People
Research is carried out by these wonderful people:
Group Leader

Aitziber Lopez Cortajarena
PhD Biochemistry, University of the Basque Country, Spain, 2002.
Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University.
Associate Researcher, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University.
Senior Researcher, IMDEA Nanociencia Foundation, Madrid, Spain.
Research associates

Ivan Sasselli Ramos
2007-2012: BSc Chemistry, Basque Country University (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain.
2013-2016: PhD Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
2016-2019: Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA.
e-mail: isasselli@cicbiomagune.es
Postdoctoral Fellows

Mantas Liutkus
2006-2010: MSci Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry, University of Nottingham, UK.
2011-2016: PhD Protein Chemistry, Australian National University.
e-mail: mliutkus@cicbiomagune.es

Kepa Belloso Uribe
2008: BSc Biochemistry, University of Basque Country, Spain.
2009: MSc Biomedicine and Molecular Biology, University of Basque Country, Spain.
2013: PhD Biomedicine and Molecular Biology, University of Basque Country and Basque Centre for Biophysics, Spain.
2013-2014; 2016-2018: Postdoctoral researcher, Basque Centre for Biophysics, Spain.
2017: International Atherosclerosis Society 6-month visiting postdoctoral fellowship, Yale University, USA.
e-mail: kbelloso@cicbiomagune.es

Maxence Fernandez
2014: BSc Life Sciences, Université Paris-Diderot, France.
2016: MSc Chemistry, Université Paris-Diderot, France.
2019: PhD Material Science, Université de Rennes 1, France.
e-mail: mfernandez@cicbiomagune.es

Aitor Manteca
2009: BEng Chemistry - BEng Materials, University of the Basque Country.
2013: MEng Renewable Materials, University of the Basque Country.
2017: PhD Physics of Nanostructures, University of the Basque Country.
2017-2021: EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow, INSERM-CNRS-University of Bordeaux, France.
e-mail: amanteca@cicbiomagune.es

Gunnar Klös
2010-2013: BSc Physics, University of Göttingen and Max-Planck Institute Dynamics and Self-Organisation, Germany.
2013-2015: MSc Physics – Biophysics and Physics of Complex Systems, University of Göttingen, Max-Planck Institute Dynamics and Self-Organisation, Germany, and Uppsala University, Sweden.
2015-2019: PhD Nanoscience, Aarhus University, Denmark.
2017: Guest researcher, the University of Glasgow, UK.
2019-2021: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oxford, UK.
e-mail: gklos@cicbiomagune.es

Krishnadas Kumaranchira Ramankutty
2005-2008: BSc Chemistry, St. Thomas´College, Thrissur, University of Calicut, Kerala, India.
2008-2010: MSc Applied Chemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Cochin, India.
2011-2016: PhD Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
2016-2017: Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
2017-2021: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
e-mail: krkrishnadas@cicbiomagune.es
Technicians

Leire Díaz Ventura
e-mail: ldiaz@cicbiomagune.es

Laura Saa Peńa
BSc Biochemistry, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain.
PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain.
e-mail: lsaa@cicbiomagune.es

Jonathan Leon Moro
BSc Chemistry, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain.
MSc Applied Chemistry and Polymeric Materials, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
PhD Materials Science, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallčs, Spain.
e-mail: jleon@cicbiomagune.es

Andrea Garcia Esnaola
e-mail: agarcia@cicbiomagune.es
Postgraduate Students

Elena López Martínez
BSc Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.
MSc Biophysics and Systems Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.
e-mail: elopez@cicbiomagune.es

Idoia Mikelez Alonso
BSc Biochemistry, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
MSc Molecular Biology and Biomedicine, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain.
e-mail: imikelez@cicbiomagune.es

Laura Filomena Mazzei
2016: BSc Materials Science, University of Padua, Italy.
2018: MSc Materials Science, University of Padua, Italy.
e-mail: lmazzei@cicbiomagune.es

Alba Ledesma Fernandez
2013-2017: BSc Chemistry, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
2017-2018: MSc Chemistry and Polymers, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
e-mail: aledesma@cicbiomagune.es

