Pinoy Scientists in France

Nicole Ortiz is a PhD student of Neuroscience at Sorbonne Université, France specializing in cell and molecular biology, and developmental neurobiology. Her Master thesis was about investigating the effect of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor signaling on locomotor responses in zebrafish larvae.

Cesar Miguel Fabro is a Masters student at the University Paris Saclay. For Cesar’s final semester under the program, he investigated how electrostatics influence hydrogen evolution catalysis in nickel porphyrins.

Alexa Abangan is a Marine Sciences graduate from Sorbonne University and is about to start her PhD journey with the French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER) where she will explore fish behavior and develop machine learning technologies.

Romar Avila is a master’s student in physical chemistry under the Erasmus Mundus program titled Surface, Electro, Radiation, and Photo Chemistry. His current work involves thin film deposition of high entropy oxides, a class of materials which have the potential to be used for energy storage as supercapacitors or batteries.

Patricia Bravo is currently a Master’s student taking the Erasmus Mundus Nanomedicine for Drug Delivery Programme. She is working on cerium oxide nanoparticles that can dissolve clots in ischemic stroke patients.