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Carlos was born in 1978 outside Ciudad Real, Spain. In 2000, he earned his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Castilla-La Mancha. Alonso-Moreno earned his Ph.D. with Professor Antonio Antiñolo at University of Castilla-La Mancha in 2005 for his dissertation on metallocene catalyzed olefin polymerization. After a two-year postdoctoral appointment with Professor Manfred Bochmann at the School of Pharmacy in the University of East-Anglia, United Kingdom, and a short brief of one-year at the University of Rey Juan Carlos, Spain, Alonso-Moreno began his independent career at University of Castilla-La Mancha in 2008. In 2010, he was promoted to Associate Professor and in 2018 was named Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the School of Pharmacy in the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, in which he was Vice-dean (2012–2017). His research has been mainly involved in the design and development of new organometallic entities as efficient catalysis to produce biodegradable polymers. Today, he is mainly interested in the application of the tailor-made polymeric macrostructures in oncology by the generation of nanodevices.

ORCID: 0000-0002-7588-0781

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ivan.bravo@uclm.es

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Graduate and PhD in Chemistry from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM). Assistant Professor at the UCLM Faculty of Pharmacy teaching Physical Chemistry applied to the Pharmaceutical field in areas such as Transport and Surface Phenomena, Chemical Kinetics or Photophysics applied to Biological systems.

He is currently developing lines of research at the Faculty of Pharmacy focused on the design of new fluorescent biosensors for FLIM microscopy; Nanotechnology applied for the development, distribution and monitoring of drugs; and Design of new fluorescent materials for biomedical and therapeutic applications.

alberto.ocana@salud.madrid.org

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Oncologist scientist, leading the Experimental Therapeutics Unit, at the Hospital Clínico San Carlos in Madrid, Spain. He trained in Molecular Biology at Vall d´Hebron Hospital, Barcelona and in Drug Development and Design of Clinical studies at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, Canada. He has also been a visiting professor at Yale University. Dr Ocana has more than 180 published articles in scientific journals.

almudena.delcampo@uclm.es

ORCiD: 0000-0002-0119-6733

Almudena was graduated in Pharmacy in 2021. After finishing her degree, she got an internship in the KU Leuven University, Belgium. There she worked in a research project in the Molecular Imaging and Photonics lab, where her interest in pursuing science really took shape.

Just a few months later, she obtained a grant to start her PhD in the Department of Inorganic Chemistry at Castilla-La Mancha University. She is currently working in the search for new therapeutic agents as an alternative for the treatment of cancer, as well as in the design of nanovehicles to encapsulate them with the goal of enhance its properties.

cristina.blasco2@alu.uclm.es

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Cristina has recently been graduated in Pharmacy. In 2021, she received a scholarship from Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) to carry out a research project at Pharmacy School in Albacete. Afterwards, in 2022 during the last year of her bachelor she also obtained a grant from University of Castilla-La Mancha to design new nanovehicles to encapsulate antitumor drugs.

She is currently doing an internship in NOVA School of Science and Technology in Lisbon where she is learning about different materials for the synthesis of nanovehicles.

Mariagracia.arenas@uclm.es

ORCiD: 0000-0003-4112-669X

María was graduated in Pharmacy (2021) at University of Castilla-La Mancha. She is currently a PhD student at the same University, funded by ACEPAIN (Asociación Costuras en la Piel en Apoyo a la investigación de cáncer en Albacete).

During her bachelor she acquired undergraduate research experience in Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Nanotechnology, complemented by an internship in Twente University (The Netherlands) once she was graduated.

Currently, her research is based on the development of new nanosystems to enhance the activity of new antitumor drugs.

sofia.blas@alu.uclm.es

Sofía is a fifth-grade student of Pharmacy. In 2021 she was employed by Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) thanks to a research scholarship. Afterwards, in 2022 she also got a research contract during summer period.

To sum up, although her youth she has a curious mind which drives her into the wonders of laboratory investigations.

Andrés Garzón Ruiz is Graduated in Chemistry from the University of Jaén and Doctor in Chemistry from the University of Castilla-La Mancha. Lecturer at the Faculty of Pharmacy from the University of Castilla-La Mancha since July 2010. He has researched in diverse fields of Physical Chemistry, particularly fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy applied to Pharmacy and Biomedicine. His current research lines are focused on the development of fluorescent probes for biological systems (employing FLIM: Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy) and the study of drug-protein interactions using various fluorescence spectroscopy techniques. He is also involved in other projects aimed at unraveling the photophysics of fluorophores with biological and biomedical applications. 

Consuelo was born in Granada, Spain. In 2014, she obtained her B.Sc. degrees in Biology and Biochemistry from the University of Granada. In 2015, she completed the Master “Investigación, Desarrollo, control e innovación de medicamentos”, where she started her relationship with research, publishing a high impact scientific article with her master thesis. Consuelo obtained her Ph.D at the University of Granada in 2019 for her dissertation entitled: “Metabolic nanosensor for the identification of tumoral metabophenotypes”. During 2019-2020, she did a postdoctoral stay at the Instituto andaluz de ciencias de la tierra, CSIC.

