January 2020
María Isabel Amorín Cabrera > Other Awards
MIT Technology Review has been performing a talent search in several Latin American countries for the most talented young innovators and entrepreneurs who are developing new technologies to address the most pressing issues faced by society. During the event, 5 of them received special mentions:Adán Ramírez (Mexico), María Isabel Amorín (Guatemala), Jaime Andrés Pérez (Colombia), Lencio Huamán Peredo (Peru) and Bárbara Tomadoni (Argentina).
January 2020
María Isabel Amorín Cabrera > Other Awards
MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 is an annual list that recognizes outstanding innovators who are younger than 35. The awards span a wide range of fields, including biotechnology, materials, computer hardware, energy, transportation, communications, and the Internet.
May 2019
María Isabel Amorín Cabrera > Other Awards
Ve + allá, Bayer’s social responsibility contest for young innovators with a biotechnology projects.
August 2018
María Isabel Amorín Cabrera > Other Awards
Winner in the Young Water Fellowship Program 2018 (global edition) (grant for pilot project implementation), for her commitment and innovative ideas in the improvement of water, hygiene and sanitation problems organized by Young Water Solutions.
August 2019
María Isabel Amorín Cabrera > Other Awards
Outstanding Youth Award for their hard work and entrepreneurship in the different branches they represent. The outstanding young people 2019 were Jacobo Suret, Ch’umilkaj, Hidalynn Alexa Zapata Mazariegos, María Isabel Amorín, Jorge Vega López, Ken Lou Castillo, Krista Rocío González Gruest and Paola Chuc.
November 2019
María Isabel Amorín Cabrera > Other Awards
Awarded with a scholarship by the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation ITEC, Government of India to attend the course "Protocols for the Production of. High Value Secondary Products from Industrial Fish and Shellfish Processing"
May 2019
María Isabel Amorín Cabrera > Other Awards
Ranranked in the Top 100 Water Innovators out of 3,000 candidates by FAMAE under the Precious Water Challenge 2019
July 2020
María Isabel Amorín Cabrera > Other Awards
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Awards

January 2020 Entrepreneur of the Year Innovators Under 35 LATAM 2019 Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Technology Review

January 2020 Innovators Under 35 LATAM of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Technology Review

May 2019 Ve + allá, Bayer’s CSR contest for young innovators working on biotechnology.

August 2018 Young Water Fellowship Program Global Edition 2018

August 2019 Outstanding Youth Award, Consejo Nacional de la Juventud, -CONJUVE

November 2019 Scholarship Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation ITEC, Government of India

May 2019 FAMAE Top 100 Water Innovators

July 2020 Chevening Scholarship
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The University of Edinburgh

Degrees:

2018
Undergraduate
Chemical Sciences
2021
Master
Chemical Sciences

Publications resulting from Research
Amorín, M., Chacón, R., & Gutiérrez, K. (2019). Membrana de polímeros naturales marinos funcionalizada con extracto de Rosmarinus officinalis para aplicaciones biomédicas. 6to. Congreso Internacional Biomateriales e Ingeniería de Órganos y Tejidos, Monterrey, México. (Conference paper)

Amorín, M. (2018). Síntesis del compuesto 5-fenil-3-hidroxi-3-metilpentanoato de etilo a partir de bromoacetato de etilo y 4-fenil-2-butanona (Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala). Retrieved from https://biblioteca-farmacia.usac.edu.gt/Tesis/Q239.pdf (Thesis)

TEDx Guatemala City-UNICEF
2025
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"Las niñas en la ciencia"
6to Congreso Internacional Biomateriales e Ingeniería de Órganos y Tejidos
2025
icon-pin-location Monterrey, México
Membrana de polímeros naturales marinos funcionalizada con extracto de Rosmarinus officinalis para aplicaciones biomédicas

Protocols for The Production of High Value Secondary Products from Industrial Fish and Shellfish Processing
2025
icon-pin-location Central Institute Of Fisheries Technology CIFT, Kochi, Kerala, India
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Workshop
2025
icon-pin-location Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México
Biotechnology Research Internship
2025
icon-pin-location Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Development of social enterprises for sustainable development of the water and sanitation sector
2025
icon-pin-location Cewas, Switzerland. Young Water Solutions, Belgium
World Water Week
2025
icon-pin-location Stockholm, Sweden
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Awards

January 2020 Entrepreneur of the Year Innovators Under 35 LATAM 2019 Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Technology Review

January 2020 Innovators Under 35 LATAM of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Technology Review

May 2019 Ve + allá, Bayer’s CSR contest for young innovators working on biotechnology.

August 2018 Young Water Fellowship Program Global Edition 2018

August 2019 Outstanding Youth Award, Consejo Nacional de la Juventud, -CONJUVE

November 2019 Scholarship Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation ITEC, Government of India

May 2019 FAMAE Top 100 Water Innovators

July 2020 Chevening Scholarship