Faglige nøgleord: Nanotechnology, Bacteria, Machine learning, Material science, Spectroscopy, Wounds
Oplæg tilgængeligt på: Engelsk og portugisisk
1) My PhD is about developing faster diagnosis of bacteria infecting chronic open wounds. For that I will use nanotechnology, machine learning and a technique called Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS).
2) It's important to quickly get a diagnose of antibiotic resistant bacteria, for example Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes around half a million deaths per year. Conventional methods of diagnose require bacteria culturing that can take up to 3 days, which can create further complicate the infection
3) I was always very curious and interested about science and technology, but my path from high school to where I am now had a lot of curves, mostly because I couldn't decide on what to study and if I would have a good job or not. After high school I studied as a Automation and Robotics technician because that was could give me a lot of opportunities in the job market. After the course I worked for a while as a automation technician in a beer factory, but during that time I started to realize that I didn't feel fulfilled and so I decided to go to University. I chose Nanotechnology Engineering for my BSc and MSc because it is a very interdisciplinary program: math, physics, chemistry and biology. I immediately fell in love with this field, and I never let it go. I have done research in soft robotics, self cleaning inks and now in my PhD I use nanoparticles to detect bacteria. I chose DTU because it's a very nice university with high quality education and a wide variety of research fields and opportunities.