I am Javier Fernández Lodeiro, a chemist with a degree from the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. I went on to complete my master’s degree in Science and Technology of Colloids and Interfaces at the University of Vigo. In October 2012, I earned my Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Vigo, graduating as an International European Doctor with the highest distinction (Cum Laude). Following this, I was honored with the Extraordinary PhD Award from the University of Vigo for the 2012 cohort. From 2013 to 2014, I conducted postdoctoral research at the University of São Paulo in Brazil under the FAPESP and CNPq international programs. During this time, I joined the organometallic chemistry research group (LOCSyn) at the Chemistry Institute of the University of São Paulo. In September 2014, I moved to Portugal and joined the BIOSCOPE research group within the Chemistry Department of the Faculty of Science and Technology, University Nova of Lisbon (FCT-UNL), where I held a postdoctoral fellowship from 2014 to 2018. I continue my work with the BIOSCOPE group at FCT-UNL under a Junior Research contract through the DL/57 program (Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-MEC), Portugal). Since 2012, I have also been part of the organizing committee for more than 26 international conferences held in Caparica. Regarding my scientific contributions, I am a co-author of 50 papers in high-quality international peer-reviewed journals, with 15 of these as the corresponding author and four being featured on the front covers. I have also co-authored three books, two book chapters, and one patent. Additionally, I have been invited to deliver two oral presentations and have presented over 45 posters at international scientific conferences. I have served as a guest editor for four Special Issues in high-quality peer-reviewed scientific journals focused on nanomaterials and chemo-sensors. Moreover, I have mentored and supervised several undergraduate (TFG), master’s, and doctoral students from the FCT and ERASMUS programs within the BIOSCOPE group at FCT-UNL. I have also participated as a team member in six research projects funded by both public (four projects) and private (two projects) entities, contributing to the generation of approximately EUR 650,000 in funding. Of this amount, EUR 460,000 was obtained through competitive public calls. Notably, I secured EUR 283,000 in competitive public funding for projects based on my research lines, where I have served as either the Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI. My research focuses on developing new synthetic methodologies for metallic nanoparticles, primarily noble metals, for applications in optoelectronics, catalysis, and environmental science.
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