Gabriela Arias Alpizar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Boston)

gabriela.arias@childrens.harvard.edu

Gabriela obtained her Ph.D. at the Leiden University in The Netherlands under supervision of Dr. A. Kros, Dr. H. Spaink and Dr. J. Bussmann and subsequently  worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Leiden Academic Center for Drug and Research (LACDR). Her work focused on understanding the in vivo behavior of nanoparticles using zebrafish and identifying nanoparticle-cell interactions that can be exploited to achieve targeted drug delivery. In 2023, Gabriela joined the Zon lab to explore the factors influencing hematopoietic stem cell mobilization from their niche. Outside the lab, she enjoys traveling with her family, visiting Costa Rica (country of origin), playing squash and hiking.