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During his first year as an undergraduate student, Diego participated in multiple engineering projects focused on social impact. One of the first project called "The Solar Kitchen". With this project, he won the project fair “Vivir la Ingeniería” UTEC 2015-2 in the category of development andproduct, and the third place in the Expo Energy Efficiency Award of Led Expo Peru in 2016. He also worked on a Radiant Wall to Andean Houses which was presented in Congress of Bioclimatic Architecture and Renewable Energies CABER 2016. During 2016, he was elected vice-president at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers UTEC. During this time, the branch won the Sustainable Growth prize.<br>
Diego was trained as a University Innovation Fellow in Fall 2018'''Contact him about:''' Biotechnology, and attended the Silicon Valley meetup in March 2018. As a Fellowdesign, sustainability, k12 education, he focused his work on the well-being wellness and mental health. That is why he founded UTEC Puppy Lab, an organization that promotes mental health through canine interaction. In 2018 he was invited star wars or just to give an Ignite at LOOP, also, he was part of the Bootcamp of the event where along with an interdisciplinary group worked on a solution for villagers living by the train rail. The solution was chosen as the best in its category.say hello!<br>'''Email:''' diego.munoz@utec.edu.pe
In 2018, he participated in IDDS International Development Design Summit in Colombia, initiative created by MIT D-Lab to co-design low-cost solutions to challenges faced by people living in poverty around the world. That same year, he was a finalist in the Disrupton Amazonia contest at UTEC, where he built a prototype of mobile laboratory to collect plastic from the Amazon River and transform it into useful products. The last year, Diego was selected to participate in IAP-MIT Design Technologies for Coffee Production in Colombia. They designed new technologies for agriculture with a team of students from Harvard and MIT and coffee growers.<br>
In 2019, Diego was certified as Trainer of Trainers CCB in Brasilia dictated by Amy Smith (Founding Director of MIT D-Lab). AlsoMuñoz Neira is a Bioengineering at UTEC Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología from Lima, he lead a STEAM educational project for children where he promote creativity and innovationPerú. <br><br>In 2021, he started The Way to createopportunities for students to design their professional future and find a vocation inspired in the Dessign Thinking principles. He was working on workshops for freshmen and sophomore students to help them in the design of their career paths andand discover the opportunities offered by the university.
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'''School:''' UTEC Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología<br>
'''What he does now:''' Bioengineering Student Synthetic Biology research at UTEC and , future Biotechnology founderand spreading science and entrepreneurship<br>'''What that means:''' He works Involved in building new products with communities around biology that make the world to develop capabilities and practical solutions to global poverty challenges. <br>'''Email:''' diego.munoz@utecmore sustainable.edu.pe<br>'''Phone:''' (+51) 955772396<br><br>Diego Muñoz Neira is a Electronics Engineering Technology at TECSUP Institute from LimaPassionate about development education in emerging technologies in America Latina, Perúespecially biotechnology and Synthetic Biology. He is a senior Bioengineering student at UTEC Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología.<br>
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During his first year as an undergraduate student, Diego participated in multiple engineering projects focused on social impact. One of the first project called "The Solar Kitchen". With this project, he won the project fair “Vivir la Ingeniería” UTEC in the category of Development and Product, and the third place in the Expo Energy Efficiency Award of Led Expo Peru in 2016. He also worked on a Radiant Wall to Andean Houses which was presented in Congress of Bioclimatic Architecture and Renewable Energies CABER 2016. During 2016, he was elected vice-president at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers UTEC. During this time, the branch won the Sustainable Growth prize.<br>
Diego was trained as a University Innovation Fellows Program at Stanford University in Fall 2018, and attended the Silicon Valley meetup in March 2018. As a Fellow, he focused his work on the well-being and mental health. That is currently starting why he founded UTEC Puppy Lab, an organization that promotes mental health through canine interaction. In 2018 he was invited to give an Ignite at LOOP, also, he was part of the Bootcamp of the event where along with an interdisciplinary group worked on a biotech startup solution for villagers living by the train rail. The solution was chosen as the best in its category.. This year, he participated in IDDS International Development Design Summit in Colombia, initiative created by MIT D-Lab to co-design low-cost solutions to develop new sustainable materials based on fungal myceliumchallenges faced by people living in poverty around the world. He That same year, he was a finalist in the honor Disrupton Amazonia contest at UTEC, where he built a prototype of mobile laboratory to collect plastic from the Amazon River and transform it into useful products. In 2019, Diego was selected among the 100 young leaders to participate in Biotechnology IAP-MIT Design Technologies for Coffee Production in Latin America Colombia. They designed new technologies for agriculture with a team of students from Harvard and MIT and coffee growers. Continuing his local innovation work with communities Diego was certified as Trainer of Trainers CCB in Brasilia dictated by Allbiotech Amy Smith (Founding Director of MIT D-Lab). Also, he lead a STEAM educational project for children in Lis country to promote creativity and Fellow at Glabal Community Biosummitinnovation.<br>
During 2020, he developed a project on biomaterials from mushroom mycelium where he built a homemade incubator for the production of mycelium pieces as a sustainable alternative to polystyrene foam. In 2021, he participated in iGEM Global Synthetic Biology competition where he won the gold medal in the competition and was responsible for the construction and design of a low-cost Bioreactor. In 2022, Diego was selected as a member of the first cohort of the iGEM Youth Biodiversity Leadership Program and one of six iGEM delegates to attend the United Nations Biodiversity Conference COP15 in Montreal, Canada. Additionally, he was recently selected as a judge for the iGEM Global Competition held in October in Paris.
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He currently works in the Synthetic Biology and Tissue Engineering laboratory at the UTEC University of Engineering and Technology, where he develops a system for CRISPR-cas9 editing and regeneration in Nicotiana species. He works on in vitro plant cultivation, molecular techniques, construction and evaluation of plasmids and genetic transformation. His goal in the coming years is to generate a positive impact on the lives of many people and the planet through biotechnology, as well as bring science and entrepreneurship opportunities for more people in Latin America and Peru.
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