ACADEMIC TRAINING: UNIVERSITY, POSTGRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES
DEGREE: Biochemical. Issued by the Faculty of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FBIOyF) of the National University of Rosario (UNR).
POSTGRADUATE: Doctor in Chemistry. Institution: FBioyF, UNR. Doctorate A in Chemical Sciences (CONEAU Resolution 566). Topic: “Studies on the interaction of uronic acids and their polymers with hypervalent chromium and their role in chromium transport”. Address: Dr. Sandra Rosana Signorella.
POSTDOCTORAL UNIVERSITY STUDIES
Institution: the University of Antwerp, Department of Physics (SIBAC). Topic: “Physicochemical characterization of reactive Cr(V) intermediates in DNA damage using Resonant Paramagnetic Electron”. Structural determination of Cr(V)-ligand complexes using spectroscopic techniques such as continuous paramagnetic resonance in X and K band (RPE-CW) and pulse paramagnetic resonance, HYSCORE. Supervisor: Dr. Sabine Van Doorslaer.
DOCTORAL/POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND INTERNSHIPS
SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE, DUNDEE, SCOTLAND: University of Dundee, Scotland, Red Crocon, within the framework of the B3 project of the ALFA program, European Community. Setting: Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, Scotland. Supervision: Dr Bernard Goodman.
Topic: “Characterization by EPR of forms of transition metals in plants grown on soils contaminated by traditional industries and their effects on redox processes in plant tissues”. Completed between May 2000 and March 2001.
FACULTY OF CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHILE: Scholarship for internships within the framework of the Argentine-Chilean Bilateral Agreement, scientific-technological cooperation program between the Secretariat for Technology, Science and Productive Innovation of Argentina and the National Commission of Scientific and Technological Research of the Republic of Chile. Project HC-PA/ 01-E04.
Supervision: Dr. Ana María Atria. Topic: "Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopic determinations of paramagnetic species of Cr(V) and Cr(III) with ligands of biological interest". Place: Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Chile, Santiago de Chile.
PHYSICS LABORATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BUDAPEST, HUNGARY: Scholarship for a one-month internship in the framework of the Bilateral Argentinian-Hungarian Agreement (Secyt-OMFB), a scientific-technological cooperation program between the Secretariat for Technology, Science and Innovation Productiva of Argentina and the Ministry of Education of Hungary. Project HU/ A01/EVI/01. Place: Physics Laboratory of the University of Budapest, Hungary. Supervision: Dr. A. Rockenbauer. Topic: Electron Transfer reactions and Coordination Chemistry of transition metal ions with biomolecules. Place: Physics Laboratory of the University of Budapest, Hungary.

ERASMUS MUNDUS POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIP: EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION PROGRAM. This scholarship was used to carry out a postdoctoral stay at the University of Antwerp, Department of Physics, under the supervision of Dr Sabine Van Doorslaer from May 21 to November 24, 2010. The topics developed were approved through the corresponding reports submitted to SECYT, the Belgian Ministry of Education, and the UNR and their results were published in scientific journals and disclosed in scientific congresses, two peer-reviewed scientific publications, a book chapter and a national international congress.