Luis M. Liz-Marzán is a PhD from the University of Santiago de Compostela and has been postdoc at the van't Hoff Laboratory (Utrecht University) and visiting professor at various institutions worldwide. After an extended academic career at the University of Vigo, in 2012 he joined the Basque Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE), in San Sebastian, as Ikerbasque Research Professor and Scientific Director, a position he held until December 2021. Since 2015 he is also the PI of the CIC biomaGUNE node of the Biomedical Research Networking Center: Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (Ciber-BBN) and since 2022 he holds a part-time Chair at the University of Vigo. Liz-Marzán is recognized by his work on the application of colloid chemistry to the (nowadays crowded) field of nanoplasmonics. He has been one of the pioneers in the colloidal synthesis of metal nanoparticles, with relevant contributions toward the control over the morphology of such nanoparticles, as well as toward tailoring nanoparticle surface chemistry and self-assembly. Recent work by the group has focused on surface bioconjugation (e.g. with glycans and cross-linkable polymers) but also on drug delivery and understanding nanoparticle fate within living cells. The scope of the research in Liz-Marzán's group has not been limited to synthetic aspects, but had the ambition to perform morphological and optical characterization at the highest level, to apply theoretical methods to model particle growth and optical properties, and ultimately applying them to the design of applications, mainly related to ultrasensitive detection and early diagnosis of diseases. Liz-Marzán and co-workers have contributed to both the comprehension of the phenomenon of surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and the design of substrates that improve the performance of SERS sensors toward the detection of disease biomarkers.

EDUCATION AND POSITIONS

• Ikerbasque Research Professor at CIC biomaGUNE, San Sebastian(Sep 2012 - )
• Principal Investigator of Ciber-BBN (Mar 2015 - )
• Professor at the University of Vigo and Group Leader at Cinbio (May 2022 - )
• Scientific Director of CIC biomaGUNE (2013-2021)
• Mercator Fellow at Technical University Dresden (2023)
• Honorary Researcher at University of Vigo (2021-2022)
• Invited Professor at the Collége de France, Paris (2022)
• Honorary Professor at Soochow University, China (2022-)
• Visiting Professor at University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) (2020-2021)
• Guest Professor at Jiangnan University, China (2018-2020)
• Invited Professor at Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (2017-2018)
• Humboldt Fellow at Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Golm, Germany (2011)
• Humboldt Fellow at University of Hamburg, Germany (2010)
• Wilsmore Fellow at University of Melbourne, Australia (2010)
• Visiting Professor at University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), USA (2008)
• Full Professor at the University of Vigo, Spain (Jan 2006 - Aug 2012)
• Visiting Professor at Tohoku University, Japan (2005)
• Titular Professor at the University of Vigo, Spain (1997-2005)
• Assistant Professor at the University of Vigo, Spain (1995-1997)
• Assistant Professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (1995)
• Postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University, The Netherlands (1993-1995)
• PhD degree from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (1992)
• BS degree from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (1988)

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS

• ResearcherID (Web of Science): B-8910-2011
• ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-6647-1353
• Scopus ID: 57195195158
• Google Scholar page
• Co-author of 575+ journal articles and book chapters
• Co-inventor of 11 patents
• Supervisor of 33 PhD theses (+10 in progress) and 60+ postdocs
• 300+ invited/plenary lectures at conferences and 250+ invited seminars
• Included in the list of "300 most cited researchers in Materials Science and Engineering" 2016 by Scopus data
• Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics) 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
• Honoris Causa Doctorate by the University of Antwerp, Belgium
• International Member of the National Academy of Engineering, USA
• Full Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Spain
• Correspondent Member of the Royal Galician Academy of Sciences
• Correspondent Member of the Academy of Sciences of Granada
• Member of Academia Europaea
• Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences
• Correspondent Member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, 2015-2019
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
• Fellow of the Optical Society of America
• "Lourenço - Medinaveitia" Award of the Portuguese Society of Chemistry (SPQ), 2023
• "ChinaNano" Award, 2023
• "Ciamician - Gonzalez" Award of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI), 2022
• Lilly Foundation Prize on Preclinical Biomedical Research, 2021
• "Miguel Catalán - Paul Sabatier" Prize of the French Chemical Society (SCF), 2020
• "Hermanos Elhuyar - Hans Goldschmidt" Award of the German Chemical Society (GDCh), 2019
• "Enrique Moles" National Research Award on Chemical Science and Technology, 2018
• ERC Advanced Grant (4DBIOSERS), 2018-2024
• Blaise Pascal Medal in Materials Science of the European Academy of Sciences, 2017
• JCIS-Darsh Wasan Award in Colloid and Interface Science, 2017
• Jaime I Award in Basic Research, 2015
• Smets Chair, KU Leuven, 2015
• Francqui Chair, KU Leuven / UC Louvain, 2014-2015
• Medal of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry 2014
• ECIS Rhodia Prize 2013
• Langmuir Lecturer Award 2012
• ACS Nano Lectureship Award 2012
• Burdinola Research Award, 2011
• ERC Advanced Grant (PLASMAQUO), 2011-2017
• Award Pontevedreses 2010
• DuPont Award for Science, 2010
• Wilsmore Fellow in Chemistry (University of Melbourne), 2010
• A. v.-Humboldt-J- C- Mutis Research Award, 2009
• Physical Chemistry Award of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry, 2009
• Frontiers in Chemistry Seminar, Universitá degli Studi di Padova, Italy, 2021
• Platinum Seminar, Monash University, Australia, 2020
• Distinguished Lecturer, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 2019
• Distinguished Lecturer, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2019
• GDCh Speaker, University of Duisburg-Essen, 2019
• Distinguished Lecturer, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2018
• Frontiers in Molecular Science Lecture Professorship, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2018
• Zernike Colloquium speaker, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 2017
• ICFO Colloquium speaker, 2017
• Debye Lecturer, Utrecht University, 2016
• IIN Frontiers in Nanotechnology Lecturer, Northwestern University, 2015
• Nanochemistry Lecturer, University of Toronto, 2014

