Research Topics

• Antimicrobial peptides
• Molecular interactions
• Molecular mechanisms of action

Career Path

• 2025–             Associate Professor     Aix-Marseille University (France)

• 2023–2024     Postdoc                                 CNRS–Sorbonne University (France)

"Identification of structural motifs for the recognition of antimicrobial peptides in the bacterial cell wall and interaction partners of cell-penetrating peptides at the membrane level"

• 2019–2023     Postdoc                                 Sorbonne University (France)

"Study of the membrane translocation mechanism of cell-penetrating proteins through characterization of their interaction with complex sugars on the cell surface"

• 2018–2019     Postdoc                                 University of Havana (Cuba)

"Study of the structure and activity of oligomeric pore-forming proteins (actinoporins) and mutant variants"

Education

• 2013–2017     PhD in Natural Sciences   Osnabrück University (Germany)
• 2008–2013     Master in Biochemistry                       University of Havana (Cuba)
• 2002–2007     Bachelor in Biochemistry                 University of Havana (Cuba)