Dr Marín graduated with a PhD in Chemistry from the University of East Anglia (UEA, UK) in 2013 under the supervision of Prof Russell. From 2013 to 2017, Dr Marín was a Postdoctoral Researcher at UEA and John Innes Centre; and worked as Development Scientist at Iceni-Glycoscience. During this period, she worked on several multidisciplinary projects involving the use of nanoparticles for different biological and biomedical applications including as sensors and as drug delivery systems. She joined the UEA as a Lecturer in October 2017 and her research focusses on the use of nanotechnology to address biological and biomedical problems, including for the ealy detection of biomarkers of infection and pathogens, for the intracellular imaging and quantification of specific analytes, and for the targeted delivery of drugs.