Group Members

Group Leader

Professor
llizmarzan@cicbiomagune.es

Ph. D. from the University of Santiago de Compostela in 1992. Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Van't Hoff Laboratory (Utrech University, The Netherlands, 1993-1995). Professor at the University of Vigo from 1995 until 2012. Currently Ikerbasque Research Professor at CIC biomaGUNE, where he served as the Scientific Director from 2013 to 2021. He is also the PI of the CIBER-BBN node at CIC biomaGUNE and holds a part-time chair at the University of Vigo.

'Nanoparticles synthesis and assembly. Nanocomposite colloids and materials. Nanophotonics. Nanoparticle based biosensors. Medical applications of nanoparticles'.

Brief CV


 
Research Associates


CIBER-BBN Research Associate
Ph.D. from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
igarcia.ciber-bbn@cicbiomagune.es

'Biocompatible and targeted metal nanoparticles to study biological interactions'


CIC biomaGUNE Research Associate
Ph.D. from Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
mhenriksen@cicbiomagune.es

'Study of the interactions of nanomaterials with cells and tissues'

 
Research Assistants


CIC biomaGUNE Platform Manager
Ph.D. from the Free University of Berlin, Germany
jlanger@cicbiomagune.es

'Spectroscopic methods of biodetection'
Postdoctoral Researchers


Postdoctoral Research Associate
Ph. D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, USA
gvinnacombe@cicbiomagune.es

'SERS bioimaging'


Postdoctoral Research Associate (MSCA Fellow)
Ph. D. from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
thchow@cicbiomagune.es

'chiral nanomaterials for biosensing'


Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ph. D. from the University of the Basque Country, Spain
pvazquez@cicbiomagune.es

'High throughput drug testing'


Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ph. D. from the University of Hamburg, Germany
scbittinger@cicbiomagune.es

'Hybrid nanocomposites'


Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ph. D. from Soochow University, China
JinyiDong@cicbiomagune.es

'Chiral assemblies'


Postdoctoral Research Associate
PhD from University of the Basque Country
uaizarna@cicbiomagune.es

'Artificial blood vessels'


Postdoctoral Research Associate
PhD from Duke University, USA
sdewitt@cicbiomagune.es

'Development of tumor models'
PhD Students


PhD Student
FPI Fellow
Master from Universitat de Barcelona
ppineiro@cicbiomagune.es

'SERS bioimaging'


PhD Student (CIC biomaGUNE/CIC nanoGUNE)
Master from Utrecht University, The Netherlands
mwagner@cicbiomagune.es

'SERS and SEIRA'


PhD Student
Master from Universidad Complutense de Madrid
larmero@cicbiomagune.es

'Nanoparticles for biorecognition'


PhD Student
Master from University of Bordeaux, France
fbevilacqua@cicbiomagune.es

'Nanoparticle synthesis for optical trapping'


PhD Student
Master from University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
ltroncoso@cicbiomagune.es

'Intracellular SERS studies'


PhD Student
Master from University of Trieste, Italy mlonza@cicbiomagune.es

'SERS and microfluidics'


PhD Student
Master from University of Barcelona, Spain lborrallo@cicbiomagune.es

'chiral nanostructures'


PhD Student
Master from University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy rguadagnoli@cicbiomagune.es

'chiral biosensing'

 
Alumni

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2023-2025)

PhD Student (2022-2024)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2023-2024)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Jan-Nov 2024)

PhD Student (2019-2024)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2019-2024)
Juan de la Cierva Fellow

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2022-2024)

PhD Student (2018-2023)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2021-2023)

CIC biomaGUNE platform manager (2012-2023)

PhD student and Postdoctoral Researcher (2018-2023)

Postdoctoral Associate and Ikerbasque Fellow (2014-2022)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2019-2022)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2020-2022)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2021-2022)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2019-2022)
Fellow Gipuzkoa

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2021-2022)
Fellow Gipuzkoa

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2019-2022)
Juan de la Cierva Fellow

