Molecular Biology Lab at the Endocrine Research Center (CEDIE-CONICET), Children Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Biochemist graduated from the University of Buenos Aires. Fellow of CONICET, Argentina under the direction of Dr. César Bergadá and Fogarty Fellow in the Developmental Endocrinology Branch, NICHD, under the supervision of Dr. Fernando Cassorla (1989-1991) and in the Diabetes Branch, NIDDK, under Dr. Derek LeRoith (1991-1994) at NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA. Member of several National and International Scientific Societies and member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism and the International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology, has published over 44 scientific papers and 9 book chapters.