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O xoves 25 de setembro a Dr. Jénnifer Gómez Pérez (CICA - Centro Interdisciplinar de Química e Bioloxía, Universidade da Coruña) ofrecerá o seminario "Carbon Dot Engineering: From Photoluminescence to Biomedical and Environmental Interfaces", dentro do ciclo "CINBIO Seminar Programme".
Será ás 11:00h na Sala de seminarios de Torre CACTI.
ABSTRACT:
Carbon dots (CDs) are small, typically quasi-spherical carbon-based
nanoparticles under 10 nm in size, with unique surface properties and optical signatures
whose origin continues to intrigue researchers. Combined with excellent photostability,
water solubility, biocompatibility, and easy functionalization with biomolecules, CDs are
strong candidates for biomedical applications. This talk will explore the design of CDs to
tune their excitation-dependent photoluminescence, with emphasis on understanding their
emission mechanisms. Besides, we will focus on how structural control enables targeted
functions. Applications at the biomedical interface such as, imaging, drug delivery and
environmental remediation will also be discussed. By linking fundamental properties to
real-applications, we aim to highlight CD engineering as a versatile strategy across
disciplines.
BIO:
Dr. I. Jénnifer Gómez obtained her Bachelor's degree (2013) and Master's degree in
Chemistry (2014) from the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. In 2018, Jénnifer
obtained her Ph.D. under the direction of Prof. Maurizio Prato at the Università degli
Studi di Trieste (Italy).
From 2018 to 2020, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Plasma Technology
group led by Prof. Lenka Zajíčková at CEITEC (Czech Republic), where she collaborated
closely with the industrial partner Thermo Fisher Scientific. She then continued as a
postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Condensed Matter Physics at Masaryk
University (2021–2022, Czech Republic), where she was awarded with the
MSCAfellow4@MUNI fellowship.
Currently, Jénnifer Gómez is a Distinguished Researcher at CICA at Universidade da
Coruña, where she has been awarded with a Beatriz Galindo and before a María
Zambrano grant for the attraction of international talent by the Ministry of Spain
Her research focuses on the adaptation of low-dimensional materials for potential
applications as photocatalysts and biological carriers, mainly in neurodegenerative
diseases.
