Fernando Otero Díez

Email: fernando.otero.diez@ul.ie

Education

· 2018-Currently PhD candidate in Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Limerick, Ireland

· 2015-2016 Master’s Degree in Molecular Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Autonoma University from Madrid, Spain

· 2010-2015 Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Autonoma University from Madrid, Spain

Current Research Project

M3DLoC, Additive Manufacturing of 3D Microfluidic MEMS for Lab-on-a-Chip applications, EU H2020, 2018-2021

M3DLoC aims at the employment of multi-material 3D printing technologies for the large-scale fabrication of microfluidic MEMS for lab-on-a-chip and sensing applications. The concept is based on the combination of multimaterial direct-ink-writing method and an extrusion-based 3D printing pilot line, in order to fabricate microstructured detection devices with the ability to perform all steps of chemical analysis in an automated fashion. The M3DLoC Project has been granted 7,9€ million from the EU Horizon 2020 framework programme. This 4-year project will be carried out by an international consortium of 17 organizations led by the National Technical University of Athens.

Research Interest

Electrochemistry, Bioelectrochemistry, Biocatalysis, Immobilization of biomolecules, Biosensors, Additive Manufacturing.

Professional Experience

· 2017-2018 Research Assistant at University of Limerick, Ireland

Publication

1. Tocco, D., Carucci, C., Todde, D., Shortall, K., Otero, F., Sanjust, E., ... & Salis, A. (2021). Enzyme immobilization on metal organic frameworks: Laccase from Aspergillus sp. is better adapted to ZIF-zni rather than Fe-BTC. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 208, 112147.

2. Otero, F., Shortall, K., Salaj-Kosla, U., Tofail, S. A., & Magner, E. (2021). Electrochemical biosensor for the detection of a sequence of the TP53 gene using a methylene blue labelled DNA probe. Electrochimica Acta, 138642.

3. Otero, Fernando, and Edmond Magner. "Biosensors—Recent Advances and Future Challenges in Electrode Materials." Sensors 20, no. 12 (2020): 3561.

4. Otero, F., Di Bari, C., Lacey, A. L. D., & Pita, M. (2017). Immobilization and Electrochemical Characterization of Coriolopsis Gallica High Redox Potential Laccase.