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PROFESSORS & RESEARCHERS

Prof. Dr. Daniel Jaque García

BSc: Physics (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1996)

PhD: Physics (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1999)

Research interests: Biophysics, nanoparticles, bioimaging

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Prof. Dr. Francisco Sanz Rodríguez

BSc: Biology (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1995)

PhD: Biology (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2000)

Research interests: Photodynamic therapy, Adhesion molecules, Cytoskeleton, Cell death.

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Prof. Dr. José García Solé

BSc: Physics (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1979)

PhD: Physics (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1983)

Research interests: Nanoparticles, Nanomedicine, Bioimaging, Fluorescent materials

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Prof. Dr. María del Carmen Iglesias de la Cruz

BSc: Pharmacy (Universidad de Alcalá, 1994, Valedictorian of the XIV class)

PhD: Pharmacy (Depto Fisiología Universidad de Alcalá, 1998)

Research interests: Nanomedicine, in vitro studies, in vivo studies, kidney physiology, inflammation, carcinogenesis.

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Prof. Dr. Nuria Fernández

BSc: VMD, Veterinary (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1989)

PhD: Veterinary (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1993)

Research interests: Vascular Biology, Ischemia, Reperfusion, Endothelium, Nanoparticles

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Prof. Dr. Luis Monge

BSc: MD, Medicine (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1981)

PhD: Medicine (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1985)

Research interests: Vascular Biology, Ischemia, Reperfusion, Endothelium, Nanoparticles

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Dr. Miriam Granado

BSc: Pharmacy (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2001)

PhD: Physiology (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2007)

Research interests: Nanoparticles, Metabolism, Cardiovascular, Obesity, Aging, Functional foods, Nutraceuticals.

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Dr. Erving Ximendes

BSc: Physics (Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil, 2014)

PhD: Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, 2018)
Condensed Matter Physics (Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil, 2018)

Research interests: Optics, Photonics, Nanotechnology, Imaging

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Dr. Patricia Haro González

BSc: Physics (Universidad de La Laguna, 2006)

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PhD: Physics (Universidad de La Laguna, 2011)

Research interests: Optical trapping, bioimaging, lanthanide-doped materials, microplastics

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Dr. Dirk Ortgies

BSc: Chemistry (Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany 2006)

MSc: Chemistry (Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany 2008)

PhD: Chemistry (Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada)

Research interests: Luminescent nanoparticles, nanothermometry, autofluorescence-free imaging, in vivo imaging, cardiovascular imaging

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Dr. Emma Martín Rodríguez

BSc: Physics (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

MSc:

PhD: Physics of Materials (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Research interests: Luminescent nanoparticles, bioimaging, biosensing

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Dr. Riccardo Marin

BSc: Materials Science (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy, 2010)

MSc: Materials Science (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy, 2012)

PhD: Chemistry (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy + Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montréal, Canada, 2017)

Research interests: Luminescent nanoaprticles, Plasmonic nanoparticles, Optomagnetic metal complexes, Bioimaging

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Dr. Antonio Benayas

BSc: Physics (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2007)

MSc: Photonics (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2008)

PhD: Physics of Light & Matter (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2012)

Research interests: Near-infrared emitting nanoparticles, fluorescence imaging, photoacoustic imaging, lanthanide-doped materials, semiconductor nanocrystals, heat at nanoscale

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PhD STUDENTS

Esther Rincón

BSc: Physics (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2021)

MSc: Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2022)

Thesis project: Optical manipulation of micro- and nano-objects with aplication in bio- and ecotechnologies.

Supervisors: Patricia Haro González and Prof. Mercedes Carrascosa (UAM)

ORCID: 0009-0001-1176-3850

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Diego Lecumberri Díez

BSc: Chemistry (Universidad de Navarra, Spain, 2022)

MSc: Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2023)

Thesis project: Synthesis of novel contrast agents for biomedical imaging.

Supervisor: Emma Martín Rodríguez and Dirk Ortgies

ORCID: 0009-0000-4466-7470

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Ana Dávila

BSc: Physics (Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristobal de La Laguna, Spain, 2022)

MSc: Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2024)

Thesis project: Optical manipulation of particles with structured light.

