Dr. Marco Ovalle

Dr. Marco Ovalle earned his bachelor's degree in nanotechnology engineering (2018) and master's degree in chemical sciences (2020) at the Technological Institute of Tijuana in the Aguirre-Somanathan research group for natural product synthesis and asymmetric catalysis. He did a predoctoral fellowship in 2020 at Northwestern University under the supervision of Sir Fraser Stoddart, where he focused on molecular machines and the photochemistry of interlocked chromophores. In the same year, he began his doctoral studies at the University of Groningen under the supervision of Ben Feringa. In this period, his research centered on molecular switches, motors, and cages. In 2025, he joined the research group of Thomas Hermans as a postdoctoral researcher at IMDEA Nanociencia. Currently, he is developing photoresponsive mesoscale materials.