Team:Valencia Biocampus/Team
Meet our Team
Advisors
![Cristina Vilanova](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/b/be/Vbt_cristinaVilanova.jpg)
Cristina Vilanova
I am a biotechnologist currently doing my PhD at the Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology unit of the ICBiBE (UV). My work in the lab consists in implementing different systems biology - and "omics" - based approaches to the bioprospection of natural habitats.![Lucas J. Morales](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/1/15/Vlc_biocampus_Lucas.jpg)
Lucas J. Morales
I am a biotechnologist.I am hardworking, cheerful, motivated and like to laugh. My hobbies are playing guitar, reading, watching series and computing.
I found very interesting the part of modeling applied to biology.
![Tonny Ruiz Gijón](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/b/bd/Vbt_tonny-ruiz.jpg)
Tonny Ruiz
I am Multimedia Engineer. I'm currently working as researcher & software developer at LSyM-IRTIC (UV). I love the job well done, design, creativity and innovation. In the future, I would like to continue researching in computer graphics for physically based environments.
![Guillermo Zafrilla](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/6/6e/Vbt_zafrilla.png)
Guillermo Zafrilla
Hi! I´m Guillermo Zafrilla Requena but everybody in lab calls me Zafri. I think that I´m a freak of technologic or mechanic devices like engines, computers, etc. I joined iGEM because I love doing science and designing new lab devices is a funny challenge for me. I´m very happy this year because it´s my first time as advisor in my team. My professional interests are industrial biotechnology, bioreactors and chemical engineering. I hope that my team will have good results in the Giant Jamboree at Boston!!Instructors
![Manel Porcar](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/f/f8/Vlc_biocampus_Manel.jpg)
Manel Porcar
I lead the Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology lab in the Cavanilles Institute (University of Valencia, Spain). I am the coordinator of the Valencia Biocampus Project. The competition is a very challenging experience; I have been involved in six iGEM editions. I believe that Synthetic Biology will experience many important changes in a close -and fascinating- future: engineering principles will not be taken for granted and evolutionary approaches might replace hype as the driving force of SynBio.![Juli Peretó](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/0/0f/Vlc_biocampus_JuliP.jpg)
Juli Peretó
I am an evolutionary biochemist working at the University of Valencia, at the Cavanilles Institute for Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology. I try to teach metabolism to biotechnologists and I am a passionate of the studies on the origin of life and the history of the ideas on the natural origin and the artificial synthesis of life. The last three years I was the director of the international summer school “Origin, Evolution and Future of the Biosphere” (Erasmus Intensive Programme) and rencently I was named Fellow of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life.![Violeta Beltrán](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/5/51/Vbt_VioletaBeltran.jpg)
Violeta Beltrán
As a lawyer, I specialize in Intellectual Property and Information Technology. I used to work at the Spanish National Research Council (in Spanish, CSIC), the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spain and the third largest in Europe. In particular, I used to work at the Deputy Vice-presidency for Knowledge Transfer in technology transfer issues. Currently I am the lead of the Legal Affairs division at Biopolis, S.L., a biotech company and one of the few spin-off companies of CSIC.![Daniel Ramón Vidal](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/3/3f/Vlc_biocampus_Ramon.png)
Daniel Ramón Vidal
I made my PhD working at the Dep. of Molecular Genetics of the pharmaceutical company Antibióticos S.A. Then I moved to the Univ. of Wageningen as a post-doc. I was Professor of Food Tech at CSIC and UV. Currently I am CEO of Biópolis S.L. My interests are microbial biotech and the production of microbial metabolites. I'm author of more than 100 articles and co-author of 30 patents. I've obtained the European Prize of Divulgation, the Prize of the Danone Institute, and the National Price in Technology Transfer.![Marta Tortajada](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/7/7b/Vlc_biocampusMarta.png)
Marta Tortajada
I am a chemical engineer, specialized in automatics and system engineering, particularly fond of systems biology. I work in applied biotechnology in the company Biopolis, in projects related to the production of microorganisms and valuable metabolites, such as recombinant proteins, active pharmaceutical ingredients, alcohols and microbial polymers.![Carlos Peña](https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/9/94/Vbt_CarlosPenya.jpg)
Carlos Peña
Carlos P. Garay is an Associate Researcher at the IFIC Particle Physics Institute of the Spanish Research Council since 2006.From 2002 to 2006, he was a Long-Term member of the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.
Dr. Garay is an expert in solar neutrino physics, with contributions on a variety of topics in Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology. His current interest focuses on the dynamics of complex systems - in particular, microbiota.
Institutions
Special thanks to:
Vicerectorat de Sostenibilitat i Planificació (Universitat de València)
Vicerectorat d’Investigació i Política Científica (Universitat de València)
Delegació del Rector per a Estudiants (Universitat de València)
Oficina de Polítiques per a l’Excel·lència OPEX (Universitat de València)
Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva (Universitat de València)
Col·legi Major Rector Peset (Universitat de València)
Institut de Ciència dels Materials (Universitat de València)