Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Martin Lopez Garcia
Citation names
- Martin Lopez-Garcia
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 171D-A9F5-45DD
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-7788-9149
Knowledge fields
- Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Optics
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biophysics
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Galician | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
Spanish; Castilian | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
Portuguese | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2011
Concluded
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Fisica Aplicada (Doctor)
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Spain
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain "Hibrid Photonics Plasmonic Crystals for light control at the nanoscale" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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cum Laude |
2006/09/01 - 2007/09/24
Concluded
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Diploma de Estudos Avanzados en Fisica Aplicada (DEA)
Major in Modification of the optical properties of artificial opals by infiltration of gold nanoparticles
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Spain
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain "Self Assembled Photonic-Plasmonic Crystals for Light control at the
Nanoscale" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2003
Concluded
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Optoelectronica (Graduado)
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
"optoelectronica" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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1.4 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2017/05/02 - Current | Principal Investigator (Research) | International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal |
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2012/02/01 - 2017/05/01 | Research Associate to the Photonics Group in the Department of Electrical and electronic Engineering Duties: Research in photonics for quantum technologies and biophotonics. PhD and Master Students s | University of Bristol, United Kingdom |
2007/10/01 - 2011/10/28 | Phd student. Thesis title: Hybrid self-assembled photonic crystals for light control at the nanoscale | Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Spain |
2006/01/01 - 2007/09/01 | Master Thesis (known as DEA, Diploma de Estudios Avanzados ) Topic: Self-assembled photonic crystals with tailored optical response through plasmonic nanoparticles | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela - Campus Vida, Spain |
2004/06/01 - 2006/01/31 | Research Engineer for integrated laser design in the Optoelectronics and Laser Technology Group of the University Carlos III (Madrid). My duties included design and characterization of new pulsed diod | Fundación Universidad Carlos III, Spain |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2018/05/02 - Current | Towards biomimetic photosynthetic photonics
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031739
Principal investigator
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2022/01 - 2025/01 | Natural Photonic Nanostructures: From Implications in Diatoms towards Next Generation Nanobiodevices
PTDCBTA-BTA20612021
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2019/01/01 - 2020/01/01 | Photonic structures for light management in micro solar cells
N/A
Principal investigator
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Concluded
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2015/05/01 - 2018/04/30 | Chalcogenide Photonic Technologies
N/A
Post-doc
University of Bristol Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, United Kingdom
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Concluded
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2017/04/01 - 2018/04/01 | All dielectric surface wave devices for light generation with 2D material.
N/A
Principal investigator
University of Bristol Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, United Kingdom
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Concluded
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2017/04/01 - 2017/04/18 | Photonic Biomimetics
N/A
Principal investigator
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2012/03/01 - 2015/03/01 | Spin-Photon Angular Momentum Transfer for Quantum-Enabled Technologies (SPANGL4Q)
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCUK/EPSRC/EP2%FM0084872%F1/GB
Post-doc Fellow
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, United Kingdom
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European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development IDEAS The European Research Council
Concluded
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2006/01/01 - 2008/10/01 | Nanophotonics to Realise Molecular-Scale Technologies (PhOREMOST)
N/A
Other
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
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EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Future and Emerging Technologies
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2012/02/01 - 2015/01/31 | Quantum optics in wavelength scale structures (QUOWSS)
N/A
Post-doc
University of Bristol Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, United Kingdom
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European Research Council
Concluded
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2007/06/01 - 2011/06/01 | Generacion de luz en cristales fotonicos autoensamblados
MAT2006-09062
PhD Student Fellow
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
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Gobierno de España Ministerio de Ciencia Innovación y Universidades
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference paper |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Intellectual property
Provisional application for patent |
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Other
Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2019/09/26 | Biomimetics of photosynthetic photonic structures. How natural light harvesting could become an inspiration for nanotechnology | MNE2019 - 45th International Conference in Micro and Nano Engineering
(Greece)
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2019/09/18 | Photonic structures in photosynthetic organism: from biological functions to nanotechnology applications | Workshop Adapting to the Sun
