Ms. Ripoll is pursuing her graduate studies on the topic "Biotransformations of glycerol by immobilized strains of Gluconobacter" in the Biotechnology Laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Lorena Betancor, a research professor in Biotechnology. Ms. Ripoll’s graduate thesis proposal was approved by the Faculty Council of the Department of Chemistry at the University of the Republic as a requirement for her admission to the PEDECIBA program.
The graduate received a master’s degree scholarship from the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) in December 2017 to pursue her graduate studies. The research is being conducted as part of a project under the Energy Sector Fund led by Dr. Betancor, which is also funded by the ANII.