Isabel Rodríguez graduated in Pharmacy from the University of Alcala de Henares and received a PhD in Science from the National University of Singapore in 1999. After her PhD, she worked at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), A*STAR, Singapore. In 2013, she joined IMDEA-Nanoscience as a Senior Research Professor.  She has extensive research experience in the field of micro and nanofabrication technologies applied to polymeric soft materials. Her research primarily focuses on developing functional surfaces often bioinspired, to control interfacial interactions, cell adhesion, wettability, and optical phenomena. Her work finds applications in nano-structured antireflective surfaces, superhydrophobic surfaces, self-cleaning surfaces, and cell instructive topographies with antibacterial properties. Recently, she has also been working on lab-on-chip devices to recreate the tumor microenvironment and study nanomedicines' transport properties.

Jaime Hernández obtained his degree (2005) and PhD in Chemistry (2010) at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He developed his research at the Instituto de la Estructura de la Materia (IEM-CSIC) and moved for postdoctoral stays at the Materials Science Institute of Mulhouse (IS2M-CNRS) (France). His topics of research included studies about the interrelation between structure and properties of polymer nanocomposites or the development of ion conducting membranes based on self-assembly processes, using AFM or synchrotron radiation based techniques for the structural characterization at the nanoscopic level. Currently he belongs to the Nanostructured Functional Surfaces Group at IMDEA Nanociencia where he is involved in the development of multifunctional surfaces.

Miguel graduated in Biotechnology from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) in 2016. He started his scientific career in Auxiliadora Prieto´s Lab in CIB-CSIC, performing his bachelor thesis about Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus and its biotechnological application. He studied for a Master's degree in Industrial Biotechnology at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) in 2017, where he carried out his thesis under the supervision of Dr. Endzhe Matykina and Dr Enrique Martinez-Campos, studying the application of Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation to biodegradable alloys for regenerative applications. In 2018, he continued with a collaboration with the Polymer Functionalization Group (ICTP-CSIC) in thermosensitive hydrogels for cell culture and cell detachment. Currently, he is a PhD student working at IMDEA Nanociencia and the Severo Ochoa Centre for Molecular Biology (CBMSO) where his PhD work is focused on the study of the response of neural stem cells towards the physical stimuli imparted by nanostructured surfaces.

Alberto got his Bachelor's degree in Physics at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) in 2019. In 2020 he got his Master's degree in Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). He started his career in 2019 with an internship at Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Metalúrgicas (CENIM) and in 2020 he received a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation to perform his Ph.D at Prof. Isabel Rodriguez’s group at IMDEA Nanociencia. His research is focused on developing Tumor-on-a-chip microfluidic devices for nanomedicines efficacy testing. His work involves the design, simulation, fabrication and operation of the devices.

Rocío graduated in Biotechnology from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) in 2019. She developed her bachelor's thesis about cryopreservation of advanced therapies at the University Hospital Fundación Jimenez Diaz. She studied for a Master's degree in medical Biotechnology at the Pablo de Olavide University in Seville (UPO) in 2020, and she carried out her thesis in Cabimer, studying the differentiation of iPSC to retinal pigment epithelium (RPE).  Currently, she is a research assistant at IMDEA Nanociencia where she is working on neuronal cell progenitor differentiation through physical and electrical stimuli.

Alejandro graduated in Physics from Universidad de Salamanca (USAL) in 2021, having experienced a one-year Erasmus exchange at the University of Bristol in 2019. He studied for his master´s degree in Energy at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). He obtained an internship scholarship at IMDEA Energía in the division of Photoactivated processes working on the development of multifunctional materials for the production of solar fuels in 2022. Currently, he is a research assistant at IMDEA Nanociencia fabricating nano-functional surfaces and employing a roll-to-roll device for making Fresnel lenses as solar concentrators.