Summary
Victoria Mesa is an Associate Professor and molecular biologist with a PhD in Functional and Molecular Biology and over a decade of international research experience in molecular microbiology and bioinformatics. She combines culture-independent NGS data analysis and bioinformatics with hands-on culture-dependent experimental design to drive projects from experimental planning through data exploitation. Her career spans academic roles across Europe and Latin America, contributing to environmental remediation, biodegradation and infectious disease studies. Skilled in project management and interdisciplinary collaboration, she translates complex datasets into actionable scientific insight and publications. Based in Paris, she also engages with industry-focused research through Vedas Research and Innovation, linking academic rigor to applied innovation. Colleagues describe her as both methodical in the lab and strategic in orchestrating multi-institutional research programs.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Functional and molecular biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Functional and molecular biology at Universidad de Oviedo
Ingeniería Biológica, Ingeniería Biológica at Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Master of Science (MSc), Science, Technology, Health - Infectiology: Microbiology, Virology, Immunology, Master of Science (MSc), Science, Technology, Health - Infectiology: Microbiology, Virology, Immunology at Université Paris Diderot
Spanish, French, English