PhD Student (2018-2022)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2020-2021)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2019-2021)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2019-2021)

PhD Student (2018-2021)

PhD Student (2017-2021)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2019-2020)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2019-2020)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2019-2020)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2018-2020)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2019)

Ikerbasque Research Fellow (2014-2019)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2017-2018)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2016-2018)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2016-2018)

PhD Student (2014-2017); Postdoctoral Research Associate (2017-2018)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2016-2018)

PhD Student (2014-2017)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2016-2017)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2015-2017)

'Ikerbasque Research Fellow (2012-2017)'

'Postdoctoral Research Associate (2016)'

'Postdoctoral Research Associate (2014-2016)'

'Postdoctoral Research Associate (2013-2015) and Project Management (2016)'

PhD Student (2012-2016)

PhD student (2012-2016)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2013-2016)

PhD Student (2012-2016)

PhD Student (2012-2016)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2014-2015)

Research Technician (2015-2016)

Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher (2014-2015)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2013-2014)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2012-2014)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2013-2014)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2012-2014)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2012-2014)

Visitors

Visiting masters student from Utrecht University (02/02/2025 - 28/06/2025)

Visiting undergraduate student from Université Paris Est Créteil - Val de Marne (01/06/2024 - 31/07/2024)

Visiting undergraduate student from Université Paris Est Créteil - Val de Marne (01/06/2024 - 31/07/2024)

Visiting undergraduate student from University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) (01/02/2024 - 30/06/2024)

Visiting undergraduate student from Université Paris Est Créteil - Val de Marne (01/06/2023 - 31/07/2023)

Visiting Master's student from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (22/05/2023 - 31/07/2023)

Visiting PhD student from Universidade Nova, Lisbon, Portugal (01/05/2023 - 31/07/2023)

Visiting Masters student from University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (15/04/2023 - 30/06/2023)

Visiting PhD student from Tianjin University, China (13/02/2023 - 12/03/2024)

Visiting undergraduate student from University of Oxford, UK (23/06/2022 - 13/08/2022)

Visiting Masters student from University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (04/04/2022 - 15/07/2022)

Visiting PhD student from University of Padua, Italy (15/03/2022 - 15/06/2022)

Visiting Professor from Bilkent University, Turkey (28/02/2022 - 07/03/2022)

Visiting Professor from Cornell University, USA (10/01/2022 - 31/08/2022)

Visiting PhD student from Universidad Nacional de Gral. San Martín, Argentina (03/01/2022 - 30/03/2022)

Visiting postdoc from the University of Konstanz, Germany (22/11/2021 - 30/11/2021)

Visiting PhD Student from KU Leuven, Belgium (02/11/2021 - 30/11/2021)

Visiting Undergraduate Student from University of Granada, Spain (15/07/2021 - 31/08/2021)

Visiting Undergraduate Student from University of the Basque Country, Spain (01/06/2021 - 30/06/2021)

Visiting Undergraduate Student from University of the Basque Country, Spain (08/03/2021 - 31/07/2021)

Visiting Masters Student from University of the Basque Country, Spain (01/12/2020 - 30/06/2021)

Visiting Undergraduate Student from University of Padua, Italy (07/01/2020 - 30/06/2020)

Visiting PhD Student from University of Warsaw, Poland (01/11/2019 - 20/12/2019)

Visiting PhD Student from University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany (15/10/2019 - 15/11/2019)

Visiting Undergraduate Student from Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain (08/07/2019 - 31/08/2019)

Visiting PhD Student from University of Freiburg, Germany (01/06/2019 - 15/08/2019)

Visiting Undergraduate Student from ENS Cachan, France (01/06/2019 - 31/07/2019)

Visiting PhD Student from SouthEast University, China (03/01/2019 - 31/07/2020)

Visiting PhD Student from Universidad de Cantabria, Spain (07/01/2019 - 28/02/2019)

Visiting Undergraduate Student from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain (01/07/2018 - 31/08/2018)

Visiting Researcher from RMIT, Australia (01/06/2018 - 31/10/2018)

