Maria de la Merced Novo Rodriguez

Mercedes Novo Rodríguez is a Full Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Santiago de Compostela's Faculty of Sciences, specializing in fluorescence spectroscopy and biophysical chemistry. She directs the Biophysical Chemistry, Photophysics and Spectroscopy research group and coordinates the XuvenCiencia science outreach initiative.

Research Focus: Her work centers on amyloid aggregation mechanisms in Alzheimer's disease, supramolecular system dynamics, and fluorescent probe development for biomolecular detection. She utilizes Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy for single-molecule analysis.

Education:

• PhD in Chemical Sciences, University of Santiago de Compostela (1991)
• Postdoctoral training at Max-Planck Institute (Germany) and KU Leuven (Belgium)

Awards: Extraordinary Doctoral Award (1991-1992)