Short biography
Pau Gorostiza graduated in physics at the University of Barcelona (UB), where he obtained his PhD (European Doctorate) in the field of semiconductor electrochemistry. He worked at the UB microscopy facility in AFM and STM of biological samples, and in nanotechnology for materials science. He visited the CNRS - Université Pierre et Marie Curie (France), and the University of California at Berkeley (USA). He is currently ICREA Research Professor at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology), where he develops photoswitchable ligands of neuronal proteins and studies charge transport in redox proteins and photosynthetic complexes using electrochemical tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy and force microscopy. He has published more than 140 articles (7000 citations, h-index 46) and holds 9 patents (5 licensed). He has supervised 14 postdoctoral fellows and 15 PhD students (6 ongoing).
