Laura M. Lechuga
Professor, Catalan Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Spanish National Research Council
Spain
Biography
Prof. Laura M. Lechuga received the Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the University Complutense of Madrid (Spain) in 1992. She is Full Professor of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC); since 2012 she is Adjunct Professor at the Dept. of Physics&Technology, at the Arctic University (Norway) and since 2013 she is a Distinguished Visiting professor at the Dept. of Microwaves and Photonics, School of Electrical and Computer Sciences, University of Campinas (Brazil). Prof. Lechuga is associate editor of the IEEE Photonics Journal, associate editor of the J. Optics and Laser Technology (Elsevier) and is at the Editorial Board of the Journal of Nanobiosensors in Disease Diagnosis and of the Journal of Sensors. She has been nominated as Fellow of the Optical Society (OSA) in 2014, and she is a member of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), and member of the European Optical Society (EOS). She is a member of Permanent Steering Committees of Advanced Study Course on Optical Chemical Sensors (ASCOS) and Europt(r)ode Conference Series.
Research Interest
Prof. Lechuga is the Head of the Nanobiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications Group in the Catalan Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) in Barcelona (Spain). The principal focus of her research program is the technological development of photonic (plasmonics and silicon-based) and nanomechanical biosensors, their integration in portable lab-on-a-chip platforms and their application in clinical and environmental diagnostics. She has published over 160 articles, book chapters and conference proceedings, has 8 families of awarded patents at European, US or international level, and has presented more than 200 invited research papers. She has been the driving force for the establishment of one spin-off company in 2004 (SENSIA, SL) and co-founder of a new spin-off in 2010 (BIOD, SL).