Carolina Ordonez

PhD student (co-supervised with Dr. Cunningham and Dr. Champagne, NRC)

Project: Stimuli-responsive protein nanofiber emulsions for controlled delivery

Carolina is a second year doctoral student from Colombia. Her academic background includes bioprocess, corrosion and polymers. She has six years of prior work experience in Corrosion for the Oil and Gas industry. Carolina’s current project pursues enhancing latex-based coatings with carboxylated cellulose nanocrystals. Her future work will focused on developing emulsions with protein fibers that can be stimuli-responsive for biomedical applications. Aside from research, Carolina is passionate about dancing and making crafts. She likes to do exercise and is an active member of CEGSA.