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Diego Muñoz Neira is a Electronic Engineering Technology at TECSUP Institute and a Bioengineering at UTEC Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología from Lima, Perú.<br>
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 andproductDevelopment 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 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 solution for villagers living by the train rail. The solution was chosen as the best in its category.
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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 of the CRISPR-cas9 gene in Nicotiana species. He works on in vitro plant cultivation, molecular techniques, construction and evaluation of plasmids, and genetic transformation, etc. 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.
