Tamara Dacoba

Hello,

My name is Tamara Dacoba, and my research lies at the interface of materials design, engineering, the understanding of diseases, and patient care to develop innovative and translational drug delivery solutions.

I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Hammond Lab at MIT, engineering drug delivery strategies to target hematopoietic stem cells. Through the rational design of systems and by characterizing the bio-nano interactions, we have been able to tackle delivery challenges to achieve more effective approaches.

I completed my Ph.D. in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology at Maria Jose Alonso’s Lab at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), focusing on exploiting nanoparticles as drug delivery systems for the modulation of the immune response, both for an HIV vaccine and immunotherapies in cancer. Part of this work on HIV was awarded by the Health Department of the Galician Government (Spain) in 2021. I graduated from the same university with a B.S in Pharmacy and a M.Sc. in Drug Research and Development, earning several excellence awards. I am also committed to building an inclusive scientific community through mentoring and creating networking opportunities.

Through the links below you will be able to access my publications and different contact information.

Best,

Tamara