Supervisors: Patricia Haro González

ORCID: 0009-0004-0412-9925

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Fengchan Zhang

BSc: Light sources and Optics (Shenzhen University, China, 2018)

MSc: Optical Engineering (Shenzhen University, China, 2021)

Thesis project: Optical trapping of luminescent nanoparticles

Supervisor: Patricia Haro González

ORCID: 0000-0003-0751-1009

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Leyre Aldaz Caballero

BSc: Chemistry (Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Donosti, Spain, 2020)

MSc: Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2021)

Thesis project: Synthesis and characterization of luminescence semiconductor nanocrystals for bioimaging.

Supervisors: Antonio Benayas and Riccardo Marin

ORCID: 0009-0000-1533-9953

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Nicol D. Caetano Zeballos

BSc: Chemistry (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 2021)

MSc: Biomaterials (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2022)

Thesis project: Plasmonic and Luminescent Nanoparticles Working at "Larger NIR" Wavelengths (> 1500nm).

Supervisors: Antonio Benayas and Marta Quintanilla (UAM, Materials Physics Department)

ORCID: 0009-0003-1005-8855

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Ely Bravo

BSc: Chemistry Engineering (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)

MSc: Biochemistry (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)

Thesis project: Luminescent Ag2S nanoparticles functionalized with anti PD-L1 antibodies as molecular imaging contrast agent for infrared fluorescence imaging and NSCLC labeling.

Supervisors: Dirk Ortgies and María del Carmen Iglesias de la Cruz

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Marina París Ogáyar

BSc: Physics (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 2020)

MSc: Nanophysics and Advanced materials (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2021)

Thesis project: Study of different nanoparticle interactions for bioapplications.

Supervisors: Daniel Jaque García and Ana Espinosa (ICMM CSIC)

ORCID: 0000-0002-4816-7729

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Pablo Camarero Linares

BSc: Physics (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2021)

MSc: Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2022)

Thesis project: To start next year. Currently Investigo scholarship with Mercedes Carrascosa (Materials Physics Department, UAM)

Supervisors: Patricia Haro González and Marta Quintanilla (UAM, MaterialS Physics Department)

ORCID: 0000-0002-4930-9127

Alejandro Hernández Medel

BSc: Physics (Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain, 2021)

MSc: Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2022)

Thesis project: Magnetoplamonic nanoparticles for controlled biomedical therapies through nanothermometry.

Supervisors: Emma Martín Rodríguez and Célia Tavares de Sousa (UAM, Applied Physics Department)

ORCID: 0009-0002-6679-6665

Emily Andreato

BSc: Sustainable Chemistry and Technologies (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy, 2020)

MSc: Science and Technology of Bio and Nanomaterials (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy, 2023)

Thesis project: Novel fluoride-based nanoparticles for multiparametric sensing in biological environments

Supervisors: Riccardo Marin

ORCID: 0009-0001-7440-947X

Liyan Ming

BSc: Bioengineering (East China University of Science and Technology, China, 2018).

MSc: Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Fujian Agricultural University, China, 2021)

Thesis project: Infrared emitting nanoparticles for thermal control in the brain.

Supervisors: Erving Ximendes and Riccardo Marin

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Livia Didonè

BSc: (Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy, 2022)

MSc: Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology (Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy, 2022)

Thesis project: Application of luminescent infrared-emitting nanoparticles for the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory processes

Supervisors: Álvaro Artiga Folch and Miriam Granado García

ORCID: 0009-0003-1740-0836

Nikita Panov

BSc: Chemistry (University of Ottawa, 2017)

MSc: Chemistry (University of Ottawa, 2020)

Thesis project: Multiparametric Luminescence Sensing

Supervisors: Daniel Jaque and Riccardo Marin

ORCID: 0000-0002-8193-3157

Dongmei Qiu

BSc: Chemistry and Materials Science (Qufu normal University, China, 2018)

MSc: Physical Chemistry (Fujian normal University, China, 2021)

Thesis project: Highly efficient nanothermometers based on Rare-Earth Nanoparticles for biological applications

Supervisors: Daniel Jaque and Jorge Rubio (UCM)

ORCID: 0009-0005-9047-7930

Natalia Ochoa Paipilla

BSc: Biomedical engineering (Universidad del Rosario-Universidad Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito, Bogotá, Colombia, 2020)

MSc: Biomedical engineering (Universidad del Rosario-Universidad Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito, Bogotá, Colombia, 2024)

Thesis project: Nanoparticles for inflation imaging.

