Professional
Experience
Foldscope Instruments, Inc.,
Strategic Partnerships and Outreach Consultant - Oct 2022-Present
Director of Strategic Partnerships - July 2020-Sept 2022
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Biology Professor - Jan 2023-Dec 2025
Research Experience for Peruvian Undergraduates
Co-director - 2016-2020
Board Member - 2020-2023
• All-volunteer organization
Computer skills
Office (Word, Excel, Power Point)
Adobe Illustrator
ImageJ
Imaris
3DMOD
Education
& Academia
Harvard Kennedy School, Public Leadership Credential
2024-2026
Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI)
Diploma in International Development Cooperation
2025-2026
Stanford University, Postdoctoral researcher, O’Brien Lab
2019-2020
• Research: Establishment of apical polarity in Drosophila Intestinal Epithelium
Stanford University, Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology
2013-2019
• Research: Coordination of junction biogenesis and epithelial integration during differentiation in the Drosophila Intestinal Epithelium.
Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University (Peru), B.S. Biology
2007-2012
• Research: Enzymatic kinetic of Mycobacterium tuberculosis pyrazinamidase and the role of metal ions on its activity.
Languages
Spanish (native)
English (proficient)
French (basic)
Quechua (basic)
MATLAB (basic)
Publications
Moreno-Roman, P. (2025) Building Access to Microscopy: Insights From a Rural Pilot in Peru. Microscopy Today, 33(5):61–66
Mak J, Moreno-Roman P, Núñez Y, Ramôa C, Tedrick S. (2025) Centralizing Utah's Traffic Data for AI Driven Traffic Management. Aspen Policy Academy, Aspen Institute
Moreno-Roman, P.†, Galenza, A.†, Su, YH. et al. (2023) Basal stem cell progeny establish their apical surface in a junctional niche during turnover of an adult barrier epithelium. Nature Cell Biology 25, 658–671 (†co-first authors)
Moreno-Roman P, Bobick K. (2022) Foldscope: Increasing Science Accessibility Worldwide. Microscopy Today, 30(3), 42-45
Li H, … Moreno-Roman P, … Zinzen RP. (2022) Fly Cell Atlas: A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of the adult fruit fly. Science 375(6584)
Martin JL, Sanders EN, Moreno-Roman P, Koyama LJ, Balachandra S, , Du X, O’Brien E. (2018) Long-term live imaging of the Drosophila adult midgut reveals real-time dynamics of division, differentiation, and loss. eLife
Moreno-Roman P. (2017) Yachaq Warmi: Uniendo a mujeres peruanas en ciencia. Revista Peruana de Divulgación Científica en Genética y Biología Molecular 1(2):39-41
Sheen P, Ferrer P, Gilman RH, Christiansen G, Moreno-Roman P, Guiterrez AH, Sotelo J, Evangelista W, Fuentes P, Rueda D, Flores M, Olivera P, Solis J, Pesaresi A, Lamba D, Zimic M. (2012) Role of metal ions on the activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis pyrazinamidase. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 87:153-161
Fellowships
Given Institute Fellow - 2026
Kinship Conservation Fellow - 2025-2026
VVVisionaries Fellow, Vital Voices Global Partnership and Estée Lauder - 2023-2024
Stanford University Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence (DARE) Fellowship - 09/17-09/19
Stanford University Bio-X Bowes Fellowship (profile) - 09/14-08/17
European Molecular Biology Organization Short-Term Travel Fellowship - 10/16-11/16
Stanford University ADVANCE Summer Institute Fellowship - 08/13-09/13
Research
Presentations
(Selected)
NGO CSW Official Parallel Event, CSW70, New York, USA — 03/26
Panelist, WFF Youth-led Agrifood Systems Solutions as Climate Solutions, COP30 — 11/25
Speaker, Congreso de Diplomacia Científica, Peru — 06/25
APEC Ciudadano, Perú - Panel Moderator 7/22
Berea College Women in STEM Conference, KY, USA
Keynote Speaker 3/22
Stanford Bio-X Fellows Symposium, Stanford University, USA - Keynote Speaker 10/21
IBRO-LARC Neuroscience and AI for all Virtual Associate School, Uruguay - Speaker 8/21
Annual Drosophila Research Conference, USA - Speaker 03/19
American Society for Cell Biology, USA - Speaker 12/18
10th Annual Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Retreat, Stanford University, USA - Speaker 11/18
Gordon Research Seminar and Conference on Cell Polarity, USA -Speaker (awarded 'Best Seminar' talk) 08/18
Stem Cell Biology, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA -
Poster 09/17
Bay Area Colossal Drosophila Meeting, Stanford University, USA - Speaker 03/16
Teaching
Experience
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH)
Biology Professor - 2023-2025
Taught undergraduate biology as instructor of record in sections of 20–30 students, including General Biology, Biology I, Biology II, Fundamentals of Cell Biology, and Introduction to Cell Biology, all with integrated laboratory sessions. Served as associate coordinator for five additional courses, contributing to curriculum design and multi-section scheduling.
'Cellular Dynamics II: Building a Cell' course, Stanford University (BIO 129B), Stanford, USA
Teaching Assistant - Spring 2016
Led discussions focused on the development of critical thinking for upper level undergraduates and graduate students
'Genetics, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology' course
(BIO 41), Stanford University, Stanford, USA
Teaching Assistant - Fall 2015
Led review sessions and discussions for ~200 Stanford undergraduates, and gave feedback to the professors on the course content and class activities, graded exams
Stanford Splash, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
Volunteer & Instructor - Fall 2013, 2014, 2015
2013 and 2014: Contributed with the execution of the event
2015: Co-designed and co-instructed class on model organisms for 2 cohorts of 25 students from 8th and 10th grade
Science Bus, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
Teacher - 09/13 – 08/14
Contributed to the design of classes for hands-on exploration of diverse science topics by middle schoolers from East Palo Alto. I taught 20 students once per week every other week
Gene cloning and protein expression using recombinant DNA techniques, Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University, Peru
Instructor, Summer 2013
Co-designed, co-led and taught molecular biology techniques to Peruvian undergraduates