Karina’s career began in Chile at a radio-pharmaceutical company as a cyclotron operator, before she gained over four years’ experience in scientific research as a postgraduate student at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and King’s College London.
She brings significant scientific research experience to her client portfolio, including non-ionizing radiation and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
Karina joined Potter Clarkson in September 2019 and is part of the electronics and computing department.
Specialisms
Electronics, computing, physics, medical engineering |
Education
Karina studied astronomy and physics at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and completed her PhD candidate in medical imaging sciences at King’s College London.
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Qualifications
BSc (Hons), MSc (Distinction), PhD
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Awards & Recognition
Karina has been acknowledged with merit awards at international scientific conferences, including two Magna Cum Laude abstracts at ISMRM meetings 2017 and 2019.
She received a Medalla Camara de Diputados de Chile (Medal of the House of Representatives of Chile) for graduating summa cum laude at her secondary school. She also received a five-year full scholarship award by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile to pursue undergraduate studies, a one-year full scholarship award by CONICYT (Chile) to pursue a master’s degree in the UK, and a four-year full scholarship award by EPSRC (UK) and Siemens (Germany) to pursue a DPhil programme at King’s College London.
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Interests
Outside work, Karina likes to play the piano and Spanish guitar. She also enjoys landscape photography and learning other languages.
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Languages
English, Spanish
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