Visiting Masters Student from University of Padua, Italy (01/05/2018 - 31/07/2018)

Visiting PhD Student from University of Warsaw, Poland (01/03/2018 - 31/08/2018)

Visiting PhD Student from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain (01/03/2018 - 30/04/2018)

Visiting Professor (Fulbright Fellow) from Indiana University, USA (10/01/2018 - 30/04/2018)

Visiting Masters Student from TU Vienna and University of Vienna, Austria (01/10/2017 - 31/03/2018)

Visiting Undergraduate Student from Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain (03/07/2017 - 31/08/2017)

Visiting Masters Student from University of Graz, Austria (03/07/2017 - 15/09/2017)

Visiting Masters Student from University of Graz, Austria (03/07/2017 - 15/09/2017)

Visiting Masters Student from University of Munich, Germany (10/05/2017 - 10/07/2017)

Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher from University of Antwerp, Belgium (02/05/2017 - 28/05/2017)

Visiting Masters Student from University of Hamburg, Germany (01/03/2017 - 31/05/2017)

Visiting Masters Student from University of Padua, Italy (01/03/2017 - 31/08/2017)

Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher from University of Padua, Italy (01/04/2017 - 30/09/2017)

Visiting Professor from University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (01/03/2017 - 31/04/2017)

Visiting PhD Student from University of Warsaw, Poland (01/11/2016 - 31/04/2017)

Visiting PhD Student from University of Jena, Germany (01/10/2016 - 30/11/2016)

Visiting Student from KU Leuven, Belgium (01/10/2016 - 31/10/2016)

Visiting Professor from Tohoku University, Japan (19/09/2016 - 23/09/2016)

Visiting Professor from KU Leuven, Belgium (30/08/2016 - 23/09/2016)

Visiting Professor from ICFO, Barcelona, Spain (08/08/2016 - 20/08/2016)

Visiting PhD Student from University of Calabria, Italy (01/05/2016 - 31/10/2016)

Visiting Professor from Georgia Institue of Technology, USA (23/05/2016 - 11/07/2016)

Visiting Researcher from Imperial College London, UK (15/04/2016 - 17/05/2016)

Visiting PhD Student from Sharif University of Technology, Iran (06/01/2016 - 05/04/2016)

Visiting PhD Student from CNEA, Argentina (15/10/2015 - 15/12/2015)

Visiting Researcher from University of Hamburg, Germany (01/09/2015 - 30/11/2015)

Visiting Researcher from Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland (03/08/2015 - 31/08/2015)

Visiting Researcher from KU Leuven, Belgium (17/04/2015 - 31/08/2015)

Visiting PhD Student from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain (01/05/2015 - 31/07/2015)

Visiting PhD Student from University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy (09/03/2015 - 10/09/2015)

Visiting PhD Student from University of Bielefeld, Germany (05/03/2015 - 02/05/2015)

Visiting PhD Student from University of Valencia, Spain (01/03/2015 - 30/04/2015)

Visiting PhD Student from Università Milano Bicocca, Italy (06/10/2014 - 02/11/2014)

Visiting Professor from Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain (01/10/2014 - 31/12/2014)

Visiting PhD Student from Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy (15/09/2014 - 15/12/2014)

Visiting PhD Student from Victoria University Wellington, New Zeland (25/08/2014 to 12/09/2014)

Visiting undergraduate student under the Programme "Joves i Ciencia" from Fundació La Pedrera (25/08/2014 - 12/09/2014)

Visiting PhD Student from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany (28/04/2014 - 30/05/2014)

Visiting PhD Student from EPFL, Switzerland (28/04/2014 - 30/05/2014)

Visiting Masters Student from University Bayreuth, Germany (07/01/2014 - 28/03/2014)

Visiting PhD Student from the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland (20/01/2014 - 14/02/2014)

Visiting Researcher from University of Strasbourg, France (05/05/2013 - 18/05/2013)

Visiting PhD Student from IIT, Pisa (11/2012 - 02/2013)