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Portrait Elias Barriga

Elias Barriga

Research Group Leader

CV

Scientific Career

Since Sept 2023
Research group leader on Physical Measurements and Manipulation of Living Systems at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, TU Dresden, Germany

2019–2023
Research group leader at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Portugal

2015–2018
Postdoctoral Researcher, University College London, United Kingdom

2010–2014
PhD work at Universidad Andres Bello, Chile

Honors and Awards

Since 2022
EMBO Young Investigator

Since 2021
ERC Grantee

2021
EMBO Installation Grant

2020
La Caixa Foundation Fellow

2016
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow

2015
EMBO Long Term Fellow

Education

2010–2014
PhD in Molecular Biosciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile

2003–2008
BSc in Biological Sciences, Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile

Lab members

  • Rita Esteves, Lab Tech (PoL)
  • Sara R Azenha, PhD Student (PoL)
  • Miguel Ribeiro, PhD Student (PoL)
  • Jaime A Espina, Postdoc (PoL)
  • Joana Saraiva, PhD Student (IGC)
  • Sofia Moreira, Postdoc (IGC)
  • Fernando Ferreira, Postdoc (IGC)