Dr Paula Montero Llopis obtained her PhD at Yale University in the laboratory of Dr Christine Jacobs-Wagner, where she focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms by which cells achieve their intricate internal organization. Her thesis work received the John S Nicholas Prize for the outstanding doctoral candidate in "experimental zoology" from Yale University and the Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. She was awarded a Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship to do her postdoctoral work at Harvard Medical School in the laboratory of Dr David Rudner. Throughout her research she focused on developing quantitative fluorescence microscopy tools to study bacterial cell biology. Dr Montero Llopis currently directs the Microscopy Resources on the North Quad (MicRoN) microscopy core at Harvard Medical School, which she established in 2016. In addition, she is a strong advocate for rigor and reproducibility in microscopy. She has led and authored several publications on best practices in reporting microscopy methods. Finally, Dr Montero Llopis firmly believes in collaborative and accessible image-based science and strives to create meaningful collaborations with her trainees and microscopy industry partners to drive scientific discovery forward.
