Maria Ibars Serra PhD

Maria Ibars Serra postdoc

Maria Ibars Serra obtained her PhD degree in Nutrition and Metabolism (2017) at the University Rovira i Virgili (Catalonia). Maria's thesis focused on the effects of polyphenols on hypothalamic leptin signalling in obesity. Furthermore, she carried out a stay at University of California San Francisco to study the role of hypothalamic neurons on hepatic steatosis. After a postdoc at Wageningen University studying vitamin B3 effects in metabolism, she joined the Ion Transport Group to investigate magnesium homeostasis in kidney disease.
 

Personal prizes & awards national & international

• Special Doctoral Prize, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (2017, Catalonia)
• International Doctorate Mention, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (2017, Catalonia)