Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, Université de Montpellier / UBA
Executive MBA, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella / HEC Paris
Email: ebachrach@utdt.edu
Tel.: (+54 11) 5169-7301
Estanislao Bachrach is a full-time Professor at the Business School of Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT). He is Chairman of the Fundación Crimson para el Avance del Conocimiento, whose mission is to lead and organize educational programs around Latin America, blending scientific, health and technological innovation. He was also a faculty member at Harvard Medical School from 2005 to 2008, where he served as an Instructor in Pediatrics.
His expertise and research in the field of science entails mainly molecular biology, neuroscience and genetics, integrating the development of creativity and innovation in biotechnology, particularly within the health sector.
He studied Biology at the School of Exact and Natural Sciences at Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), earning his degree in 1997. That same year, he was awarded the prestigious Bourse Docteur Ingénieur scholarship from the French National Science and Research Centre (CNRS). This enabled him to continue his studies at the University of Montpellier II where he obtained his Ph.D. in 2001. In 2002, he began his postdoctoral work at the Boston Children’s Hospital. During this period, he taught Genetic Engineering and Biology to entrepreneurs, start-ups, young scientists, and technology professionals at Harvard. He was awarded the Certificate of Distinction in Teaching Biological Sciences for four consecutive years and was also nominated for the prestigious Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize at Harvard University.
Overall, he spent ten years abroad, during which he published eleven scientific papers in international journals, and contributed three chapters to academic books.
Upon returning to Argentina, he completed an Executive MBA at UTDT and HEC Paris. Currently, he teaches Biotechnology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in both the MBA and the Undergraduate programs. During his time teaching at UTDT, he has been appointed Best Teacher for Excellence in Performance several times. He also serves as Co-Chairman of two programs: Program for the Advancement of Biomedical Science Education in Latin America (PABSELA), offered by Harvard Medical International, and Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness for Latin America (ECLA), offered by Columbia Business School. In addition, Estanislao acts as a consultant for several private companies and governmental organizations related to creativity, innovation and biotechnology.