In 2021, she joined the Department of Physicochemistry of the Faculty of Pharmacy of Albacete, UCLM, with a postdoctoral fellowship, where she is working with cellular nanosensors monitored with fluorescence lifetime microscopy, FLIM.

Felipe de la Cruz-Martínez was born in Badajoz (Spain) in 1990. He studied chemistry at University of Extremadura where he began his career research working on the design of anticancer agents. Then, he moved at the University of Castilla-La Mancha where he completed his PhD studies on the carbon dioxide utilization for the synthesis of industrial valuable products under the supervision of Prof. Agustín Lara-Sánchez and Dr. José A. Castro-Osma. He also did a PhD stay at the University of York under the supervision of Prof. Michael North focused on the synthesis of CO₂-based hydroxyurethanes. In 2021, he joined Dr. Jesús Campos group as a postdoctoral fellow working on the development of bimetallic pairs for the activation of small molecules. Since September 2022, he is based at the University of Castilla-La Mancha as an Assistant Professor.

Irene was born in 2000 in a village near Cuenca, Spain. She is a recent graduate in Biochemistry from the University of Castilla-La Mancha. In her Bachelor Thesis she investigated organometallic complexes as possible anti-tumour agents and also won the prize of the informative contest “Tu TFG en 3 minutos”. In the summer of 2022, she spent a stay at KU Leuven, where she worked on the internalisation of nanoparticles in 2D and 3D cellular models. In the next academic year, she will be in Albacete doing the Master in Experimental Biomedicine together with Alonso-Moreno’s group.

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almudena.ruiz@uclm.es

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Graduated in Biology from the University of Valencia in 2005. In 2007 she joined Dr. Laborda´s laboratory as a PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Laborda and Dra. Díaz-Guerra to study the role of Notch proteins in macrophage activation. During that time, she published several works focused on the analysis of the glucose metabolic changes, associated with classical and alternative macrophage activation pathways. In 2012 she got a PhD in Experimental Biomedicine from the Castilla-La Mancha University (UCLM).

Since 2017 she works as a I+D technician at the UCLM Faculty of Pharmacy, to support the nanodrug group, led by Dr. Carlos Alonso Moreno.

Elena studied pharmacy at the University of Castilla-La Mancha. During those years she obtained several scholarships with which she was able to start her work in cancer research. After graduating in 2020, she got a contract with the University of Castilla-La Mancha to start her doctoral thesis in the area of inorganic chemistry.

Currently his research is based on the synthesis of new antitumor compounds as an alternative to existing drugs, as well as the development of nanoformulations that improve the activity of these compounds.

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I received the Master of Science in Physical Chemistry at the University of Vigo and I then completed a PhD in supramolecular polymers at Reading University. I then joined the ESRF as a post-doctoral fellow from Eindhoven Technical University first and then from Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI) to promote the research of polymer materials under processing conditions. Thereafter, I was promoted to beamline scientist responsible for the Dutch-Belgium SAXS/WAXS beamline (BM26b) at ESRF until I have been awarded the Maria Zambrano grant to join the University of Vigo as a researcher. The focus of my research is mainly aimed at the structure-properties relationship in the area of polymer physics, particularly the characterization of advanced polymeric materials in bulk, solution and thin films using a wide range of physical techniques. I have comprehensive experience in soft matter including polymer crystallization, polymer processing under industrial conditions and supramolecular self-assembly. In addition, my scientific projects are driven to advance in the design of novel functional polymeric materials with tailored properties with particular emphasis, on the use of green approaches and the generation of biocompatible materials featuring nanomedicine applications mainly due to the increase of societal demands for bioenvironmental policies.

ORCID: 0000-0002-6599-3192

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Abdessamad Gueddari Aourir holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from UCLM (2019-2022), a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering (2016-2018), a Master’s degree in Economics of Growth and Sustainable Development (2020-2021), and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (2012-2016) from UCLM.

Currently, Abdessamad serves as a postdoctoral researcher at UCLM, CTO, and co-founder of CO2-AFP Engineering SL. He leads business R&D projects focused on transforming CO2 into valuable products, developing new engineering techniques to reduce industry carbon footprints through CO2 utilization strategies.

Beatriz was graduated in Chemistry at the University of Alicante in 2023. During her last year of her degree, she was able to acquire knowledge in the field of inorganic synthesis. She is currently studying a Master in Experimental Biomedicine at the University of Castilla La Mancha. His research work, funded by the ACEPAIN association (Asociación Costuras en la Piel en Apoyo a la investigación de cáncer en Albacete), consists of the synthesis of nanomedicines for the treatment of cancer.