Luis Liz Marzán

Luis Manuel Liz-Marzán (born 20 December 1965, Lugo) is a Spanish chemist widely recognized internationally for his pioneering work in nanoscience, specialized in the synthesis of nanoparticles with special optical properties and their applications in biomedicine.[1]

Academic career

Liz-Marzán graduated in Chemistry at the University of Santiago de Compostela in 1988 and obtained a PhD in 1992 at the same university, presenting a PhD thesis entitled “Microemulsions. A new reaction medium for the synthesis of ultrafine magnetic particles”, under the supervision of Professor Arturo López-Quintela.[2][3] After two years of postdoctoral research at Utrecht University, he returned to Spain in 1995, joining the University of Vigo, where he climbed the academic ladder up to a chair in Physical Chemistry in 2006.[2][3] In 2012, he moved to San Sebastián, as an Ikerbasque Research Professor and Scientific Director of the Center of Cooperative Research in Biomaterials, CIC biomaGUNE.[2][3]

Liz-Marzán spent brief periods as a Visiting Professor in various institutions worldwide, such as Universität Hamburg (Germany), University of Michigan (USA), University of Melbourne (Australia), Tohoku University (Japan), as well as the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (Germany).[2] He also visited the King Saud University (Saudi Arabia), École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay (France), Jiangnan University (China), and Collège de France in 2022.[4][5] In November 2024, Marzán was selected as a member of the Academia Nacional de Italia.[1]

Research

The team led by Liz-Marzán has carried out pioneering work in several areas of relevant biomedical applications, such as synthesis, characterization, and modeling of nanoparticles and materials of interest in nanomedicine; monitoring of fibers related to the progress of Parkinson's disease, processing of nanoparticles in the form of self-assembled mono- and multi-layers, colloidal aggregates, and the development of cancer models to investigate disease mechanisms and subsequently develop new therapies.[1] He co-authored more than 320 publications and 5 patents, and worked as an editorial advisory board member of several chemistry, nanotechnology, and materials science journals.[2]

In 2011, Liz-Marzán conducted the European Research Council Advanced Grant for the project Development of plasmonic quorum sensors for understanding bacterial-eukaryotic cell relations, PLASMAQUO.[6] Later that decade, in 2018, he conducted the European Research Council Advanced Grant for the project Four-Dimensional Monitoring of Tumour Growth by Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering, 4DbioSERS.[7]

In 2021, Liz-Marzán received the Lilly Foundation Prize on Preclinical Biomedical Research because of "his research in the field of nanoscience and nanomedicine".[8]

Awards

[4]

  • "Lourenço - Medinaveitia" Award of the Portuguese Chemical Society (2023)
  • Ciamician - Gonzalez" Award of the Italian Chemical Society (2022)
  • Lilly Foundation Prize on Preclinical Biomedical Research (2021)
  • "Miguel Catalán - Paul Sabatier" Prize of the French Chemical Society (2020)
  • Physical Chemistry Award of the Spanish Royal Society (2009)
  • Humboldt Research Award (2009)[1]
  • DuPont Prize for Science (2010)
  • Burdinola Research Award (2011)
  • ACS Nano Lectureship Award (American Chemical Society) (2012)
  • Langmuir Lecturer Award (American Chemical Society) (2012)
  • ECIS Rhodia Prize (European Colloid and Interface Society) (2013)
  • Medal of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (2014)[1]
  • Rey Jaime I Prize in Basic Research (2015)
  • JCIS-Darsh Wasan Award in Colloid and Interface Science (Elsevier) (2017)
  • Blaise Pascal Medal in Materials Science (European Academy of Sciences) (2017)
  • "Enrique Moles" National Research Award in Chemical Science and Technology (2018)[1]
  • "Hermanos Elhuyar - Hans Goldschmidt" Award (German Chemical Society, GDCh) (2019)

Recognitions

  • Foreign academic of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
  • Member of the Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales (2020)[9]
  • Corresponding Member of the Real Academia Gallega de Ciencias[1]
  • Corresponding Member of the Academia de Ciencias Matemáticas, Físico-Químicas y Naturales de Granada
  • Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences[1]
  • Fellow of Optical Society of America[1]
  • Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (2009–2013)[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Nomean ao profesor Luis Liz Marzán membro da Academia Nacional de Italia" [Professor Luis Liz Marzán appointed member of the National Academy of Italy]. cinbio.es (in Spanish). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e "2013 Luis M. Liz-Marzán". www.ecis-web.eu. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "Luis Manuel Liz Marzán". galegos.galiciadigital.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Prof. Dr. Luis Liz-Marzán". www.humboldt-foundation.de. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Luis Liz-Marzán". www.college-de-france.fr. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Development of plasmonic quorum sensors for understanding bacterial-eukaryotic cell relations". cordis.europa.eu.
  7. ^ "Four-Dimensional Monitoring of Tumour Growth by Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering". cordis.europa.eu.
  8. ^ "Luis Liz-Marzán y Carlos Simón reciben los Premios Lilly de Investigación Biomédica 2021" [Luis Liz-Marzán and Carlos Simón receive the 2021 Lilly Biomedical Research Awards]. www.agenciasinc.es (in Spanish). 14 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Luis Manuel Liz Marzán, nuevo miembro de la Real Academia de Ciencias" [Luis Manuel Liz Marzán, new member of the Royal Academy of Sciences]. www.infosalus.com (in Spanish). 28 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
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