Biography:

Melissa is a Medical Laboratory Scientist with a postgraduate degree in Andrology at Instituto Nacional de Perinatología in 2016 and in Human Assisted Reproduction Techniques in 2018. She has been working as a Clinical Embryologist at the Costa Rican Social Security National IVF Laboratory since 2018. Melissa has researched topics such as advanced maternal age, male factor infertility, and genitourinary tract infections using molecular biology techniques, and animal models. Melissa is a proud member of the Global Andrology Forum.ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9104- 8514.