Marisol Andrea Morales Soto

Marisol Andrea Morales Soto has a diverse and extensive work experience in the fields of innovation, technology transfer, and intellectual property management.

Marisol Andrea currently holds the position of Head of Innovation Processes at Kura Biotech, a role they started in January 2022. Prior to this, they worked as an Innovation and Intellectual Property Manager at the same company from March 2021 to January 2022.

From May 2020 to November 2020, Marisol worked as a Program Leader and Transfer Leader at Cetaqua - Water Technology Centre. Their responsibilities included leading the generation of new research and innovation projects based on industrial water resources requirements, raising public and private funding for the center, and managing intellectual property protection and technology transfer.

Marisol also has extensive experience at the Universidad del Desarrollo. From June 2016 to June 2020, they served as a member of the Academic Committee for the Doctorate in Medical Sciences at the Faculty of Medicine - Clínica Alemana. In addition, they worked as a Technology Manager in the Directorate of Knowledge and Technological Innovation, where they were responsible for promoting and applying science, technology, and innovation at both national and international levels. Marisol Andrea also managed intellectual property related to life sciences inventions and identified funding opportunities for technology development and scaling.

During their time at Universidad del Desarrollo, Marisol also served as a teacher for the "From Science to Innovation" course in the Doctorate of Sciences and Innovation in Medicine program from July 2016 to June 2019. Moreover, they worked as a Project Management Coordinator at iCono UDD, where they coordinated research and development projects, facilitated technology commercialization processes, and provided training in intellectual property, technology transfer, and innovation management from January 2014 to December 2017.

Earlier in their career, Marisol worked as an Associate Researcher on a biomedicine R&D project at Fundación Ciencia y Vida from January 2013 to December 2013. Marisol Andrea also held the position of Project Engineer at CREATECH from January 2013 to December 2013.

Marisol's work experience began in 2008 as a Doctoral Researcher in the Biotechnology Doctoral Program at Universidad Andrés Bello. During this time, they collaborated on a project focused on modulating the Unfolded Protein Response (UPR) using small molecules in collaboration with the University of San Francisco, California.

Overall, Marisol Andrea Morales Soto has gained valuable expertise in innovation management, intellectual property, technology transfer, and research and development throughout their career.

Marisol Andrea Morales Soto completed their education in a chronological manner. Marisol Andrea started their education at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 2000 and graduated in 2006 with a degree known as "titulada" in the field of study called "Licenciatura en Ciencias Biológicas." After completing their undergraduate studies, Marisol continued their education at Universidad Andres Bello from 2006 to 2013. Marisol Andrea pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in the field of study known as "Biotecnología" and successfully obtained their doctoral degree.