Paula graduated in 2017 with a degree in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. She decided to pursue a Nanomedical career by completing an MSc in Translational Biomedical Research at Vall d’Hebron Hospital, Spain.
Today, she is now persuing a PhD in Systems Neuroscience at Hospital Clinic and Fundació Clinic/IDIBAPS. She works in the laboratory studying the pathogenesis of immune-mediated neuronal disorders and how these disorders affect long and short-term memory. The main objective of her project is not only to understand how information is build, stored and ecoded in the brain, but also to continue developing an animal model that would help understand disorders that involve memory deficits and schizofrenia.
During her time at Hospital Clinic, Paula is developing new skills as a neuroscience experimentalist and data scientist using state of the art machine learning algorithms to analyze her data.
Paula has strong organising and planning skills as well as excellent problem-solving skills. She is productive and efficient under stress conditions.
In her spare time, Paula likes to take pictures, dance, read and watch series.
Email: paula.peixoto@womars.org