The research activity is focused on the optical properties of materials, their fabrication and implementation into different structures with practical interest. 

As a PhD student at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain) research was focused on the fabrication of optically active channel waveguides for optical communications. It included the description of the complex energy transfer processes between lanthanides, particularly Tm3+, contributing to settle the basis of ulterior works exploiting its properties. Later, during the first postdoctoral time at Heriot-Watt University (United Kingdom) as Research Associate (covering a maternity leave) the tasks were devoted first to set up the optical laboratory of Prof. Bryce Richards and simultaneously optimize a drop-casting method to embed quantum dots in polymeric films, targeting to develop new strategies to improve the efficiency of photovoltaic devices. Finally, during the almost four years at Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS, Québec, Canada) the work started by setting up Prof. Vetrone's laboratory. Later, the research effort was divided in several projects, including synthesis procedures improvement, photophysical characterization of luminescent nanoparticles and tailoring the chemical properties of hybrid nanomaterials for applications including photovoltaics, biosensing and anti-counterfeiting. During this last stage, the research work was complemented with tutoring students in the laboratory.

Currently the work at CIC BiomaGUNE (Spain) is focused on biomedical applications of luminescent nanoparticles, particularly for thermometry and photothermal therapy. This work aims to develop nanostructures that can be externally controlled through light and reaching penetration depths in biological tissues as high as possible.

All these projects involved developing collaborations and working in multidisciplinar environments, mostly involving Chemistry, Engineering and Physics.

It also has to be mentioned the active participation in project writing with successful results in Canada (FRQNT, Quebec and NSERC, Canada) as well as in Europe (Marie Slodowska-Curie Actions, 2015).