CLARA MALO

Postdoctoral Researcher

CONTACT

claramalo@unizar.es

Dr. Clara Malo obtained her degree in Veterinary Science from University of Zaragoza (Spain) in 2005. She was awarded her PhD entitled “Designing freezing boar semen extenders” in 2009. From 2011 she worked in the Research & Development department in a biotechnology company, where she designed semen extenders for different species and set up an in- vitro fertilization lab. She joined the Camel Reproduction Centre in 2013 as Head of Andrology and IVF Lab where her research interests are in developing extenders for fresh and frozen sperm, sperm freezing, in -vitro sperm-oocyte interactions and embryology. She carries out many assisted reproductive techniques in many spcies and leads the clinic of the centre. She has also participated in wildlife preservation projects (dolphins, gazellas, houbaras, falcons, cheetahs). In 2018, she obtained a Masters degree on Human Reproduction, participating now in research projects on human reproduction with fertility clinics. In 2022 she has joint to the TME lab with an Araid research contract to start a new research line on fertility preservation for prepubertal girls suffering from cancer.