Education

• Ph.D. in Engineering. University of Los Andes; Bogotá, Colombia Dissertation.  (2003)

• M.S. in Mechanical Engineering. University of Los Andes; Bogotá, Colombia Dissertation.  (1999)

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. University of Los Andes; Bogotá, Colombia Dissertation.  (1997)

Honors

• Outstanding Presentation Award, Transfusion with polymerized hemoglobin compromised tissue viability. The 52th Annual Conference American Society for Artificial Internal Organs. Chicago, IL. 2006 

• Young Investigator Award, International Symposium on Blood Substitutes. Beijing, China. 2007 

• Young Investigator Award, Current Issues on Blood Substitute Research. Tokyo, Japan. 2008 

• Young Innovator Award, Society for Artificial Internal Organs. Dallas, TX. 2009 

• Outstanding Young Investigator, Microcirculatory Society, Anaheim, CA. 2010

• Hellman Fellow, Hellman Family Foundation, San Francisco, CA. 2011 

• University of California, Academic Senate Research Award, San Diego, CA. 2011 

• Edmund Optics, Norman Edmund Inspiration Award, Barrington, NJ. 2012

• Bioengineering Teacher of the Year Award, La Jolla, CA. 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016

• University-Wide recipient of the UC San Diego Diversity Award, La Jolla, CA. 2013  

• Society of Women Engineers,  Faculty Mentor of the Year, La Jolla, CA. 2014  

• Tau Beta Pi Honor Society, Faculty of the Year, La Jolla, CA. 2014  

• Fellow of AIMBE, 2019