Victoria Calzada
Victoria Calzada | |
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 Victoria Calzada in 2023. | |
| Born | Victoria Calzada Falcón July 1985 (age 41) |
| Occupations | Biochemist, professor, researcher, scientist |
| Employer | University of the Republic |
| Awards | L'Oréal UNESCO Awards for Women in Science |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of the Republic |
Victoria Calzada Falcón (Montevideo, 1985), is a Uruguayan biochemist, professor, researcher and scientist. In 2020, Calzada was awarded the L'Oréal UNESCO Awards for Women in Science for her country.
Career
Calzada studied Biochemistry at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of the Republic in Uruguay.[1] She completed her doctorate in Chemistry at the same institution in 2015.[1] She is Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiopharmacy at Udelar’s Center for Nuclear Research since 2015.[2] She is coordinator of the Ibero‑American Aptamer Network (REDIBA) and a member of the International Society on Aptamers (INSOAP).[1] She is a specialist in the area of aptamers and molecular imaging, and since 2012 she is a member of the National System of Researchers of Uruguay.[3][4]
In 2020, Calzada was awarded the L'Oréal UNESCO Awards for Women in Science for her country.[3][5][6][7][8]
References
- 1 2 3 "Victoria Calzada es la ganadora del premio L'Oréal-Unesco". Udelar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-11-16. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ↑ "Victoria CALZADA | Professor (Assistant) | PhD | Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares, Uruguay, Montevideo | Radiopharmacy | Research profile". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 2023-01-14. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
- 1 2 "Entrevista a Victoria Calzada ganadora del premio L´Oreal-UNESCO". University of the Republic of Uruguay (in Spanish).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Visiting professor wins women in science award". Bond Life Sciences Center. 2024. Archived from the original on 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ↑ "Victoria Calzada y Erika Teliz recibieron el Premio "Por las Mujeres en la Ciencia"". El País (in Spanish). 2022-04-08. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ↑ "Bioquímica uruguaya premiada por sus trabajos en tratamiento y diagnóstico de cáncer". El País (in Spanish). 2020-11-19. Archived from the original on 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ↑ "L'Oréal - Unesco premia a la mujer científica 2020: Dra. Victoria Calzada". El Espectador 810 (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ↑ "Victoria Calzada y Erika Teliz ganaron Premio L'oréal y Unesco por las mujeres en Ciencia". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2023-11-17.