Natural and Artificial Photonic Devices and Structures Research Group
Personal experience
Dr. Martín López García is the leader of the Natural and Artificial Photonic Devices and Structures research group at the INL. Martin’s main interests lie in the study of light-matter interactions in natural nanostructures and the development of biomimetic strategies for photonic applications. He is particularly interested in bioinspiration for energy harvesting. Martín graduated in Physics (with a specialization in Optoelectronics) from the University of Santiago de Compostela. He later obtained a PhD for his work on self-assembled photonic-plasmonic hybrid crystals at the Institute of Materials Sciences of Madrid (ICMM-CSIC). In 2012 he joined the Photonics Group at the University of Bristol where he was involved in the development of photonic devices for quantum technologies and the study of the biophysical properties of natural photonic structures in plants and algae. He joined INL in 2017 to fund the NAPS Research Group, where he combines materials science, biotechnology and advanced optical characterization for the development of sustainable and cost-effective photonic materials and devices.