University of Bristol (bristol, United Kingdom)
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2019/08/25 | Micro-scattering spectroscopy combined with PAM chlorophyll fluometry for simultaneous investigation of optical properties and photosynthesis | Light and Life , 17th International conference in Photobiology, 18th congress of the European society of Photobiology
(Spain)
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2019/08/25 | Structural light manipulation for photosynthesis in diatoms | Light and Life , 17th International conference in Photobiology, 18th congress of the European society of Photobiology
(barcelona)
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2019/07/24 | Photonic structures in photosynthetic organism: what are they and how to inspect them | Bio-inspired Optics and Photonics –From Metamaterials to Applications
Max Plank Institute Dresden (dresden, Germany)
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2019/07/23 | Light manipulation by natural photonic structures in diatom microalgae | META 2019
(Lisbon, Portugal)
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2019/02/18 | Photonics in light harvesting organism An inspiration for nanotechnology | IUVSTA Nano-Optics School 2019
(Braga, Portugal)
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2018/09/17 | Naturally evolved photonic structures for photosynthesis (Conference Presentation) | SPIE Optics+Photonics, Nanoscience + Engineering
(San Diego, United States)
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2018/07/05 | Phase-Change Metadevices for the Dynamic and Reconfigurable Control of Light | Advanced Photonics 2018 (BGPP, IPR, NP, NOMA, Sensors, Networks, SPPCom, SOF)
ETH Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland)
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2018/04/11 | Goblin´s gold moss: structural color and light management in the dark | Living Light 2018
(Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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2018/03/13 | Photosynthetic photonic crystals: photonic aspects of the ultimate light harvesting process in nature | ImageNano2018
(Bilbao, Spain)
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2017/09/18 | Photosynthetic photonic crystals in plants Lessons for light harvesting | Micro and Nanoengineering Conference- MNE2017
(braga, Portugal)
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2017/07/25 | Photosynthetic photonic crystals in high plants and their implications for light harvesting | ScienceCamp in Complex Nanophotonics 2017
(London, United Kingdom)
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2017/07/19 | Photosynthetic photonic structures in plants A playground for light harvesting technologies | Advance Nano Materials (ANM)
(Aveiro, Portugal)
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2016/07/02 | Polymer photonic microstructures for quantum applications and sensing. | NUSOD 2016
(Sidney, Australia)
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2016/07 | Iridescence by intracellular opals in brown algae | PECS XII
(York, United Kingdom)
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2016/06 | Intracelullar natural opal photonic crystals in brown algae | PHOTON 2016
(Leeds, United Kingdom)
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2016/05/02 | Structural colour by natural opals in Rainbow Wrack | Living Light 2016
(San Diego, United States)
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2015/09/01 | Investigation of Defect Cavities Formed in Inverse Three-Dimensional Rod- Connected Diamond Photonic Crystals | NUSOD 2015
(Taipei, Taiwan)
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2015/07/04 | Characterization of Polymeric Rod-connected Diamond (RCD) Photonic Crystal Templates at Near-infrared Range. | PIERS2015
(Praga, Czech Republic)
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2015/07/01 | A thermo-optically tunable flat-lens from visible to near-infrared wavelengths | ICTON2015
(budapest, Hungary)
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2015/07/01 | Coherent control and angular momentum transfer in semiconductor and plasmonic nanostructures. | ICTON2015
(Budapest, Hungary)
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2015/05 | Structural color by intracellular amorphous photonic crystals | The rank Prize Funds - Symposium on the Perception of Iridescence
(United Kingdom)
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2014/09/01 | Manufacturable three dimensional diamond lattice photonic band-gap structures | PHOTON 2014
(London, United Kingdom)
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2014/07/01 | Artificial atoms for quantum information processing | ICTON2014-16th
(Graz, Austria)
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2014/06/02 | Fast switching of optical vortex beam mode orders generated using a fully integrated SOI device | CLEO 2014-Laser Science to Photonic Applications
(San Jose, United States)
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2014/05/02 | Enhanced Transmission by Tamm to surface plasmon Polariton Coupling | PECS XI
(Shangai, China)
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2014/05 | A slot grating flat lens for telecom wavelengths | PECS XI
(Shangai, China)
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2012/12 | Light Propagation in Photonic and Plasmonic Crystals through Fourier Image Spectroscopy | CODEC2012
(Colcata, India)
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2012/09/01 | Modelling, Fabrication and Measurement of 3-D Photonic Crystal Defect Layer in Woodpile Structures, | PHOTON 2012
(Durham, United Kingdom)
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2012/07/02 | Fourier imaging for photonics | School on Plasmonics and Nano-optics
(Hyderabad, India)
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2012/07/01 | Modifying emission by self-assembled photonic-plasmonic crystals | Discussion Meeting on Emerging Themes in Plasmonics (ICTS2012)
(Hyderabad, India)
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2011/11/02 | Taller sobre nuevas tecnologias fotonicas | Taller sobre Fabricacion de Cristales fotonicos Autoensamblados para aplicaciones industriales
(Porriño, Spain)
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2011/05/01 | Enhancement and tailoring of emission by hybrid self-aasembled photonic-plasmonic crystals | CLEO 2011-The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
