Marta Pla Verge

MSc in Life Sciences, Bioanalytics, at Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW). Marta is conducting her MSc Thesis at Resistell, working on method development of the technology.

Interested in research and wanting to understand the environment from a new point of view, she did a Degree in Microbiology at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). With it, she gained in-depth knowledge about the biology of microorganisms and their applications and developed her laboratory skills. She also participated in an Erasmus biotechnology project at HAMK, in Finland.

Specially concerned with the increasing spread of bacterial resistances, she participated in Small World Initiative (SWI) informational projects to raise awareness of the topic in secondary schools.

In her free time, Marta enjoys playing basketball, singing and learning about the world’s curiosities.