Rosa Martín Rodríguez

Rosa Martín Rodriguez is currently assistant professor at QuIPRe Department, University of Cantabria and Researcher at IDIVAL (Spain). In 2015, she was Marie Curie Fellow (H2020-MSCA-IF GA 658806) at BCMaterias, University of Basque Country (Spain). In 2013, she was a researcher at IDIVAL, University of Cantabria-Marqués de Valdecilla Hospital (Spain), SENTIR project. From 2011 to 2013, she did her Post-doc at Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, University of Utrecht (The Netherlands). Nanospec European project (NMP-2009-1.2.-1). From 2006 to 2010 she was aPhD student at the Applied Physics Department, University of Cantabria (Spain). FPI grant: BES-2006-13359. She has a strong experimental background in nanomaterials science and spectroscopy. Besides, she has wide experience in different biomedical studies and applications of nanomaterials, namely biosensing with gold nanostructures, hyperthermia treatment of cancer with magnetic nanoparticles, and assessment of nanoparticles toxicity. Her PhD research focused on the synthesis and characterization of advanced optical materials, especially, those showing upconversion luminescence. As a post-doc at the University of Utrecht, she studied the upconversion luminescence of Er3+-doped Gd2O2S, a promising material for solar cell applications, within the Nanospec European project. The aim of SENTIR project at IDIVAL was the development of a biosensing device for the isolation of cancer cells. The aim of her Marie Curie research project, called Lumimagnet-Nano, was the design, development and optimization of magnetic nanoparticles with multifunctional luminescent recovering for biomedical applications. After her re-incorporation at the University of Cantabria and IDIVAL, she studies the application of different nanomaterials in nanomedicine. Nanomedicine holds great interest and nanomaterials present numerous biomedical applications including detection, imaging and treatment. Particularly, in-vivo application for diagnosis and cancer treatment represents one of the most promising areas of our research.