Biochemist (Universidad de Concepción, Chile) and Ph.D. in Biochemistry (Universidad de Chile, Chile). Head Biotechnology Section, Chilean Public Health Institute (ISP), Chile since 1996. Professor at Universidad del Alba, Santiago, Chile, since 2021. My main research focus is centered on the study of GBS, primarily the development of vaccines based on the sip protein, the development of new detection techniques, and the study of GBS carriage in Chilean pregnant women.