Celia Martinez de la Torre

Celia Martinez de la Torre is a 4^th year PhD student whose doctoral project focuses on the development and characterization of a novel tumor-targeted pH-sensitive manganese oxide nanoparticles for specific magnetic resonance imaging of the cancer site. During the end of the second year and beginning of the third year of her doctorate, Celia has published two first author articles in the peer reviewed journals JoVE and PLOS One. Additionally, Celia has successfully defended her research proposal and was awarded the WVU Health Sciences Center International Fellowship Award, modeled after the NIH F31 NRSA Graduate Fellowship for her dissertation project.

Her career goal is to become a tenure-track faculty member to perform cutting-edge biomedical imaging research and teach undergraduate and graduate students. In addition to pursuing her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Celia is working towards obtaining a higher education teaching certificate to refine her teaching technique and implement guest lectures in Biomedical Engineering undergraduate and graduate courses, such as Biomaterials and Biomedical Imaging.