Dr. Aitziber L. Cortajarena earned her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Universidad del País Vasco in 2002 working with Dr. Helena Ostolaza and Dr. Félix M. Goñi. Then, she joined the group of Dr. Lynne Regan at Yale University, USA, as a Postdoctoral Fellow. She worked on protein design, structure, and function. In 2006, she was Visiting Scientist at the Weizmann Institute, Israel, with Dr. Gilad Haran working on single molecule spectroscopy. After another stay at Yale University as Associate Research Scientist working with Dr. Regan, she joined IMDEA Nanociencia in 2010 and started her independent research group supported by Marie Curie-COFUND and Marie Curie IRG Programmes. Her research focuses on protein engineering toward the generation of functional nanostructures and bioinspired materials for applications in nanobiotechnology and nanomedicine. She has been able to secure the funding for her research lines through different national and internationally competitive programs and in 2015 she has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant (ProNANO), which will be fully executed at CIC biomaGUNE.