Dra. Sara Hernández Mejías
Sara Hernández earned her BSc in Physics in 2011 from the University of the Basque Country (UPV, Spain) and her MSc in Biophysics in 2012 from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM, Spain). She completed her PhD in Biophysics summa cum laude (2016) under Prof. Cortajarena, focusing on nanostructured photo- and electro-active materials based on engineered protein self-assembly. From 2016 to 2022, she conducted postdoctoral research in the Netherlands, Sweden, and Spain, studying photoinduced processes in synthetic photosystems using pump-probe spectroscopy. In 2022, she established the BioEngineered Nanophotonics Research Group at IMDEA Nanociencia, bringing together her interdisciplinary expertise in biohybrid materials. Her research has been supported by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, the Spanish Ministry of Science, and private foundations such as La Caixa and BBVA. She has received the AntalGenics Award from the Spanish Society of Biophysics and a distinction from the FECYT, recognizing her as a leading scientist in biohybrid development.
