Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs Specialist

Farah Lamkaddem holds a Degree in Pharmacy and a Master’s in R&D and Innovation of Medicines. Before joining DESTINA, she gained experience in Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs, supporting the implementation and maintenance of quality management systems under ISO 13485, ISO 9001 and MDSAP, and assisting with IVDR and MDR compliance. Farah joined DESTINA to…

Assay Development Scientist

María del Carmen Martín Sierra is a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at DESTINA. She holds a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Aveiro (Portugal), completed under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme. María specialises in the development of molecular diagnostic methods, contributing to projects in viral RNA detection and liquid biopsy, including CoVradar and CoVreader. She…

Laboratory Technician

Álvaro Carretero Tallón began his professional career in October 2023 through the Investigo Programme, working for two years at GENYO in the General Services and Flow Cytometry Unit. During this period, he gained experience in laboratory operations, maintenance of equipment and consumables and core principles of flow cytometry. In November 2025, Álvaro joined DESTINA as…

Chemistry Scientist

Bahareh Soleimanpour is a doctoral candidate associated with the ColoMARK project and currently employed by Destina Genomica S.L. in Spain. She is originally from Iran and has recently completed her second master’s degree in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology at the University of Verona in Italy. She has also obtained a first master’s degree in Natural…

Víctor García

Assay Development Technician

  Víctor obtained his title of Superior Laboratory Technician at the Centro de Formación Profesional I.E.S. Aynadamar (Granada, Spain) in 2004. He has more than 15 years of professional experience in which he has worked for University Hospitals, as well as for Biobanks and Research Centers. During his professional career, he has acquired extensive experience…

Administrator

Margaret joined DESTINA in 2011 following its incorporation, and has an extensive career in government, banking and private sector business covering finance and administration, in Australia and the UK. Her role includes ensuring effective internal activities, as well as managing contact and documentary preparations for DESTINA operations.

  Francisco Javier López Delgado completed his Degree in Chemistry and Master’s Degree in Biotechnology from the University of Granada (Spain). In 2013, he was a PhD visitor student in the group headed by Prof. K. A. Joergensen (Denmark). In 2015, he completed his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Granada, working on the…

Chemistry Scientist

  Juan Jose Guardia Monteagudo completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Granada (Spain). He joined the group of Professor Alvarez-Manzaneda where he worked on the synthesis of natural products. In 2016, he received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Granada (Spain). In February 2016, he joined DESTINA as…

Product & Application Specialist

  Antonio Marin Romero obtained his PhD in Biomedicine in Dec 2020 after participating in an Industrial PhD Program at the University of Granada sponsored by DESTINA. In 2016, Antonio finished his Master in Molecular Biology Applied to Biotechnology Companies (BioEnterprise) at the University of Granada (Spain). During his master’s thesis at DESTINA, he participated…

Assay Development Scientist

Bárbara López Longarela received her Degree in Biotechnology from the University of Oviedo (Asturias, Spain) in 2013, with a project aimed to detect viral strains using bioinformatics and multiplex PCR techniques. In 2014, she finished her Master in Molecular Biology Applied to Biotechnological Companies (BioEnterprise) at the University of Granada (Spain). She joined DESTINA in…