EDITORIAL AND ADVISORY ROLES

• Executive Editor of ACS Nano
• Reviewing Editor of Science
• Inaugural Co-Editor of the open access ACS journal, ACS Omega (2016-2018)
• Senior Editor of Langmuir, the ACS journal for colloids and interfaces (2009-2016)
• Guest editor of special issues in J. Mater. Chem., MRS Bulletin, Langmuir, Chem. Soc. Rev., Particle, Faraday Discussions, Acc. Chem. Res.
• Sensing and Actuation Editor of Nanotechnology (2015-2016)
• Editorial Advisory Board of Accounts of Materials Research
• Advisory Board of Med-X
• Editorial Board of Research
• Advisory Board of Materials Advances
• Editorial Advisory Board of Nanotechnology Reviews
• Editorial Advisory Board of Advanced Functional Materials
• Advisory Board of Faraday Discussions
• Advisory Board of ChemNanoMat
• Executive Editorial Board of Particle and Particle Systems Characterization
• Advisory Board of Journal of Materials Chemistry B
• Editorial Board of Advanced Optical Materials
• Editorial Advisory Board of Nano Today
• Editorial Advisory Board of Accounts of Chemical Research (2016-2021)
• Editorial Board of Chemistry - A European Journal (2014-2021)
• Editorial Board of Theranostics (2011-2020)
• Editorial Advisory Board of ACS Nano (2013-2018)
• Editorial Advisory Board of Chemistry of Materials (2012-2017)
• Editorial Advisory Board of ChemistryOpen (2011-2016)
• Editorial Advisory Board of Journal of Physical Chemistry (A,B,C,Lett.) (2008 - 2011)
• International Advisory Editorial Board of Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2006 - 2008)
• Editorial Advisory Board of Langmuir (2004 - 2008)
• International Advisory Editorial Board of Journal of Materials Chemistry (2003-2012)
• Editor-in-chief of the book collection "World Scientific Reference on Plasmonic Nanomaterials: Principles, Design and Bio-Applications", World Scientific 2022
• Editor of the book "Colloidal Synthesis of Plasmonic Nanometals", Taylor & Francis 2020
• Co-editor of the book "Nanoscale Materials", Kluwer 2003
• Co-editor of the book " Low-Dimensional Systems: Theory, Preparation and Some Applications", Kluwer (NATO-Science Series, vol. 91) 2003
• Scientific Advisory Committee of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC)
• Advisory Board for the Research Centers Program of the Autonomical Government of Galicia (Xunta de Galicia)
• Scientific and Technical Advisory Board of the Spanish State Research Agency (2017-2021)
• Scientific Advisory Council of Gadea Science Foundation
• Scientific Advisory Board of Industrial Química del Nalón
• Scientific Board of Indicate Solutions
• Scientific Advisory Board of IESL-FORTH (Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Crete)
• Scientific Advisory Board of the e-Conversion Cluster of Excellence (LMU Munich)
• Scientific Advisory Board of the Vienna Doctoral School in Chemistry (DoSChem)
• Scientific Advisory Board of the Indian Association of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
• Scientific Advisory Board of ICMM (Institute of Materials Science of Madrid, CSIC)
• Scientific Advisory Board of ICMAB (Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona, CSIC)
• Strategic Committee of LAPHIA (Laser & Photonics in Aquitaine, Bordeaux)
• Scientific and Advisory Board of NEXT (Nano Extreme Measurements Theory, Toulouse)
• Advisory Board of Nanopolis (2006)
• Science Board of the Particulate Fluids Processing Centre (University of Melbourne, 2007-2009)