Academic Background

I am not a bioinformatician by training. My background is in physics and I was trained as one for about a decade. Here is a summary of my academic background:

• PhD. Computer Science (Bioinformatics Track)

  Tecnológico de Monterrey (2024-2028)

  Monterrey, Mexico

  Supervisor: Prof. Victor Treviño

  Thesis: “A Computational Framework for Modeling the Complexity of Genetic Architecture: From Polygenic to Omnigenic Paradigms to Assess Genetic Risk Prediction in the Mexican Population”

• MSc. Medical Physics

  Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2021-2023)

  Santiago, Chile

  Supervisor: Prof. Hilde Harb Buzzá

  Thesis: “A study of the vascular effect of photodynamic therapy with oxygen variation on chorioallantoic membrane model”

• MSc. Astrophysics

  Universität Bonn (2017-2020)

  Bonn, Germany

  Supervisor: Prof. Susanne Pfalzner

  Thesis: “Investigation on gravitational star-disk encounters producing ‘Oumuamua and Borisov-like Interstellar Objects”

• BSc. Astrophysics

  University of Alberta (2012-2017)

  Edmonton, Canada

To this date, I have 1 peer-reviewed publications and another paper about to be submitted. They are listed as follows:

1) Luis L. Aizpuru Vargas, Rocío Villalba-Pacheco, Ramiro Álvarez-Vaccaro, José Tomás Egaña, Beatriz Sánchez-Nieto, Ignacio Espinoza & Hilde Harb-Buzzá. “Photosynthetic Microalgae-Enhanced Oxygenation Amplifies Vascular Response to Photodynamic Therapy in a Chorioallantoic Membrane Model” [Work in progress] *Submission Soon*

2) Susanne Pfalzner, Luis L. Aizpuru Vargas, Asmita Bhandare and Dimitri Veras. “Significant interstellar object production by close stellar flybys”. A&A 651, A38 (2021)