Silvia Vázquez Díaz
BSc Chemistry, University of Oviedo, Spain and Northern Arizona University, United States.
MSc Food Biotechnology, University of Oviedo, Spain..
e-mail: svazquez@cicbiomagune.es

Laura Pérez-Chirinos Lallana
BSc Biotechnology, Universidad San Pablo CEU, Madrid, Spain.
MSc Physics of Condensed Matter and Biological Systems, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.
e-mail: lperez-chirinos@cicbiomagune.es

Gabriela Guedes Faria
2014-2017: BSc Biochemistry, University of Aveiro, Portugal.
2017-2019: MSc Biomedical Materials and Devices, University of Aveiro, Portugal.
e-mail: gguedes@cicbiomagune.es

Liher García González
2014-2019: BSc Biochemistry and Chemical Biology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
2019-2020: MSc in Physics of Condensed Matter and Biological Systems, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.
e-mail: lgarcia@cicbiomagune.es

Rocío López Domene
BSc Chemistry, University of Almeria, Spain.
MSc Chemistry and Polymers, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
e-mail: rlopez@cicbiomagune.es

Past members

Aline Regis Faro
Postdoctoral fellow
2002-2005: BSc Physics, Institute of Physics of Săo Paulo, University of Săo Paulo, Săo Paulo, Brasil.
2006-2008: MSc Biotechnology and Structural Biology, Institute of Physics of Săo Carlos, University of Săo Paulo, Săo Carlos, Brasil.
2008-2013: PhD Protein Engineering, Institut de Biologie Structurale, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France.
2013-2015: Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology in Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA.

Carmen Radeke
Visiting student
MSc Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bayreuth, Germany.
BSc Biochemistry, University of Bayreuth, Germany.

Inna Mashevska
Visiting student
BSc Biotechnology, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland.

Aldo Isaac Martinez Banderas
PhD Bioscience candidate, KAUST, Saudi Arabia

Paula Mora Ayuso
Junior Researcher in GAIKER, Bilbao, Spain.
BSc Chemistry, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
MSc Drug Discovery and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Birmingham, UK.

Sara Hernández Mejías
Postdoctoral fellow

Irene Kociolek
Erasmus student exchange programme

Francesca Stella
Erasmus student exchange programme

Damiano Iacobone
Erasmus student exchange programme

Daniel Sánchez de Alcázar
PhD student
BSc Biochemistry, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
MSc Biochemistry, Biomolecular Biology, Biomedicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.

Ielyzaveta Borysenko
Technician

Lucia Maio
PhD student

Maria Villuendas Romeo
PhD student
BSc Chemistry, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain.
MSc Nanostructured Materials for Nanotechnology Applications (NANOMAT), Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain.

Mikel Allende Rodríguez
Technician

Eduardo Guisasola Cal
Postdoctoral fellow
2003-2010: BSc. Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.
2012: MSc. Nanothecnology,Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
2011-2016: PhD in Pharmacy, Nanomedicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.

Dina Niculaes
Postdoctoral fellow
2006-2012: MSc (Diplôme d´Ingénieur) Chrmistry and Physics, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, de Biologie et de Physique, France.
2013-2017: European joint PhD Nanochemistry, Universitŕ degli Studi de Genova, Italy / Chemical Science and Technology, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain.

Uxue Grijalba
Summer scholar

Antonio Aires Trapote
Postdoctoral fellow
BSc Chemistry, Autonoma University of Madrid, Spain, 2007.
MSc Green Chemitry, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, 2009.
PhD Organic Chemistry, Autonoma University of Madrid, Spain, 2012.
Postdoctoral fellow, IMDEA Nanociencia Foundation, Madrid, Spain, 2013-2016.

Giulia Magi Meconi
Postdoctoral fellow
2007-2011: BSc Chemistry, University of Perugia, Italy.
2011-2014: MSc Chemistry, University of Perugia, Italy.
2014-2019: PhD Applied Chemistry and Polymeric Materials, POLYMAT, San Sebastian, Spain.
2019-2020: Postdoctoral Fellow, POLYMAT, San Sebastian, Spain.