Dr Carlos F Ceballos-González

Carlos was awarded his PhD in Biotechnology by the Monterrey Institute of Technology with Honors. His PhD dissertation was awarded the Outstanding Thesis recognition by his alma mater, and it was selected as the best PhD thesis in Engineering and Technology by the Mexican Academy of Sciences in 2024. His PhD work allowed him to publish nine original articles. He is also listed as a co-inventor in one patent in Mexico and two patent applications in the USA. During his PhD, Carlos was a visiting graduate researcher at the University of Cambridge, the University of California-Los Angeles, and the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation in the USA. He also holds an MSc in Biotechnology with Summa Cum Laude recognition, and an upper-class BSc in Engineering.

Carlos is trained in a wide variety of tissue engineering approaches, including 3D printing, micro-physiological systems, microfluidics, and computational-aided design. He also has expertise in advanced in-vitro 3D models, biomaterials, and stem cell biology. His skill set also includes gene editing using CRISPR/Cas9, gene expression analysis, confocal imaging, and programming using Python and R.

Carlos has been a Research associate at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, since June 2024. He was previously a Secondary school teacher in Colombia from August 2014 to June 2015. He was also a teaching assistant from February 2014 to June 2014 during his bachelor's studies.

Carlos is an elected EMBO postdoctoral fellow funded by the European Molecular Biology Organization. His fellowship will start on the 1 February 2026. He is also a member of the UKRI Talent Peer Review College since 2025.