Carlos Marcuello

Carlos Marcuello graduated in Biochemistry (bachelor 2009) and Cellular and Molecular Biology (Master 2010) at the University of Zaragoza (Spain). The background gained in his undergraduated studies served to be enrolled in many multidisciplinary projects on his PhD thesis where the atomic force microscopy (AFM) was the main technique used to address the biomolecular dynamics and specific interactions of redox protein systems (2014, cum laudemention). Then, he moved abroad in three different postdoctoral stages in the Laboratoired’Electrochimie Moleculaire (Paris, France, 2015-2016), BioiSystems & Integrative Sciences Institute (Lisbon, Portugal, 2016-2017) and the Institute National de la Recherche Agronomique(Reims, France, 2017-2019) where the AFM was the cornerstone technique to determine the electrochemical, magnetic and nanomechanical performance of viruses decorated with redox proteins, magnetosomes from magnetotactic bacteria and lignocellulosic films and plant-based composites, respectively. Then, he moved at Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragón (INMA, Zaragoza, Spain, 2020-2020 and 2021-2023) to pursue his research in the integration of metalloenzymes on sensing devices by dip-pen nanolithography and further physico-chemical characterization by AFM for the development of quantum technologies. 

Currently, Carlos was enrolled in the group leaded by Dr. Adai Colom (Jan. 2024) at the Biofisika Institute (Leioa, Spain) to discern the cellular repair mechanisms through bioinspiredlipid models mimicking the composition and flexibility of the target cellular membranes by a combination of ultrafast AFM and confocal measurements allowing the quantitative direct visualization of the involved dynamic events at the single-molecule level.