BIO
Aitziber López Cortajarena is an Ikerbasque Research Professor and head of the Biomolecular Nanotechnology Laboratory at CIC biomaGUNE, where she also serves as Scientific Director. Her research focuses on protein engineering for the generation of functional nanostructures and bioinspired materials, and her group has made key contributions in the design and development of protein-based hybrids with defined architectures and functionalities. Author of over 100 scientific papers and two books, she also holds five granted patents and has presented her work at over 50 international conferences. López Cortajarena is a Senior Editor of Protein Science (Wiley) and former Associate Editor of ACS Applied Bio Materials. She recently launched Taldeki Biosolutions, a spinoff from CIC biomaGUNE, to develop metal-protein hybrid biosensors for advanced diagnostics. A member of the Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de España, her distinctions include the Horizon Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
