Eden Morales-Narvaez

Biography

Eden Morales-Narváez (eden@fata.unam.mx) is currently the Head of the Biophotonic Nanosensors Laboratory at the Center for Applied Physics and Advanced Technology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM). He received a degree in bionics engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico in 2006 and his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain in 2013. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and started his independent career in late 2016 at the Center for Research in Optics (Mexico). His research is focused on the development and application of novel (bio)sensing platforms, particularly using nanophotonics at the cutting-edge. In general, he is interested in green technologies, smart materials, integrated biosensors, wearable devices, flexible photonics, and healthcare 4.0/5.0. He is a member of several editorial boards including JPhys: Photonics, ACS Analytical Chemistry, Biosensors & Bioelectronics X and Green Analytical Chemistry, among others. As a winner of the 2020 JPhys Photonics Early Career Award, he has also been recognized as an Emerging Leader. He was also selected as a 2023 Rising Star by ACS Measurement Science Au. Eden is also a recipient of the "Cátedra Marcos Moshinsky 2024", which is awarded to the most prominent young scientist in Mexico. Listed as a top-cited scientist in the field of Analytical Chemistry / Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Eden also earned a place on the Stanford Elsevier rankings (2021, 2023 and 2024).