Gorka Salas obtained his PhD in Chemistry (2007, University of Valladolid) in the field of organometallic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis. During 2008-2010, he worked at the CNRS (LCC-Toulouse and LCOMS-Lyon), on the synthesis of metal nanoparticles, ionic liquids, and catalytic hydrogenations. He has been at IMDEA Nanociencia since 2011 (including a stay at the ICMM-CSIC, 2011-2013), where his research focuses on the synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles for biomedicine and other applications.