Dr. Pujals is a Tenured Researcher at the Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC). She obtained her PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Barcelona (UB) in the field of cell-penetrating peptides. Following her doctorate, she moved to Kyoto University for a postdoctoral fellowship, where she focused on biophysics and electron microscopy. With expertise in drug delivery, peptide synthesis, and both optical and electron microscopy, Silvia’s scientific career has been dedicated to drug delivery systems and their study through various advanced microscopy techniques.

Her background in chemistry is essential for designing and synthesizing more efficient and selective drug delivery systems, and her training in microscopy is crucial for characterizing and evaluating them using both super-resolution microscopy and electron microscopy, as well as the combination of both (correlative approach).