Beatriz Pelaz

Beatriz Pelaz graduated in Chemistry from the University of Valladolid (2005) and in Biochemistry (2011) from the University of Zaragoza. In March 2012, she obtained a European PhD degree from University of Zaragoza. From June 2012 to December 2016, she was a member of the group of Prof. Wolfgang J. Parak in the Phillips-University of Marburg (Germany), first as a postdoctoral researcher and since 2013, as a Humboldt Fellow.

Since January 2017, she is co-leader of the BionanoTools group in CiQUS. First, as PI of a JIN project (MINECO) and since 2019 as “Ramón y Cajal” fellow (2017 call, Inorganic Chemistry department, University of Santiago de Compostela). In 2020, the European Research Council awarded her with an ERC Starting Grant

Her research interests are focused on the development of remotely controlled smart materials, and the study of their interaction with living entities.