramolecular chemistry.
● Electrochemistry and analytical chemistry.

Biography

Jahir Orozco Holguín is the Group Leader of the Max Planck Tandem Group in Nanobioengineering (MPTG-N) and Assistant Professor at the University of Antioquia, Colombia. He is a chemist from the same University and has a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Barcelona and the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (Spain), 2008. He completed 3 postdoctoral stays for 7 years at the Banyuls sur Mer Oceanological Observatory (France), at the Department of Nanoengineering at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) (USA), and at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Spain). He has been a correspondence member of Colombia's Academy of Natural, Physics, and Exact Sciences since 2023. He has been awarded the Beatriu de Pinós Spanish Scholarships (2010 and 2012) and the Severo Ochoa Excellence Fellow (2015); and awarded for his outstanding professional activity, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences (University of Antioquia), Colombia (2017). He has been an editorial board member of the Molecules journal since 2019 and an Editorial Advisory Board member of Analytical Chemistry since 2024. His areas of interest include nano(bio)technology, nano(micro)carriers, nanomotors, nano(micro)devices, nanomaterials, (bio)sensors, electrochemistry, and the development of analytical tools for environmental and biomedical applications.

Postdoc

Dr. Susana Pamela Mejia de los Rios Background: Biologist (2006), MSc. Microbiology (2014), Ph.D. Biomedical, Basic Sciences (2023). Line: Nanoencapsulation, in vitro and in vivo studies.
Dr. Danilo Echeverri Hincapié Background: Biological Engineer (2016), Ph.D. Chemical Sciences (2023) Line: (Glyco)nanobiosensors & capacitive transduction
Dr. Andrés Felipe Cruz Pacheco, Ph.D Background: Chemist (2016), MSc. Chemistry (2017), Ph.D. Chemical Sciences (2023) Line: Nanostructured electrochemical biosensors
Dr. Jennifer Paola Quinchía Cardona, Ph.D. Background: Chemist (2017), Ph.Dc, pending for defense (2023) Line: Nanobiosensors and nanocarriers

Graduate students

PhD student: Elkin Leandro Escobar Chaves Background: Industrial Microbiologist (2008), MSc. Biotechnology (2012) Project: Development of nanocarriers for diabetes treatment. (double degree with the University of Groningen).
PhD student: David José Pérez Cardona Background: Microbiologist (2013), M. Sc. Biomedical Basic Sciences, UdeA, (2017). Project: Electrochemical biosensor for monitoring IL-5 in serum.
Ph.D. student: Viviana Vásquez Background: Biomedical Engineer, UdeA (2018), M.Sc. Materials Engineering (2022). Project: Multiparametric chip for detecting viruses and biomarkers of infection: toward personalized medicine.
Ph.D student: Elisa Hernández Background: Engineer in Nanotechnology, UPB (2020); M.Sc. Materials Engineering (2023). Project: Nanostructured platforms for early detection of a Fusarium species and coumarin encapsulation for fungal control in a tropical fruit model.
Master student: Yeison Esteban Monsalve Garcia Background: Materials Engineering (2022) Project: Nanobioengineered platforms for (photo)electrochemical detection of C-reactive protein
Master student: Cristian Stalyn Urrea Tavera Background: Chemist (2022) Project: Peptide-based nanobioconjugates for cargo delivery against colon cancer cells.
Master student: Paula Andrea Vasco Gálvis Background: Chemist (2021) Project: Biopolymer-based drug delivery system for parasporin transport and release at colon tumor microenvironment.
Master student: Pamela Alejandra Úsuga Méndez Background: Chemist (2023) Project: Functionalized PLGA nanoparticle-encapsulated hybrid molecules for targeting colon cancer cells
Master student: Laura Giraldo Arroyave Background: Chemist (2022) Project: 2D Nanomaterial-based capacitive genosensors for specific detection of viruses.