Luis M. Liz-Marzan

Luis M. Liz-Marzán is a PhD from the University of Santiago de Compostela (1992) and has been postdoc at the van 't Hoff Laboratory (Utrecht University) and visiting professor at various institutions worldwide. After holding a chair in Physical Chemistry at the University of Vigo, he is currently Ikerbasque Research Professor and Scientific Director of the Basque Center of Cooperative Research in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE), in San Sebastián. He serves as an Associate Editor of ACS Nano, Reviewing Editor of Science and editorial advisory board member of several chemistry, nanotechnology and materials science journals. Liz-Marzán is a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Spain, European Academy of Sciences and Academia Europaea. He is co-author of about 500 publications and 9 patents, and has received several national and international research awards, including two ERC Advanced Grants (2011-2016; 2018-2023). His current interests include nanoparticle synthesis and assembly, nanoplasmonics, and development of nanoparticle-based sensing and diagnostic tools.