Jesús Martínez de la FuenteProf. Jesús Martínez de la Fuente is a Research Professor affiliated to the Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragon, CSIC-University of Zaragoza and CIBER-BBN, in Spain. He created his own research group (BIONANOSURF Group) at the Universityof Zaragoza in 2007, becoming internationally recognized in nanomaterials and biofunctionalization. The multidisciplinary nature of the group facilitates research and development in numerous areas, including biosensors, gene therapy, magnetism, photochemistry, surface chemistry and molecular metal oxides, among others. Prof. Martínez de la Fuente has extensive experience in the synthesis and characterization of novel nanomaterials and their biofunctionalization for the use and development of the next generation of nanobiosensors and nanotherapeutics. In 2009, he founded the spin-off Nanoimmunotech SL. He has also been a pioneer in the application of gold nanoparticles in gene therapy and he has developed a methodology for the use of gold nanoparticles functionalized with carbohydrates (glyconanoparticles) for the study of biological processes (embryogenesis, cancer, inflammation, etc.). In 2010, he was awarded the Aragón Investiga "Young Researchers" prize, and in 2013, he was rewarded by the Shanghai Administration with the 1000 Talent Plan program to be a Visiting Professor at the Jiao Tong University of Shanghai. Since 2014, he is a permanent researcher at the Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragon-CSIC and member of CIBER-BBN. Read More Read Less