Laura M. Lechuga | |
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| Alma mater | Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) University of Campinas University of Tromsø |
| Thesis | III-V semiconductor Schottky diodes for gas sensing and biosensing (1992) |
Laura M. Lechuga Gómez (Seville, 1962) is a Spanish scientist who is a biosensor researcher and full professor. She leads the Nanobiosensors and Bioanalytical Application Group at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2).
She was director of the Department of Sensors and Biosensors of the IMM-CNM at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). She has written more than 250 highly consulted scientific publications and she is the owner of 8 families of Patents – several has been transferred to the industry through the spin-off companies SENSIA, S.L. and BIOD, S.L.-. She has been part of almost 85 Research projects, most of then international ones, and she is an active scientific promoter.
During the COVID-19 pandemic Lechuga developed a simple, low-cost and fast optical biosensor to detect COVID-19.