Dr. DAVID DÍAZ DIAZ
PI of AFM-NANO group FULL PROFESSOR AT ULL ddiazdiaz@ull.edu.es SECRETARY OF IUBO-ULL DIRECTOR OF NANOTEC-ULL SPACES PROF. PD DR. HABIL. AT UNIVERSITÄT REGENSBURG, GERMANY David.Diaz@ur.de INSTITUTIONAL INTERNATIONALIZATION AWARD 2025, ULL INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AWARD 2024, ULL IAAM SCIENTIST AWARD 2022, IAAM RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARD 2021, RSEQ HEISENBERG PROFESSOR 2013-2018, UR, GERMANY Click on the photo to check out his CV
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Universidad de La Laguna
Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánica Antonio González
Apartado 456, 39200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Edificio Nanotec
C/ Rectora María Luisa Tejedor Salguero
Parque Urbano Las Mantecas
38320 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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José
Juan
Marrero-Tellado
obtained
his
BSc
(1983)
in
Chemistry
from
the
University
of
La
Laguna
(ULL)
and
his
MSc
(1984)
from
the
ULL
and
Instituto
de
Productos
Naturales
del
CSIC
(IPN-CSIC)
under
the
supervision
of
Profs.
Ernesto
Suárez
and
Rosendo
Hernández.
His
MSc
thesis
was
focused
on
studies
of
alcoxy
radical
fragmentation
reactions.
In
1988,
he
received
his
PhD
(Outstanding
Doctoral
Award)
from
IPN-CSIC-ULL.
From
1989
to
1991
he
carried
out
a
post-doctoral
stay
at
the
University
of
Oxford
(UK)
in
the
group
of
Prof.
Sir
J.
Baldwin
working
on
alkylation
reactions
of
alpha
and
beta-bicyclic
lactams,
studies
on
the
face
selection
of
the
process
and
Cieplak
effect.
In
1997,
he
became
Associate
Professor
of
Organic
Chemistry
at
ULL.
He
has
been
Visiting
Professor
at
University
of
Stratchclyde
working
with
catalytic
antibodies
in
the
group
of
Prof.
C.
J.
Suckling
(Glasgow),
at
Kekulé-Institut
für
Organische
Chemie
und
Biochemie
Universität,
working
on
the
synthesis
of
molecular
knots
in
the
group
of
Prof.
F.
Vögtle
(Germany),
and
at
Eidgenössische
Technische
Hochschule
(ETH)
in
the
group
of
Prof.
F.
Diederich
working
on
the
amphiphilic
dendrimers
as
vectors for gene therapy (Switzerland). His research interest is in functional materials.
Antonio
Diego
Lozano-Gorrín
obtained
his
PhD
in
the
Department
of
Inorganic
Chemistry
at
Universidad
de
La
Laguna
(ULL)
in
Spain
in
the
field
of
Solid
State
Inorganic
Materials
Chemistry
in
2003.
The
objective
of
it
was
the
search
for
materials
with
interesting
magnetic
properties
as
spin-glass
behavior
as
well
as
the
study
of
their
structures
by
means
of
X-ray
diffraction.
He
carried
out
a
post-doctoral
stay
in
the
Department
of
Chemistry
and
the
Brockhouse
Institute
for
Materials
Research
at
McMaster
University
in
Canada
from
2004
to
2007.
From
2008
to
2010
he
got
a
position
as
a
support
manager
for
the
X-ray
diffraction
facilities
at
ULL.
From
2010
on
he
has
been
a
researcher
at
different
groups
at
ULL
where
he
prepared,
characterized,
and
studied
optical
properties,
among
others,
of
different
nanomaterials.
During
those
years
of
research
he
has
been
a
frequent
user
of
neutron
and
synchrotron
facilities
at
different
locations:
ILL,
ESRF
and
LLB
in
France,
Diamond
Light
Source
in
Great
Britain,
Chalk
River
Laboratories
in
Canada
and
Los
Alamos
National
Lab
in
the USA. In 2018 he became a professor at Universidad de La Laguna.
Agoney
González
Cabrera
was
born
in
San
Cristóbal
de
La
Laguna,
Spain,
in
1998.
He
has
graduated
as
a
chemist
in
the
Degree
in
Chemistry
at
the
University
of
La
Laguna
in
2023
and
in
2025
he
obtained
the
Master's
Degree
in
Chemistry
with
specialization
in
Organic
Chemistry
at
the
same
university.
At
present,
he
is
a
PhD
student
in
the
PhD
Program
in
Chemistry
and
Chemical
Engineering
at
the
University
of
La
Laguna.
His
PhD
Thesis,
supervised
by
Dr.
David
Díaz
Díaz
(Department
of
Organic
Chemistry;
ULL),
is
based
on
the
use
of
sponge
mimetic
tubules
to
investigate
the
origins
of
multicellular
life
and
in
bioengineering
applications.
Diego
Walter
Allgaier
Díaz
was
born
in
Santa
Cruz
de
Tenerife,
Spain,
in
1992.
