Power Plant Development

Maria Belen Bortot

**** **** **, *** ***, Denver Colorado, 80206, USA

Mobile: +1-303-***-**** email: *****.******@********.***, ******@*******.***

EDUCATION

August 2012 –Present

University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, USA

Masters of Bioengineering

Thesis: Development of antimicrobial polymer for surgical applications

February 2010 –August 2012

Instituto Balseiro, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina

Masters of Materials Engineering

Thesis: Research and Development of Radioactive Glass Microspheres for Cancer Treatment in

Argentina

February 2004 – February 2008

University of Sydney, Australia

Mechanical Engineering, Honours (Second Class, Division A)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Centro Atómico Bariloche, Nuclear Materials Department February 2010-August 2012

San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina

Materials Science Engineer

Responsible for the development and production of radioactive microspheres for selective internal

hepatic cancer treatment

Materials characterization techniques: SEM, TEM, X-Ray diffraction, Neutron activation

analysis, Thermal Differential analysis, Particle size distribution analysis, Helium Pycnometry

Coordinated research and development of new therapies with the Medical Department

Eitar, Buenos Aires, Argentina May 2009 - January 2010

Graduate Contract – Junior Engineering Business Development

Coordinated client orders with the company’s internal supply

Provided support to the production department on the development of a platform that would give

the business development team access to the updated production information after every shift.

PayPal (EBay) Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia May 2008- May 2009

eCommerce – Graduate Business Development

Developed Cross-Border Campaign with local Australian clients.

Assisted the large merchants services team in using databases and spreadsheets to report w eekly as

well as monthly PayPal business fluctuations.

Negotiated with clients in the development of collaborative business campaigns

Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation, Sydney, Australia November 2006 -May 2007

Intern

Worked on design of geother mal power plant in Lihir Island in Papua New Guinea

Designed a water and oil separator for the power plant and obtained approval for construction

SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS

- The Bioscience Discovery Evaluation Grant Program (BDEGP), Denver, Colorado, Year: 2014

(Collaborated in the writing and submission as well as presented to a Board of investors)

- Fulbright Program Scholarship, Years: 2012 -2014

- International Peace Scholarship, Years: 2013-2014

- Entrepreneurship Innovation Fellowship, UC Denver Year: 2012

- São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), Full Scholarship to attend the São Carlos Advanced

School on Materials Science and Engineering at the Universidade General de São Carlos, Brazil.

Year: March 2012

- Comision Nacional de Energía Atómica (Argentinean Nuclear Energy Committee) Instituto

Balseiro, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina, Years: 2010-2012

- Distinction: JORGE SABATO - Best Technical Development in Materials Science (PREMIO

JORGE SABATO - Mejor trabajo de Desarrollo Tecnológico en Materiales) Bi-National

Conference SAM/CONAMET 2011 – 11 Conference of Metalurgy a nd Minerals. 15-18 October

2011– Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

PUBLICATIONS

1. D. C. Lago, M. B. Bortot and M. O. Prado, Crystallization of ytrium and samarium

aluminosilicate glasses” International Conference on the Physics of Non-Crystalline Solids,

Yichang Three Gorges, Hubei, P.R. China, Sept 16-20 2010

2. M.B.Bortot, S. Prastalo, M.O. Prado, Production and Characterization of Glass Microspheres for

Hepatic Cancer Treatment , Procedia Materials, 2012

PRESENTATIONS

1. M.B.Bortot, D. Lago, M.O. Prado, Characterization of yttrium aluminosilicate glass microspheres

after neutron activation Conference CONAMET 2012 – Conference of Metalurgy and Minerals.

University of Viña del Mar, Viña del Mar, Chile, October 2012.

2. M.B.Bortot, S. Prastalo, M.O. Prado, Production and Characterization of Glass Microspheres for

Hepatic Cancer Treatment Bi-National Conference SAM/CONAMET 2011 – 11 Conference of

Metalurgy and Minerals. 15-18 October 2011– Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Santa Fe,

Argentina.

3. M.B.Bortot, D.C. Lago, M.O.Prado, Mechanical Properties and Corrosion Resistance of YAS

(Yttrium, Alumina, Silca) Glasses with additions of Fe, Cs, Lu and Cs, XXXVIII Annual

Argentinean Association of Nuclear Technologies, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2011

LANGUAGES

Fluent in spoken and written Spanish

Fluent in spoken and written English

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