Nazario Martín León

Nazario Martín León is a Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) and Deputy Director of the IMDEA-Nanoscience Institute in Madrid. He holds visiting professorships at UC Santa Barbara, UCLA, and French universities of Angers and Strasbourg. With a PhD from UCM, he has been honored as Doctor Honoris Causa by universities in Cuba (2012) and Spain (2016).

His research focuses on nanocarbons (fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, graphene), organic photovoltaics, and electroactive molecules for energy applications. He has directed 45 doctoral theses and contributed to over 6 books and 14 journal special issues. He has held editorial roles across major journals including Journal of Materials Chemistry, Chemical Communications, and Accounts of Chemical Research, and is currently Editor of Scientific Reports (Nature).

Key research areas include designing hole/electron transporting materials for perovskite solar cells achieving 18.2% efficiency (2015/2016), and developing fullerene derivatives for photovoltaic applications. His contributions span device fabrication, supramolecular chemistry, and nanoscale electron transfer processes.

• Editorial Roles: Former Editor-in-Chief (Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2015-2019), Regional Editor (Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures), and current advisory board member for multiple journals.
• Awards: Doctor Honoris Causa (2012 & 2016), extensive international recognition in nanomaterials research.

His group's work bridges molecular design with practical applications in renewable energy and nanotechnology.