He
has
graduated
as
an
environmentalogist
in
the
Degree
of
Environmental
Sciences
at
the
Universidad
de
La
Laguna
in
2017
and
subsequently
obtained
the
Master's
Degree
in
Pollution,
Toxicology
and
Environmental
Health
from
the
Universitat
de
Valencia
in
2018,
within
the
specialty
of
environmental
toxicology.
He
also
has
a
Certificate
of
Higher
Education
in
Environmental
Chemistry.
Currently,
he
is
a
PhD
student
in
the
Doctoral
Program
of
Chemistry
and
Chemical
Engineering
at
the
Universidad
de
La
Laguna.
His
Doctoral
Thesis,
directed
by
Dr.
Juan
Ayala
Díaz
(Department
of
Analytical
Chemistry;
ULL)
and
Dr.
David
Díaz
Díaz,
is
centered
on
the
preparation,
chemical
modification
and
characterization
of
hydrogels
and
biopolymers,
as
well
as
their
incorporation
into
analytical chemistry strategies.
José
Ignacio
Hernández
García
was
born
in
San
Cristobal
de
La
Laguna,
Spain,
in
1998.
He
obtained
his
Chemistry
Degree
in
the
University
of
La
Laguna
in
2021.
Also,
he
has
obtained
the
Master's
degree
in
Master
of
Chemistry,
getting
the
specialization
in
Organic
Chemistry
in
2022.
Currently,
he
is
working
on
his
PhD
thesis
in
the
Doctoral
program
of
Chemistry
and
Chemical
engineering
at
the
Universidad
de
La
Laguna.
His
doctoral
thesis
is
directed
by
Dr.
David
Díaz
Díaz
and
Dr.
Sebastian
Bonardd,
which
is
mainly
focused
in
the
synthesis and preparation of materials for the CO2 adsorption.
Paola
Domínguez
Domínguez
was
born
in
Las
Palmas
de
Gran
Canaria,
Spain,
in
1997.
She
has
graduated
as
a
chemist
in
the
Degree
in
Chemistry
at
the
University
of
La
Laguna
in
2019
and
in
2020
she
obtained
the
Master's
Degree
in
Chemistry
with
specialization
in
Organic
Chemistry
at
the
same
university.
At
present,
she
is
a
PhD
student
in
the
PhD
Program
in
Chemistry
and
Chemical
Engineering
at
the
University
of
La
Laguna.
Her
PhD
Thesis,
supervised
by
Dr.
David
Díaz
Díaz
(Department
of
Organic
Chemistry;
ULL),
is
based
on
the
use
of
gel-based
materials
as
a
general
reaction
medium
to
achieve
photoredox
catalysis
with
special
emphasis on two-photon processes using visible light under aerobic conditions.
Cristina
del
Mar
García
Martín
was
born
in
Las
Palmas
de
Gran
Canaria,
Spain,
in
1998.
She
has
graduated
as
a
chemist
in
the
Degree
in
Chemistry
at
the
University
of
La
Laguna
in
2022
and
in
2023
she
obtained
the
Master's
Degree
in
food
safety
and
quality
at
the
same
university.
Currently,
she
is
a
PhD
student
in
the
PhD
Program
in
Chemistry
and
Chemical
Engineering
at
the
University
of
La
Laguna.
Her
PhD
Thesis,
supervised
by
Dr.
David
Díaz
Díaz
(Department
of
Organic
Chemistry;
ULL)
is
focused on the valorization of bio-resources.
Andrea
Montón
Vicente
was
born
in
in
Madrid,
Spain,
in
1997.
She
obtained
a
BSc
degree
in
Chemistry
at
the
Complutense
University
of
Madrid
in
2020
and
in
2021
she
obtained
a
Master's
degree
in
Organic
Chemistry
at
the
same
university.
Since
2022,
she
is
working
as
a
researcher
in
Arquimea
Research
Center
while
pursuing
a
PhD
in
collaboration
with
the
University
of
La
Laguna
within
the
PhD
Program
in
Chemistry
and
Chemical
Engineering.
Her
PhD
Thesis,
supervised
by
Prof.
David
Díaz
Díaz
(Department
of
Organic
Chemistry;
ULL),
is
based
on
the
optimisation
of
the
performance
of
aptamer-based
electrochemical
sensors
through
the
development
of
organic
compounds
that
improve
the
performance
required
for
the
continuous
and real-time monitoring of physiologically relevant biomarkers in biofluids.
Aarón
Baz
Figueroa
was
born
Aarón
Baz
Figueroa
was
born
in
Santa
Cruz
de
Tenerife,
Spain,
in
1996.
He
graduated
as
a
pharmacist
with
the
Degree
in
Pharmacy
from
the
University
of
La
Laguna
in
2019
and
in
2023
he
obtained
the
Master's
Degree
in
Pharmaceutical
Dermocosmetics
at
the
University
of
Barcelona.
He
is
currently
a
PhD
student
in
the
Doctoral
Program
in
Chemistry
and
Chemical
Engineering
at
the
University
of
La
Laguna.
His
Doctoral
Thesis,
directed
by
Dr.
David
Díaz
Díaz
(Department
of
Organic
Chemistry;
ULL),
is
based on the use of soft stimuli-responsive materials for biomedical applications.