Supervisors: Daniel Jaque and Dirk Ortgies.

ORCID: 0009-0001-2166-9438

FORMER MEMBERS

Dr. José Lifante José Lifante is a former PhD student of the group under the supervision of Nuria Fernández and Prof. Dr. Daniel Jaque García. His thesis was "Delivery of fluorescence nanoparticles to the brain for thermometry in the context of central nervous system diseases such as Alzeimer and glioblastoma", September 2024.

Dr. Elisa Ortiz Rivero Elisa is a former PhD student of the group under the supervision of Dr. Patrcia Haro and Prof. Dr. Daniel Jaque García. Her thesis was "Optical rotation of luminescent microparticles for remote sensing and manipulation", October 2023.

Dr. Gabriel López Peña Gabriel is a former PhD student of the group under the supervision of Dr. Emma Martín Rodríguez. His thesis was "Rare-earth-doped nanoparticles for biological and sensing applications", December 2023.

Dr. Tamara Muñoz Ortiz Tamara is a former PhD student of the group under the supervision of Prof. Jose García Solé and Dr. Emma Martín Rodríguez. Her thesis was about Nanoparticles for cardiovascular molecular imaging by optical coherence tomography: Infuence of functionalization and temperature, September 2023.

Dr. Juan Pedro Cascales Sandoval Juan Pedro joined the group in 2022. He received his BSc in Physics from the Universidad de Murcia in 2010 and his master in Condensed Mater Physics & Nanotechnology from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 2011. He obtained his PhD on Physics of Condensed Mater Physics & Nanotechnology (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2015) and then moved to Boston. After seven years abroad, he return to Madrid and joined nanoBIG for a short time. Currenly, he is in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid as an "Atracción de Talento" fellow.

Dr. Dasheng Lu Dasheng is a former PhD student of the group under the supervision of Prof. Daniel Jaque and Dr. Patricia Haro González. His thesis was "Optical trapping of colloidal upconverting nanoparticles above room temperature", November 2022.

Dr. Paloma Rodríguez Sevilla Paloma did her PhD on optical trapping of upconverting nanoparticles at nanoBIG and came back as a "Juan de la Cierva" postdoc.

Dr. Jie Hu Jie Hu was born in China. He received the Bachelor degree in Materials Chemistry from Huainan Normal University, Anhui, China, in 2012. Then he started his Master thesis in Materials Physics and Chemistry at Fuzhou University and Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter within Prof. Yidong Huang’s group. During three years study, his research activity was focused on the development of luminescent materials for white light emitting diodes. In October 2015, he began his Ph.D study at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), which was supported by the China Scholarship Council (CSC). He worked on the synthesis, characterization and biomedical applications of nanoparticles.

Dr. Diego Méndez González Diego received the Bachelor degree in pharmacy in 2013, and the Master degree in pharmaceutical sciences in 2014. He started working in the synthesis of multi‐functional Janus nanoparticles at MATNABIO group in 2013, with a research collaboration grant. The next year he carried out a research stay at Leibniz institute for polymer research in Dresden, Germany, working in the synthesis of nano‐composites for SERS and catalytic applications. In 2016 he was granted a short term scientific mission (STSM) by the european upconversion network (COST Action CM1403) to develop photoligation‐based ultrasensitive detection assays under the supervision of Prof. Tero Soukka (department of biotechnology, Turku, Finland). Diego Méndez González received his PhD in pharmacy by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 2019 (sobresaliente cum laude; International mention). He was also awarded the PhD extraordinary prize. His PhD work focused on the design of sensors based on upconverting nanoparticles for the ultra‐sensitive detection of RNA/DNA oligonucleotides.
Diego did his posdoc at nanoBIG. Currently, he is an assistant professor at Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Dr. Yingli Shen Yingli Shen received the Bachelor degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Shandong University of Technology, China, in 2015. Then she started her Master thesis in Materials Science at Shaanxi Normal University. During the Master period, her research was focused on the enhancement for upconversion luminescence of rare-earth fluoride and its biological applications.
She did her Ph.D at our group, nanoBIG, focus on 2D thermal bioimaging technologies by using luminescent nanoparticles. It was supported by the China Scholarship Council.

