Luis Liz-Marzán is currently an Ikerbaske Professor at the joined the Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE, San Sebastian, Spain),as well as a part-time Chair in Physical Chemistry at the University of Vigo. He obtained a PhD degree in Chemistry from the University of Santiago de Compostela (1992) and performed postdoctoral work at the van't Hoff Laboratory of Utrecht University (1993-1995). He then moved to the University of Vigo, where he became Full Professor in 2006. In 2012 he joined CIC biomaGUNE, as Ikerbasque Professor and Scientific Director, a position he held until December 2021. He has also been a visiting professor at several institutions worldwide (Japan, Germany, USA, France, Italy, China…). He is also a Group Leader of the Spanish Networking Center for Biomedical Research, Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN). He is a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Spain and the National Academy of Engineering (USA), among others. He has received numerous awards and recognitions, including 2 ERC Advanced Grants and 1 ERC Synergy Grant.
Luis Liz-Marzán is considered as one of the world leaders in the application of colloid chemistry to the field of nanoplasmonics. Liz-Marzán has been one of the pioneers in the colloidal synthesis of metal nanoparticles, with highly relevant contributions toward shape control and tailoring nanoparticle surface chemistry and self-assembly. He has also demonstrated the design of applications based on these nanomaterials, mainly related to ultrasensitive detection and early diagnosis of diseases.
