Dr.  

Verónica  

Pino  

got  

her  

B.S.  

in  

Chemistry  

in  

1997  

at  

Universidad  

de

La   

Laguna   

(ULL)   

with   

Science   

Graduate   

Award   

and   

Best   

Dossier   

in

Chemistry.   

She   

conducted   

her   

PhD   

research   

through   

a   

FPU   

grant,

obtaining  

her  

title  

in  

April  

2002  

with  

“sobresaliente”  

cum  

laude  

and

Doctorate Extraordinary Award from ULL.

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She  

was  

awarded  

with  

a  

Special  

Mention  

for  

Young  

Researchers  

from  

the  

Canary  

Government  

in  

2003.  

She  

has  

conducted

several  

stays  

several  

stays  

at  

prestigious  

research  

centers  

in  

USA  

and  

France,  

including  

Wake-Forest  

University  

(Prof.

Hinze),  

Iowa-State  

University  

(Prof.  

Armstrong),  

Université  

Calude-Bernard  

de  

Lyon  

(Prof.  

Berthod)  

and  

The  

University  

of

Toledo (Prof. Anderson).

She  

has  

served  

as  

Research  

Associate  

at  

ULL  

in  

2004  

as  

“Juan  

de  

la  

Cierva”  

at  

ULL  

in  

2005-2008,  

as  

Research  

Associate

linked  

to  

a  

ULL  

project  

in  

2009,  

as  

a  

“Ramón  

y  

Cajal”  

Researcher  

at  

ULL  

in  

2010-2015,  

as  

Associate  

Professor  

(Profesora

Contratado  

Doctor  

Tipo  

1)  

at  

ULL  

in  

2015-2018,  

and  

as  

Professor  

at  

ULL  

in  

2018-2022.  

She  

is  

a  

Full  

Professor  

at  

ULL  

since

October  

2022  

and  

member  

of  

the  

Institute  

of  

Tropical  

Diseases  

and  

Healthcare  

of  

the  

Canary  

Islands  

since  

October  

2018.

She is the PI of the MAT4LL Research Group at ULL.

She  

has  

been  

Principal  

Investigator  

of  

several  

national  

research  

projects  

and  

regional  

projects.  

She  

has  

published  

over

135  

articles  

and  

over  

35  

book  

chapters.  

She  

is  

a  

member  

of  

the  

Editorial  

Board  

of  

the  

Elsevier  

journal  

“Analytica  

Chimica

Acta” and has edited 7 books (5 Wiley, 2 Elsevier).

Dr. VERÓNICA PINO

Dr. JORGE PASÁN

Dr.  

Jorge  

  

Pasán

  

  

got  

  

his  

  

BSc  

  

in  

  

Physics  

  

in  

  

2001  

  

at  

  

Universidad  

  

de  

  

La  

  

Laguna  

  

(ULL).  

  

He  

  

completed  

  

his  

  

PhD  

  

in  

 

Physics  

  

in  

2006  

at  

the  

same  

university  

through  

a  

FPU  

grant,  

and  

specifically  

in  

Coordination  

Chemistry  

and  

Molecular

Magnetism.

He  

  

has  

  

conducted  

  

several  

  

stays  

  

in  

  

different  

  

international  

  

institutions,  

  

including  

  

Lawrence  

  

Berkeley  

  

National  

 

Laboratory  

(USA),  

  

Laboratoire  

  

Léon  

  

Brillouin  

  

at  

  

CE  

  

Paris-Saclay  

  

(France),  

  

Institut  

  

für  

  

Anorganische  

  

Chemie  

  

–  

 

Karlsruhe  

  

Institute  

  

of  

Technology  

  

(Germany),  

  

Synchrotron  

  

Radiation  

  

Facility  

  

in  

  

Grenoble  

  

(France),  

  

and  

  

Instituto  

  

de  

 

Ciencia  Molecular  in  Valencia (Spain).

From  

  

2017  

  

to  

  

2021,  

  

he  

  

was  

  

an  

  

Agustín  

  

de  

  

Betancourt  

  

Researcher  

  

at  

  

ULL,  

  

while  

  

he  

  

held  

  

a  

  

position  

  

as  

  

Senior  

 

Excellence  

Researcher  

  

from  

  

Caixa-CajaCanarias  

  

at  

  

ULL  

  

from  

  

2021  

  

to  

  

2024.  

  

He  

  

obtained  

  

the  

  

R3  

  

certification  

  

in  

 

2023  

  

and  

  

he  

  

is  

Professor  

  

(Profesor  

  

Titular)  

  

in  

  

the  

  

Chemistry  

  

Department  

  

at  

  

ULL  

  

since  

  

2024.  

  

From  

  

2014,  

  

his  

 

research  

  

took  

  

a  

  

new  

  

direction,  

and  

  

he  

  

started  

  

to  

  

work  

  

on  

  

the  

  

use  

  

of  

  

metal-organic  

  

frameworks  

  

in  

  

sample  

 

preparation.  Since  then,  he  is  co-PI  of  the MAT4LL Research Group at ULL.

He  

  

is  

  

principal  

  

investigator  

  

of  

  

the  

  

current  

  

national  

  

project  

  

in  

  

the  

  

research  

  

group  

  

and  

  

has  

  

participated  

  

in  

  

the  

 

design/writing  

of  

  

13  

  

research  

  

projects  

  

since  

  

the  

  

project  

  

MAT2004-03312.  

  

He  

  

has  

  

published  

  

over  

  

145  

  

articles  

  

and  

  

2  

 

patents.  

  

He  

  

is  

academic  

  

editor  

  

of  

  

the  

  

journal  

  

Nanomaterials,  

  

and  

  

co-editor  

  

of  

  

an  

  

Elsevier  

  

book  

  

(Metal-organic  

 

frameworks  in  Analytical Sample Preparation and Sensing).