Julia Perez Prieto

Julia Perez Prieto

University of Valencia, Spain

Dr. Julia Pérez-Prieto is the leader of the Photochemical Reactivity Group at the Institute of Molecular Science of the University of Valencia (https://jperezprieto-prg.com/julia_perez-prieto/). She has been a full Professor at the University of Valencia since 2007. Prof Pérez-Prieto has been the Valencia coordinator of the “Sustainable Chemistry” Master and Doctorate program since 2008 and was the interuniversity coordinator of the “Experimental and Industrial Organic Chemistry” Master and Doctorate program from 2008 to 2012. She was the President of the European Photochemistry Association from July 2016 to July 2018. Prof Pérez-Prieto’s research interests are currently focused on the design and synthesis of new photoactive materials, such as organolead halide perovskites, gold nanoparticles and gold nanoclusters, and upconversion nanoparticles to address major challenges in sensing, imaging, therapy, and sustainability.