Defended Ph.D. Theses and Current Ph.D. Students

Defended

Title: Development of Mitochondria Metabolomic Analysis for the Preclinical Characterization of the Impact of New Antitumoral Therapies
PhD Student: Inés Domingo (FPU)(Supervised with Martina Palomino Schätzlein and Antonio Pineda Lucena)
Entity: Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe Dpt: Advanced Therapies
Date: 19/04/2024 Mark: Sobresaliente

Title: Brain drug delivery using polymer therapeutics as intranasal platform towards paediatric glioma treatment
PhD Student: Tetiana Melnyk (AECC Grant) (Co-supervised with Dr. Conejos-Sanchez)
Entity: Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe Dpt: Advanced Therapies
Date: 07/03/2024 Mark: Sobresaliente

Title: Development of analytical techniques for characterization of polymer drug conjugates in biological fluids
PhD Student: Snežana Đorđević
University: Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe Dpt: Advanced Therapies
Date: 24/05/2023 Mark: Sobresaliente mención Cum Laude y Mención Internacional (Opta a Premio Extraordinario) (Maximum mark)

Title: Inflammatory Tumor Microenvironment as Target in the Design of Nanoconjugates for the Treatment of Advanced Breast Cancer (InflaNanoTarget)
PhD Student: Paula Soriano Teruel (Supervised with Mar Orzáez)
Entity: Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe Dpt: Advanced Therapies
Date: 27/01/2023 Mark: Excellent Cum Laude

Title: Design of novel targeted polymer therapeutics as combination therapy for the treatment of brain metastasis-overcoming the blood brain barrier
PhD Student: Fernanda Rodríguez Otormín (AECC Grant) (Co-supervised with Dr. Duro-Castaño)
University: Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe Dpt: Advanced Therapies
Date: 07/04/2022 Mark: Sobresaliente mención Cum Laude

Title: Polypeptidic carriers for the topical delivery of actives and therapeutics
PhD Student: Daniel Morelló Bolumar
Entity: Polypeptide Therapeutic Solutions SL / CIPF
Date: 21/07/2021
Mark: Excellent Cum Laude

Title: Development of Polymer-based Therapeutics for the Treatment of Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer
Student: Sonia Vicente-Ruiz (Co-supervised with Dr. Ana Armiñán)
Date: 15/07/2020
Mark: Excellent Cum Laude

Title: Design of Polypeptide-based self-assembled therapeutics for Personalised Medicine in Breast cancer
Student: Oleksandr Zagorodko (Co-supervised with Dr. Vicent Nebot)
Date: 11/05/2020
Mark: Excellent Cum Laude with an option for the Extraordinary Ph.D. prize (Maximum mark)

Project Title: “DEVELOPMENT OF POLYPEPTIDE BASED THERAPEUTICS FOR TOPICAL DELIVERY”
Doctorate Student: Irene Dolz Pérez
Date: 26/11/19
Mark: Sobresaliente mención Cum Laude y Mención Internacional

Project Title: “Polymer-based combination conjugates for the treatment of triple negative breast cancer: From rational design to Preclinical evaluation”
Doctorate Student: Juan José Arroyo Crespo
Date: 12th November 2018
Mark: Excelente Cum Laude por unanimidad

Project Title: Well-defined polyglutamates as non-viral vectors for cytosolic delivery
Doctorate student: Amaya Niño Pariente (FPI grant)
Date: 24th July 2017
Mark: Excelente cum Laude por unanimidad

Project Title: Desarrollo de Nanomedicinas y soportes poliméricos para la regeneración de tejidos y/o diferenciación de células madre
Doctorate Student: Gabriela de Jesús Rodríguez Escalona (Co-supervised Prof. M. Monleón)
Date: Feb 2016

Project Title: Polyglutamates as carriers for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders
Doctorate Student: Aroa Duro Castaño (FPU grant)
Date: 8 October 2015
Mark: Excelente cum Laude por unanimidad

Project Title: Defining new biotypes in Prostate Cancer for diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic intervention
Doctorate Student: Irene Casanova-Salas (FIS grant) (Co-supervised with Dr JA López-Guerrero and J. Rubio)
Date: 30 June 2015
Mark: Excelente cum Laude por unanimidad

Project Title: Polymer-based Combination conjugates for the treatment of Breast Cancer
Doctorate Student: Coralie Deladriere (FPI grant) (Co-supervised with Rut Lucas Domínguez)
Date: 17 September 2013
Mark: Excelente cum Laude por unanimidad

Project Title: Rational design of polymer conjugates for the treatment of neurological disorders
Doctorate Student: Inmaculada Conejos Sánchez (FPU grant)
Date: 30 July 2013
Mark: Excelente cum Laude por unanimidad (2º award the best PhD thesis of the SPLC-CRS)

Project Title: pH-responsive Polyacetals for the treatment of Hormone-dependent cancer
Doctorate Student: Vanessa Giménez Navarro
Date: 30 November 2012.
Mark: Apto cum Laude por unanimidad (Extraordinary PhD award in Biomedicine)

Current Students

Title: Development of a polymeric combination therapy for the treatment of metastatic triple negative breast tumors
Student: Paz Boix Montesinos
Date: To be defended in 2022

Title: Identification of new biomarkers and the development of combination polymer conjugates in metastatic prostate cancer
Student: Antoni Serrano Martí
Date: To be defended in 2022

Title: Mitochondria-targeted ROS mediated polypeptide-drug conjugate delivery platforms
Student: Camilla Pegoraro
Date: To be defended in 2024

Title: Desarrollo de nuevos procedimientos para caracterizar in vitro e in vivo rutas bioquímicas alteradas en cáncer de mama mediante perfiles metabolómicos obtenidos por espectroscopía de RMN
Student: Inés Domingo (FPU)
Date: To be defended in 2024

Title: Development of analytical methods to fully characterize polypeptide-based materials
Student: Silvia Stifano (Co-supervised S Abad and JJ Arroyo-Crespo (Industrial PhD with PTS S.L.)
Date: To be defended in 2024

Title: Synergistic approach for neurodegenerative disorder treatments using versatile polypeptide-based conjugates
Student: Maria Ibáñez Vives (co-supervised M Medel) (FPI grant)
Date: To be defended in 2024

Title: Design of Polymer Conjugates for Glioblastoma treatment
PhD Student: Amina Benaicha (co-supervised I Conejos-Sánchez) (AECC-CV PhD grant)
University: Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe Dpt: Advanced Therapies
Date to be Defended: 2027

Title: Polymer-based combination Strategies for the Treatment of Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis
PhD Student: Olga Karachevtseva (Santiago Grisolía PhD grant)
University: Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe Dpt: Advanced Therapies
Date to be Defended: 2027

Title: Design of star-shaped tripeptides with fibrillar organization in combination with stem cell therapy for SCI treatment
PhD Student: Karolina Gwizdała
University: Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe Dpt: Advanced Therapies
Date to be Defended: 2028