Dr. Karla Oyuky Juárez Moreno is a biologist from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a recipient of the Gabino Barreda Medal for Academic Excellence (2001). She earned her Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Biotechnology from CICESE and was awarded a DAAD fellowship to conduct part of her doctoral research at the University of Hamburg, Germany. In 2010, she was a Fulbright García-Robles Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of North Carolina.

From 2014 to 2022, she held a CONACYT Research Chair position in the Bionanotechnology Department at UNAM’s Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology. She is currently an Associate Researcher (Category C) at the Center for Applied Physics and Advanced Technology (CFATA) at UNAM, based at the Juriquilla Campus in Querétaro.

Dr. Juárez Moreno is a Level 2 member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers (SNI). She has authored over 55 scientific publications and has supervised 2 Ph.D. students, 15 Master’s students, and 10 undergraduate students. She has also led multiple national and international research projects funded by CONAHCYT and other organizations.

She is an active member of the National System for the Toxicological Evaluation of Nanomaterials (SINANOTOX) and the CaliBaja Center for Resilient Materials and Systems (USA-Mexico). In 2018, she received the Award for Innovation in Bionano Science and Technology from CINVESTAV, alongside Dr. Rafael Vázquez-Duhalt.

Dr. Juárez Moreno was recently appointed as an Associate Editor for Chemical Research in Toxicology, published by the American Chemical Society (ACS), and as an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE.

Her research focuses on nanotoxicology, particularly the cellular and molecular responses to nanomaterials and the impact of commercial nanomaterials on various cellular models. She is also interested in the effects of incidental nanomaterials, such as nanoplastics, and engineered metallic and metal oxide nanoparticles, exploring their properties and potential biomedical applications. In addition to her research, she is actively engaged in science communication, sharing knowledge through social media: @Nanotox Lab (Facebook) and @nanotox_lab (Instagram).

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6171-8601