(Munich, Germany)
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2010/09/03 | Hybrid photonic-plasmonic crystals based on selfassembled structures | PECS IX
(Granada, Spain)
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2010/04/01 | Enhanced emission in self-assembled photonic crystals by hybrid photonic-plasmonic modes | SPIE-Photonics Europe 2010
(Brussels, Belgium)
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2010/03/01 | Infiltration of gold nanoparticles and nanorods in opal based photonic crystals | I Jornadas sobre estructuras jerarquizadas parar nanofotónica
(Ciudad Real, Spain)
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2020/06/03 - 2020/06/05 | Spanish Conference on Nanophotonics (CEN2020) (2020/06/03 - 2020/06/05)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Vigo, Spain International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal |
2017/09/01 - 2017/09/03 | Organizer of the INL Open Gates Outreach activity (more than 2000 visitors) (2017/09/01 - 2017/09/01)
Festival (Co-organisor)
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International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2019/04/10 - Current | Participation in the X Biochemestry Days of the Universitity of Minho
(Braga, Portugal)
Exhibition
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X Biochemestry Days
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2018/10/20 - Current | Outreach in the European Researchers night 2018 (Porto,Portugal)
Festival
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European Researchers night
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2018/12/03 | PhD External examiner at University of Cambridge entitled "Structural Colours in Fruits"
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Mrs Rox Middleton (PhD) |
2018/03/02 | Macquarie University (Australia) Master thesis examiner
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Mr Connor Stewart (Master) |
2015/09/10 | Mster thesis external examiner University of Cambridge
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Mr. Michael Sherlock (Master) |
Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2015/02 - Current | Sociedad Española de Optica (SEDOptica) | Member |
2013/02/01 - Current | Optical Society of America (OSA) | Member |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2020/09/07 - 2020/09/11 | European Optical Society Annual meeting (EOSAM) 2020 Porto, Portugal | European Optical Society |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2019/12/03 - Current | Lecture in the Master Course in Electronic engineering and Physics (0.4 ETC) | Electronic Engineering (Mestrado) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
2018/12/13 - Current | Lecture in the Master Course in Biophysics and Bio-nanosystems (0.2 ETC) | (Mestrado) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
2018/10/23 - Current | Lecture in the Master Course in Electronic engineering and Physics (0.2 ETC) | (Mestrado) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
2016/05/01 - Current | Design, implementation and supervisionj of the Optics Laboratories for third year Physics degree students in the University of Bristol (UK) 1ETC equivalent | Physics (Bachelor) | University of Bristol Faculty of Science, United Kingdom |
2015/05/01 - Current | DEsign, implementation and supervisionj of the Optics Laboratories for third year Physics degree students in the University of Bristol (UK) 1ETC equivalent | Physics (Bachelor) | University of Bristol Faculty of Science, United Kingdom |
2014/05/01 - Current | DEsign, implementation and supervisionj of the Optics Laboratories for third year Physics degree students in the University of Bristol (UK) 1ETC equivalent | Physics (Bachelor) | University of Bristol Faculty of Science, United Kingdom |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2019/11/04 - Current | External reviewer King's Junior Research Fellowship in Chemical and Physical Science of the University of Cambridge.
Evaluator
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2018/07/27 - Current | External evaluator for the EU funded MSCurie-COFUND Intertalentum Program
Evaluator
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Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain | |
2018/05/02 - Current | European Comission Expert since 2018 | ||
2018/11/01 - 2018/12/02 | Evaluator for the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions COFUND of the Program NanotrainforGrowth IV of INL in Braga, Portugal
Evaluator
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International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal | |
2018/02/01 - 2018/03/02 | Evaluator for the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions COFUND of the Program NanotrainforGrowth III of INL in BRaga, Portugal
Evaluator
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International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2016/06/01 | Phone interview for The Atlantic American magazine on my paper "Photonic multilayer structure of Begonia chloroplasts enhances photosynthetic efficiency" M. Jacobs, M. Lopez-Garcia, O.-P. Phrathep, T. Lawson, R. Oulton, H.M. Whitney, Nature Plants, 2016, 2, 16162. | The Atlantic (US Magazine) |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2019/02 - Current | Optics Letters (1539-4794) | The Optical Society |
2018/03/01 - Current | Journal of Biophotonics (1864-0648) | Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) |
2017/06/01 - Current | IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (1557-9646) | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
2017/02/03 - Current | Photonics Research (2327-9125) | The Optical Society |
2015/03/04 - Current | Journal of Modern Optics (1362-3044) | Informa UK (Taylor & Francis) |
2013/02/04 - Current | Optics Communications (0030-4018) | Elsevier |
2012/02/03 - Current | Optical Materials (0925-3467) | Elsevier |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2018/12/01 - 2023/04/01 | Towards Biomimetic Photosynthetic Systems | Miguel Palhinha Castillo |
2021/09/01 - 2022/11/01 | Natural growth of light harvesting nanostructures from microalgae for bioinspired energy solutions | Rafael Vilarinho |
2021/08/01 - 2022/11/01 | Integration of 2D Materials in Biomimetic Photonic Structures | Josè Gama Rocha |
Distinctions
Other distinction
2011 | INNOVA Awards to the best spanish PhD work of the year in photonics |