Dr. Jingke Yao He received the Bachelor degree in Materials Chemistry from Langfang Normal University, China, in 2014. Then he started his Master thesis in Chemical Engineering at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. During the master period, his research was focused on the application of near-infrared conjugated polymers for photothermal therapy.
His Ph.D at nanoBIG was focused on the functionalization of upconversion nanoparticles as nanosensors for hypoxia at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.It was supported by the China Scholarship Council.

Dr. Lucía Labrador Páez Lucía obtained her Bachelor degree in Physics from the Universidad de La Laguna (Spain) in 2014. Then she began to work with the Fluorescence Imaging Group (now nanoBIG) in order to do the final project of her Master degree in Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, specializing in Photonics, by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Her PhD, co-supervised by Dr. D. Jaque and Dr. P. Haro-González, was focus on the use of luminescent materials for sensing water anomalies at their molecular level, tittled "Sensores luminiscentes para el estudio de las anomalías en el orden de las moléculas de agua" (2019)

Dr. Harrisson D. A. Santos Harrisson obtained the B.Sc.'s and Master's degree in Physics at the Universidade Federal de Alagoas (Brazil), where he got experience on synthesis and characterization of luminescent materials. He is currently a PhD student of the Program of Physics of the Condensed Matter at the Universidade Federal de Alagoas (Brazil), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Carlos Jacinto da Silva. In September 2017, he joined the FIG by means a Cotutela Program supported by the "Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior" (Brazil), under the supervision of Dr. Daniel Jaque. Currently, he is working on the use of Ag2S nanocrystals for biological applications.

Dr. Elizabeth Navarro Cerón. Elizabeth Navarro Cerón received her PhD degree from CICATA-LEG (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico) in 2013. Her research was on hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of luminescent nanoparticles. In January 2014 she joined the Fluorescence Imaging Group as a post-doctoral researcher working on the synthesis of luminescent inorganic nanoparticles based on Nd3+ ions for biomedical applications.

Dr. Irene Villa Irene obtained her Master Degree in Physics from the Università degli Studi di Milano. In 2012 she joined the group of Prof. Anna Vedda to work on her PhD project dealing with the study of the structural and optical properties of metal oxides nanocrystals doped with rare earth (RE) ions, which, due to their luminescence properties, might be ideal candidates for applications in nanocomposite scintillators and high density optical ceramics. From April 2013 to October 2013 she worked in the Fluorescence Imanging Group. She developed a study on the optical properties of Neodimium doped nanocrystals, in particular the infrared luminescent properties of Strontium fluoride nanoparticles (SrF2), in order to analyse their potentiality to be used for medical procedures. She obtained his Phd in 2015. She joined Flourescence Imaging Group in 2015 for working with neodymium doped SrF2 Nanoparticles for in vivo imaging.

Dr. Laura Martínez Maestro Laura was born in Cuenca, Spain. Before obtaining a Bachelor‘s degree in Physics from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, in 2009, she started collaborating with Ph.D. Daniel Jaque in confocal microscopy research. She obtained a Masters degree in Photonics from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid in 2010 and defended her PhD thesis, entitle, Quantum dots as luminescent nanothermometers: controlled plasmonic hyperthermia".

Dr. Blanca del Rosal Rabes Blanca (Madrid, 1987) obtained her Degree in Physics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 2011. After completing her Masters degree in Advanced Materials, specializing in Photonics, she became a member of the Fluorescence Imaging Group. Her research work was focused on the study of infrared fluorescent nanoprobes for applications in bioimaging and temperature sensing. She obtained her PhD in January 2017 by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Dr. Airán Ródenas Seguí Airán Ródenas Seguí (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 1980) graduated with a Ph.D in Physics in December 2009 from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) with a thesis on ultrafast laser processing of crystalline materials for photonic applications.

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