PhD Iriczalli Cruz Maya
About me
Iriczalli Cruz-Maya holds a PhD in Engineering of Products and Industrial Processes from the University of Naples Federico II. She has worked as an associated researcher and postdoc scientist at CNR-IPCB in Naples, Italy, focusing on the development of scaffolds via electrofluidodynamic technologies (EFDTs) for tissue engineering and drug delivery systems. Currently, Iriczalli has started work as a full-time professor in the postgraduate studies division of the Faculty of Dentistry at the UNAM, focusing on polymeric-based biomaterials. She is an author/co-author of over 40 international publications (i.e., original papers, book chapters, and proceedings) on the material/biomaterials subjects.
Iriczalli Cruz-Maya studied a bachelor's degree in Dental Surgery at the Faculty of Dentistry of the UNAM and a master's degree in the postgraduate studies division of the same entity. She has a PhD She won an Early-stage researcher position within the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) and worked as associated researcher and postdoc scientist at CNR-IPCB in Naples, Italy. Cruz-Maya's research is focused on the development of scaffolds via electrofluidodynamic technologies (EFDTs), for tissue engineering and their in vitro biological characterization, and the optimization of drug delivery systems. Iriczalli has worked in collaboration with R&D companies (i.e., Dompè). Currently, Iriczalli started to work as a full-time professor at the postgraduate studies division of the Faculty of Dentistry of the UNAM in the field of polymeric-based biomaterials. She is author/co-author of over 40 international publications (i.e., original papers, book chapters and proceedings) on the material/biomaterials subjects (2025, H-index 16 Scholar, 15 Scopus).
Degrees:
7. Renkler ZN, Babar ZUD, Barra M, Cruz-Maya I, De Santis R, di Girolamo R, Marelli, M, Ferretti AM, Zaheer A, Iannotti V, Guarino V. Optimizing Electrospun PVA Fibers with MXene Integration for Biomedical Applications. Macromol. Mater. Eng. 2025; 310(7):2400433. https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.202400433
6. Iannotti V, Guarino V, Cruz-Maya I, Babar Z U D, Lanotte L, Ambrosio L, and Lanotte L. Exploring the contraction actuation of magnetically functionalized electrospun tubes. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. 2025; 371:115272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2024.115272
5. Cruz-Maya I, Cirillo V, Serrano-Bello J, Serri C, Alvarez-Perez MA, Guarino V. Optimization of Diclofenac-Loaded Bicomponent Nanofibers: Effect of Gelatin on In Vitro and In Vivo Response. Pharmaceutics. 2024; 16(7):925. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics16070925
4. Tummino ML, Cruz-Maya I, Varesano A, Vineis C, Guarino V. Keratin/Copper Complex Electrospun Nanofibers for Antibacterial Treatments: Property Investigation and In Vitro Response. Materials. 2024; 17(10):2435. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17102435
3. Cruz-Maya I, Schiavone C, Ferraro R, Renkler NZ, Caserta S, Guarino V. Designing Advanced Drug Delivery Systems: Core-Shell Alginate Particles through Electro-Fluid Dynamic Atomization. Pharmaceutics. 2024; 16(2):193. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics16020193
2. Cruz-Maya I, Altobelli R, Alvarez-Perez MA, Guarino V. Mineralized Microgels via Electrohydrodynamic Atomization: Optimization and In Vitro Model for Dentin–Pulp Complex. Gels. 2023; 9(11):846. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels9110846
1. Cruz-Maya I, Zuppolini S, Zarrelli M, Mazzotta E, Borriello A, Malitesta C, Guarino V. Polydopamine-Coated Alginate Microgels: Process Optimization and In Vitro Validation. Journal of Functional Biomaterials. 2023; 14(1):2. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfb14010002
3. Renkler, N.Z., Cruz-Maya, I., Guarino, V. (2025). Electro Fluid Dynamic Technologies to Engineer 3D Matrices for Glial Cells in Brain. In: Benfenati, V., Maiolo, L. (eds) Glial Engineering and Glial Interfaces. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94215-0_8
2. Cruz-Maya, I., Renkler, N. Z., Ambrosio, L., and Guarino, V. (2024). Ionotropic cross-linked polymeric beads for drug delivery and in vitro applications. In Nayak, A.K., and Hasnain S. (eds) Ionotropic Cross-Linking of Biopolymers. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-96116-5.00020-X
1. Piscitelli, E., Cruz-Maya, I. C., Cocola, C., Martino, et.al. (2024). Long-term culture of patient-derived mammary organoids in non-biogenic electrospun scaffolds for identifying metalloprotein and motor protein activities in aging and senescence. In Donev R (ed) Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology Micropharm Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.apcsb.2024.03.008