Senior research scientist   Extension: 442071; Direct telephone: 917459515   e-mail: marta.castillejo(at)iqf.csic.es

Short CV 

Marta Castillejo obtained her Ph.D. in Physics in 1984 at Complutense University of Madrid. She worked first in Japan (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba) and then in UK (Imperial College London) as postdoctoral fellow. In 1987 she became member of staff at IQFR-CSIC, where she was promoted to Senior Research Scientist in 2004. She is Founder and Head of the Group "Lasers, nanostructures and materials processing" (LANAMAP): http://lanamap.iqf.csic.es/.

Her scientific interests are mainly focussed on:

1. Laser processing and fabrication of nanomaterials. Representative examples of original contributions are: study of molecular weight effect on the laser ablation of polymers; newly discovered process of laser nanofoaming of biopolymers; design of new methodologies for assessing laser induced periodic surface structures in polymers; study of laser ablation plumes by nonlinear optical processes; investigation of wavelength effects in pulsed laser deposition of semiconductors.
2. Application of laser-based processing and fabrication techniques in Nanoscience and Biomedicine with the development of substrates for chemical sensors and cell culture substrates, among others.
3. Study of matter in ultraintense laser fields, with innovative studies of high harmonic generation in molecular systems and effects of molecular alignment, ionization and fragmentation processes under irradiation with ultrashort laser pulses.
4. Development and application of laser-based techniques in Heritage Science, including pioneering research on laser cleaning methods for pictorial artworks and laser-based spectroscopies and nonlinear optical microscopies for chemical and structural analysis of cultural heritage objects.

Marta Castillejo has authored more than 220 refereed publications in peer reviewed journals with more than 6600 citations. She has acted as Editor of 4 Volumes of Proceedings, has given about 320 presentations in conferences and has delivered 57 invited talks worldwide. She has acted as Principal Investigator of numerous projects with national and regional funding and has participated in numerous European and bilateral programs in partnership with foreign academic institutions. She has been Academic Visitor at University Cergy-Pontoise and Observatoire Paris Meudon in France, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University in USA, Imperial College London in UK and Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, CNR in Italy.

She has acted as member of the Permanent Scientific Committee of the international conference series LACONA (main organizer of its 7th Edition in Madrid, 2007), TECHNART, SPIE International Symposium on Optical Metrology and Conference on Laser Ablation (COLA). She has served as member of the Scientific Committee of Symposia "Light-Matter Interactions and Materials" within CLEO Pacific Rim, USA and Europe.

She has supervised 9 PhD Thesis, has lectured in the biannual International School on "Lasers in Materials Science" in Venice, Italy (acted as Codirector in 2012) and other Workshops and Courses of her speciality. She has also lectured in various PhD Programs and Masters at national level.

In the interdisciplinary domain of Heritage Science, she has founded at IQF the Laser Laboratory for Heritage Science that offers national and transnational access as member of the European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science (E-RIHS ERIC). She has acted as promoter and coordinator of the CSIC Interdisciplinary Platform Patrimonio Abierto, Investigación y Sociedad, PTI-PAIS.