Berta Casanovas Bayo

PhD

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

About

Highly passionate, motivated and curious researcher, with a high dedication and emotional strength for work earned during my educational background. An easy-going person with a positive attitude and team building experience working on research projects. With strong organizational and responsibility skills, initiative and ability to adapt to new situations.

Experience

  • UMB R&D Coordinator at Ferro Corporation
    Jan 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 7 mos

  • Universitat de Barcelona (5 yrs 3 mos)
    • Adjunct Professor
      Oct 2015 - Jan 2019 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      •Teaching of theoretical and laboratory courses for Chemistry, Pharmacy, Chemical Engineering and Materials engineering undergraduate students

    • Superior Specialist Technician
      Nov 2013 - Jul 2018 · 4 yrs 9 mos

      •Setting up and operation of laboratory equipment. •Maintenance of simple laboratory records and inventory for supplies and reagents. •Maintenance of laboratory equipment and supplies by cleaning and maintaining quality assurance records. •Maintenance of a clean and sanitary work area in accordance with standard laboratory practice and procedures.

    • PhD Student in Nanoscience
      Sep 2014 - Jun 2018 · 3 yrs 10 mos

      •Research and development of new materials: preparation and study of multifunctional molecular magnetic materials. •Organic syntheses of coordination ligands to form metal clusters. •Inorganic syntheses of metal complexes using different methods as one-pot, hydrothermal, solvothermal and microwave conditions. •Single crystals crystallization of the metallic clusters using different crystallization methods such as slow evaporation, layering or vapour diffusion. •Characterization of both organic and inorganic compounds using techniques as: - NMR spectroscopy - IR spectroscopy - Mass spectrometry - UV-Vis luminescence spectroscopy - Single crystal X-Ray diffraction - Powder X-Ray diffraction - Elemental analysis - Magnetic susceptibility measurements •Crystal structure refinement using different crystallographic softwares as WinGX or Shelxle that use the Shelxl program. •Fitting magnetic data. •Data analysis.