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LEÓN ONA

Dr. Iker León (https://view.genially.com/67ebd1bceb931efcb8166390/personal-branding-cv-ikerleon) holds a degree in Chemical Sciences (specializing in Physical Chemistry) from the University of the Basque Country (2005). He began his research career at UPV (2006) with a predoctoral fellowship from the Basque Government to study molecules of biological interest using vibrational and electronic spectroscopy techniques with mass detection. His resulting thesis, defended in 2011, received a Cum Laude distinction and an extraordinary doctoral award. He obtained a postdoctoral fellowship from the Basque Government, which enabled him to complete a 2-year stay at the prestigious Brown University in the United States (2012-2014), under the supervision of internationally renowned Prof. Lai-Sheng Wang, conducting photoelectron spectroscopy studies of metallic complexes. This position allowed him to focus on research tasks, collaborate with foreign academics, and present his work at prestigious international scientific conferences. His scientific trajectory enabled him to obtain the prestigious postdoctoral training grant (Juan de la Cierva) from the Ministry of Education and Science (2015-2016), which he developed at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), in Prof. Jens Biegert's internationally prestigious Attosecond and Ultrafast Optics group, strengthening his researcher profile and beginning leadership roles as a co-director of a thesis. During this postdoctoral phase, characterized by methodological training and internationalization, he began his teaching profile by delivering courses within the Interuniversity Master's in Photonics and the Erasmus Mundus Master's in Europhotonics for 2 academic years. His next phase began in 2017 with a postdoctoral research contract from the Junta de Castilla y León, joining the GEM Research group under the supervision of Prof. José Luis Alonso at the University of Valladolid to study and characterize biological molecules, sweeteners, and molecules of astrophysical interest using Microwave spectroscopy techniques. In recognition of his research activity he received the Young Investigator Award from the Spanish Royal Spanish Chemical Society, and, in June 2018, he obtained through a highly competitive public competition (seven contracts distributed across the five major branches of knowledge) a postdoctoral contract from the University of Valladolid, a position he held until obtaining a position as Assistant Professor and currently as Full Professor. All this has consolidated his capacity to produce first-rate research, as evidenced by his 93 articles published in academic journals (JCR, a list of all his papers can be found in ORCID 0000-0002-1992-935X). These high-impact journals include 1xAPR, 8xAngewandte Chemie, 9xJ. Phys. Chem. Lett., 3xChemistry-A European Journal, 1xOptica, 5xThe Astrophysical Journal, 4xA&A, 23xPCCP. Additionally, he has presented more than 88 communications at international conferences, published 3 books, and participated in 17 research projects funded by various institutions, including ERC-Synergy (Nanocosmos), NSF, Consolider-Ingenio, National Plan, Mineco, JCyL, being PI of a 3-year National Project. He is currently the President of the Royal Spanish Chemical Society in Castilla y León (https://stcas.rseq.org). During his latest period, he teaches in the Chemistry and Physics Degrees at the University of Valladolid as a Full Professor. Furthermore, he has coordinated 4 Teaching Innovation Projects, has supervised 4 doctoral theses, 22 undergraduate final projects, 10 master's theses, and 28 business internships.