Regulation of Lipid Metabolism in Obesity and Diabetes Group

Dr. Laura Herrero

- Full Professor and PI
  • B.Sc. Chemistry. University of Barcelona (1999)
  • Ph.D. University of Barcelona (2004)
  • Postdoctorate: Obesity Research Center. Boston University, MA, USA (2005)
  • Postdoctorate: Joslin Diabetes Center. Harvard Medical School, MA, USA (2005-2008)
  • Adipose tissue pathophysiology in obesity and diabetes. Structural studies of CPT1 and related drugs in obesity and cancer

Dr. Marijana Todorčević

- Assistant professor
  • B.Sc. University of Belgrade, Serbia (2003)
  • M.Sc. Norwegian Univ. Life Sciences, Norway (2005)
  • Ph.D. Norwegian Univ. Life Sciences, Norway (2010)
  • Postdoctorate: Dpt. Nutrition, Nofima, Norway (2010-2013)
  • Postdoctorate: Radcliffe Dpt. Medicine, University of Oxford, UK (2013-2021)
  • Postdoctorate: School of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, UB, María Zambrano fellow (2022-2024)
  • Adipose tissue metabolism, molecular and cellular control of insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes, human fat distribution, n-3 fatty acids

Dr. María del Mar Romero

- Postdoctoral investigator (CIBEROBN)
  • B.Sc. Biological Sciences. University of Barcelona (2000)
  • Ph.D. University of Barcelona (2013)
  • Postdoctorate: Dpt. Biochemistry and Molecular Biomedicine, School of Biology, University of Barcelona
  • Sex hormones, glucocorticoids and energy metabolism.

Dr. Claudia Vales-Villamarín

- Postdoctoral researcher (Juan de la Cierva)
  • B.Sc. Biotechnology. University of Murcia (2016)
  • Ph.D. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2024)
  • Postdoctorate:  Príncipe Felipe Research Center (CIPF), Valencia (2024-2025)
  • Childhood obesity, insulin resistance, adipose tissue biology

Susana Redondo

- Research assistant
  • Vet technician. CIM Studies Center, Barcelona, Spain (2010)
  • Lab technician. La Guineueta institute, Barcelona, Spain (2023)

Ivonne Palacios Marín

- PhD Student (CONACYT-IDSCEA fellowship, México)
  • B.Sc. Nutrition. Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. México
  • M.Sc. in Nutrition and Metabolism. University of Barcelona. Spain (2012)
  • M.Sc. in Biomedicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism). University of Barcelona. Spain. CONACYT-IDSCEA fellowship, México. (2017)
  • Adipose tissue in neonatal obesity (co-supervised by Josep Jimenez Chillaron, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu)

Ana Corral

- PhD student (FPI fellowship, Ministry of Spain)
  • B.Sc Biotechnology University of Cádiz. Spain (2018)
  • M.Sc.Biomedicine. University of Cádiz. Spain (2021)
  • Brown adipose tissue biomarkers in obesity (co-supervised with María Calderón-Domínguez, Univ. of Cádiz)

Shrestha Mohapatra

- PhD student (FPI-Severo Ochoa predoctoral fellowship)
  • B. Tech - M. Tech in Biotechnology, KIIT University, India (2015-2020)
  • Role of mitochondrial dynamics in metabolic flexibility (co-supervised with David Sebastián, UB)

Siyu Li

- PhD student (CSC fellowship)
  • B.Sc. Food science and engineering. Shaanxi university of science and technology. China (2020)
  • M.Sc. Nutrition. Jinan University. China (2023)

Leonardo Ortega

- PhD student (ANID fellowship, Ministry of Science, Technology, Knownledge and Innovation, Chile)
  • B.Sc. University of Concepción. Chile (2019)
  • Mitochondrial Dysfunction associated to Obesity and Aging (co-supervised with David Sebastián, UB)