Dr. Montserrat Calleja (Project Coordinator), (female) PhD in Physics in 2002 with special award. Staff researcher at CSIC since 2008. Head of the Department of Devices, Sensors and Biosensors from 2008 to 2012. Postdoctoral Marie Curie fellow 2004-2004 MIC-DTU (Denmark). She has co-authored more than 70 publications with over 2900 citations (h-index 30). She has leaded over 10 research projects and currently holds an ERC Starting Grant focused on the advancement of nanomechanical tools towards cancer cell mechanics with end date October 2016, an ERC Consolidator Grant on nanomechanics tools for protein investigation and ERC POC about optical spectrometry for cell research. Her team has pioneered the advancement of nanomechanical biosensors from basic research breakthroughs to the commercial exploitation of results. Miguel Catalán award for young researchers in 2014.
Viruscan Project - European Comission - Horizon 2020 European Union Funding for Research and Innovation - Grant Agreement: 731868