Juan Cruz

Prof. Juan Cruz

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá 111711, Colombia
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Biography

Dr. Juan C. Cruz obtained his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Colombia (2002) and later obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Kansas State University (KSU) (2010) for his work on a new platform for enzyme immobilization to address biocatalysis challenges in non-aqueous media. Cruz has experience as Head of New Product Development in a chemical company, where he developed several nanotechnological applications to improve critical attributes of plastics according to the requirements and standards of new market niches. In 2016, he joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Universidad de Los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia). Cruz has more than fifteen years of experience working in the fields of industrial and medical biotechnology and, in particular, in the development of nanobiocatalysts; the fundamental understanding of protein–protein, protein–surface, and protein–lipid interactions; the development of new nanoparticulate vehicles for the release and guidance of pharmacological molecules; and the search for unique peptides with membrane activity.

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