Carolina Ugarte Pereyra obtained her B.Sc. in Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering at UDLAP, Mexico, where she investigated gold and magnetite core-shell nanoparticles for anticancer treatments. Following her undergraduate studies, she worked at the Institute of Nuclear Sciences (UNAM) on the "Colmena" project, a NASA-funded initiative dedicated to lunar exploration robotics.
Supported by the Eiffel Excellence Scholarship, she moved to France to complete her Master’s degree in Integrated Research for Advanced Chemistry and Materials (IRACM) in Lille. During this period, she conducted her Master’s thesis at INRAE within the framework of the "Non-aqueous foams for space exploration" project, funded by the European Space Agency (ESA).
Currently, she is pursuing her PhD at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), on the study of ferro- and ferrimagnetic mesoporous nanowires. Her doctoral research is funded by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action under the GREENS project, which focuses on implementing the 5R principle (Reduce, Recycle, Rethink, Repair, and Reuse) in the development of nano- and micro-robotic platforms to minimize environmental impact.