Mario Soto Martinez
Biography
Mario Soto Martinez earned his Bachelor’s degree in Nanotechnology Engineering from ITESO, Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2020. During his studies, he completed an internship at CIIDEP, ITESM Monterrey (2018), where he worked on smart materials for environmental applications. His undergraduate research focused on the fabrication of nanostructured electrodes for biosensing. He later obtained his M.Sc. in Bioengineering from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, in 2022, where he specialized in the microfabrication of thin-film transistors for biosensing applications. Mario’s interdisciplinary background in nanotechnology, materials engineering, and bioelectronics underpins his current research on multimodal sensing systems for point-of-care diagnostics
Research Interests
Mario’s research focuses on the development of multimodal sensing systems for point-of-care disease screening. His approach combines electrochemical and gas sensors to detect biomarkers that indicate disease presence or stage. He integrates materials engineering, microfabrication, electronics, and prototyping to design and optimize these platforms for practical implementation, aiming to advance accessible and reliable healthcare technologies.
Qualifications
Education
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Bioengineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, 2022
- Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
- Nanotechnology, ITESO, Mexico, 2020
- Spanish
- Native or bilingual proficiency
- English
- Full professional proficiency
Languages
Selected Publications
- Soto Martinez, M., Tsyban, Y., Przybysz, A., Bukhamsin, A., Sivalingam, Y., & Salama, K. N. (2025). Portable multimodal sensing system for screening of diabetes mellitus from human urine. VIEW. https://doi.org/10.1002/VIW.20250010 (Original work published 2025)
- Shetty, S. S., Bukhamsin, A., Soto Martinez, M., Harfouche, M., Singh, S., Ghadiyali, M., … Salama, K. N. (2025). A scalable, tunable, electrochemical dissolution method for anchoring single-atom catalysts on 2d sheets of molybdenum disulfide. Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mser.2025.101009 (Original work published 2025)
- Bukhamsin, A., Shetty, S. S., Fakeih, E., Soto Martinez, M., Lerma, C., Mundummal, M., … Salama, K. N. (2025). In vivo dynamics of indole- and phenol-derived plant hormones: Long-term, continuous, and minimally invasive phytohormone sensor. Science Advances, 11(16). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ads8733 (Original work published 2025)