Curriculum vitae Fernando Goldbaum NAME: Fernando Alberto Goldbaum NATIONALITY: Argentinian MARITAL STATUS: Married (two children) PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH: Buenos Aires, 11-14-1960. PERSONAL ADDRESS: Araoz 2719 Buenos Aires (1425) Argentina LABORAL ADDRESS: Fundación Instituto Leloir Av.Patricias Argentinas 435 (1405) Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mail: [email protected] STUDIES 1980-1985 BIOCHEMIST School of Biochemistry. University of Buenos Aires 1988-1992 PhD in Biochemistry School of Biochemistry, University. of Buenos Aires POST-DOCTORAL POSITION: Research associate at Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB) University of Maryland. 1993-1996. Director: Dr. Roberto J. Poljak. Field: "Three-dimensional structure and thermodynamics of antigen-antibody interactions" PRESENT POSITION - Director of Center for Redesign and Engineering of Proteins (CRIP-UNSAM) - Member of the Research Career as Superior Researcher (National Research Council, CONICET) - Director of the laboratory of Molecular Immunology and Microbiology, Leloir Institute - Scientific Director of Inmunova SA, spin-off of Leloir Institute dedicated to vaccine engineering TRAINING OF HUMAN RESOURCES - Supervisor of 14 PhD students, which approved their thesis with the maximum qualifications - Supervisor of 2 PhD students currently finishing their thesis. PUBLICATIONS - One hundred fourteen (114) articles published in peer reviewed international journals - Twenty-nine (29) articles published in the last five years. Average impact factor: 5.12 - H index since 1995: 30 Citations since 1995: 2900 PATENTS Six patents deposited in national and international offices, three of them licenced. GRANTS The lab of Molecular Immunology and Microbiology has received in the last 10 years approximately 1,300,000 U$S dollars from national (ANPCyT, CONICET) and international (HHMI, NIH, DFG Germany) funding agencies. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER Scientific Director of Inmunova S.A., a Start Up originated at Leloir Institute specialized in vaccine and antibody engineering. Inmunova has received more than 1,300,000 U$S dollars in grants from national funding agencies and has passed successfully for two rounds of private investment. INTERNATIONAL PRIZES - Howard Hughes Medical Institute 5 years Latin America and Canada fellowship, 2002-2006. “The structure is related to protein immunogenicity” - Prize BIOTECH 2004, AMSUD/Pasteur. “BLS: a new platform for vaccine design” - Howard Hughes Medical Institute 5 years Latin America and Canada fellowship, 2007-2011. “Light-sensing and virulence in Brucella” - Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, 2008. “Light-sensing and virulence in Brucella” - Premio Ciudad Capital Heberto Castillo Martinez 2012 para Científicos Latinoamericanos mayores de 45 años. Instituto de Ciencia y tecnología del Distrito Federal de México. .