MANUEL ARTURO LOPEZ QUINTELA

Dr. MANUEL ARTURO LOPEZ QUINTELA is a Full Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC, Spain), affiliated with the Department of Physical Chemistry and the Faculty of Chemistry. He holds positions at the Materials Institute (iMATUS) and is part of the Strategic Grouping in Materials (AEMAT), leading the NanoMag research group on Magnetism and Nanotechnology. His academic journey includes a PhD from USC (1980) under Dr. Julio Casado Linarejos, focusing on the kinetic study of carcinogenic N-nitrosocompounds formation.

Prof. Lopez Quintela has held visiting roles at institutions such as the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (Göttingen, Germany), UCLA’s Center for Magnetic Recording Research (USA), and Japanese institutions like Yokohama National University and the Research Center for Materials Science (Nagoya). He is a co-founder and Principal Scientific Advisor of NANOGAP (2006), specializing in nanomaterials and metal clusters, and co-founded Arjuna Therapeutics (2019) to explore therapeutic applications of metal clusters in oncology.

His research focuses on synthesizing ligand-free metal nanomaterials via soft chemical methods, with applications in catalysis, electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, and drug development. He has authored over 350 publications (h-index 62), holds 30 international patents, and co-edits the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (Elsevier, IF 9.5). Awards include the Solvay Chemistry Prize and the Burdinola Prize.

• Awards: Solvay Chemistry Prize, Burdinola Prize
• Companies: NANOGAP, Arjuna Therapeutics
• Editorial Role: Co-editor, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science