Mª del Carmen Ríos Rodríguez

Mª del Carmen Ríos Rodríguez is a Full Professor at the Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry (with the Extraordinary Award) and a PhD from USC (1994), focusing on photoinduced proton transfer. Her postdoctoral research included stays at the Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie (Germany) and the University of Amsterdam (Netherlands), investigating electron donor-acceptor systems and luminescent markers.

Her research focuses on proton, electron, and energy transfer processes in excited states, with applications in fluorescent probes for supramolecular systems. Key contributions include studies on excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT), solvent effects, and molecular design for chemical sensing.

• Awards: Extraordinary Award in Chemistry (BSc, USC)
• Labs/Teams: Member of the Photophysics and Ultrafast Molecular Processes research unit at USC.

Publications highlight advancements in ESIPT mechanisms, fluorescent probe development, and molecular dynamics in photochemical systems. Her work bridges fundamental photophysics and applied analytical chemistry.