Edgar Perez-herrero PhD

Dr. Edgar Perez-Herrero received a B.S.E. degree in Chemical Engineering and a PhD in Chemical Engineering with an extraordinary award from Universidad de Salamanca. His Thesis focused on the design, development, and modeling of a new technique for the generation of polymeric microparticles and polymeric biphasic matrixes for different biomedical applications. During his PhD, he was a visiting scientist in the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Texas at Austin (USA), participating in original research on protein imprinting by means of polymer-based particles, under the supervision of Prof. Nicholas A. Peppas.

Also, Edgar was a lecturer at Universidad de Salamanca for 4 years, teaching in different undergraduate degree programs (Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Environmental Sciences), and teaching in the Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering. As a postdoctoral researcher, he had two main interests: thermal insulation by means of encapsulated phase change materials, and the development of new targeted magnetic molecularly imprinted nanomedicines to improve the treatment of Multiple Myeloma. He was awarded the Special Award for New Entrepreneurship of the University-Enterprise Challenge Competition to develop a project on new materials for the thermal insulation of buildings.

Currently, Edgar is an Associate Professor in Pharmaceutical Technology (Universidad de La Laguna), with teaching in the Pharmacy Degree and in the Master’s Degree in Biomedicine and the Master’s Degree in Food Safety and Quality. Also, he is the Director of the Secretariat of Sustainability of Universidad de La Laguna (University Government Team). He has extensive experience in the field of Targeted Drug Delivery Systems in Tissue Engineering, Cancer, and Neurodegenerative diseases. He is a co-author in 18 peer-reviewed publications (EJPB Most Cited Paper Award 2016) and co-inventor in 1 US Patent (B2).