BRIZA PEREZ LOPEZ - ICN

ADDRESS
BRIZA PEREZ LOPEZ
Research,
Born in Hidalgo State,
United Mexican States,
9 th
April 1977
Nanobioelectronics & Biosensors Group. Catalan Institute of
Nanotechnology. ETSE - Edifici Q-2ª planta. Campus UAB. 08193
Bellaterra - Cerdanyola del Vallès. Barcelona, Spain.
Phone number: +34935814918. Fax number: +34935812379
E-mail: bperez@cin2.es
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Analytical Chemistry, Sensors and Biosensors, Nanotechnology,
Electrochemistry, Enzymes, Nanomaterials, Microchip Electrophoresis
Systems (Lab-on-a-chip).
SHORT CV
May 2009: European Ph.D. Degree in Chemistry. Thesis title: “Carbon
nanotubes for electrochemical (bio)sensing”, Nanobioelectronics and
Biosensors Group from Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology and Sensors
and Biosensors Group from Chemistry Department; Autonomous
University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain. Cum Laude.
December 2003: Advanced Studies Degree in Chemical Process
Engineering. Thesis title: “Development of amperometric biosensor for
determination of glucose in must, and its incorporation into an analytical
system by flow injection”, Department of Chemical Engineering;
Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain.
March 2001: Licentiate in Chemistry. Thesis title: “Fundamental studies in
silver recovery by means of extraction processes liquid-liquid with a new
sulphured composed”, Chemistry Research Centre, Analytical Chemistry
Group; Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo (UAEH), Mexico.
This title was homologated in Spain (Minister of Education Decree, 2008).

PUBLICATIONS
Articles:
- “Permeability Improvement of Electropolymerized Polypyrrole Films in
Water Using Magnetic Hydrophilic Microbeads”, Serge Cosnier, Shou-
Nian Ding, Aymeric Pellissier, Karine Gorgy, Michael Holzinger, Briza
Pérez López and Arben Merkoçi, Electroanalysis, 21 (7) (2009), 887-890.
- “Improvement of the electrochemical detection of catechol by the use of a
carbon nanotube based biosensor”, B. Pérez López and A. Merkoçi,
Analyst, 134 (2009), 60-64.
- “Enhanced host–guest electrochemical recognition of dopamine using
cyclodextrin in the presence of carbon nanotubes”, G. Alarcón-Angeles, B.
Pérez-López, M. Palomar-Pardave, M.T. Ramírez-Silva, S. Alegret and A.
Merkoçi, Carbon, 46 (2008), 898-906.
- “A Carbon Nanotube PVC Based Matrix Modified with Glutaraldehyde
Suitable for Biosensor Applications”, B. Pérez, J. Sola, S. Alegret and A.
Merkoçi, Electroanalysis, 20 (2008), 603-610.
- “Carbon nanofiber vs. carbon microparticles as modifiers of glassy
carbon and gold electrodes applied in electrochemical sensing of NADH”,
B. Pérez, M. del Valle, S. Alegret and A. Merkoçi, Talanta, 74 (2007),
398-404.
- “Carbon nanotube composite as novel platform for microbial biosensor”,
Ülkü A. Kirgoz, Suna Timur, Dilek Odaci, Briza Pérez, Salvador Alegret
and Arben Merkoçi, Electroanalysis, 7-8 (2007), 893-898.
- “Glucose Biosensor Based on Carbon Nanotube Epoxy Composites”, B.
Pérez, M. Pumera, M. del Valle, A. Merkoçi and S. Alegret, Journal of
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 5 (2005), 1694-1698.
- “Sensitive Stripping Voltammetry of heavy metals by using a composite
sensor based on a built-in bismuth precursor”, Castañeda M. T., Pérez B.,
Pumera M., Del Valle M., Merkoçi A. and Alegret S., Analyst, 130 (2005),
971-976.

- “New materials for electrochemical sensing. VI. Carbon nanotubes”,
Arben Merkoçi, Martin Pumera, Xavier Llopis, Briza Pérez, Manel del
Valle and Salvador Alegret, Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 24 (2005),
826-838.
- “Use of 3,3-dithio-1-(p-methyl)phenyl-2-propen-1-one for silver
cuantification”, Galán-Vidal, C.A., M. E. Páez-Hernández, M. Cuéllar–
Cruz, B. Pérez–López, G. Portillo-Ortega and C. Álvarez-Toledano,
Revista Mexicana de Física, 46 (2000), 132-134.
Book Chapters:
- “Application of carbon nanotubes in analytical chemistry”, Briza Pérez,
Arben Merkoçi, American Scientific Publishers, American Scientific
Publishers, Vol. 2 (2008), 337-354.
- “Silver(I) PVC ion-selective membraneelectrode based on 3,3-dithio-1-
(p- ethyl)phenyl-2-propen-1-one as ionophore”, C. A. Galán-Vidal, M. E.
Páez-Hernández, M. Cuéllar-Cruz, B. Pérez-López, E. López-Martínez, T.
C. Pliego-Cantón y C. Álvarez Toledano, Sensors & Chemometrics, 1
(2001), 39-46.
CONGRESS ATTENDANCE
- “Novel Screen Printed Biosensors based on Tyrosinase-Multi-Walled
Carbon Nanotubes for Phenol Compounds determination”, XIII Trobada
Transfronterera sobre Sensors i Biosensors, Andorra (Spain), 2 days,
2008. Poster
- “Electrochemical and Morphological Characterization of Carbon
Nanostructurated Materials for phenol biosensor applications”, II
workshop Nanociencia y Nanotecnología Analíticas, Tarragona (Spain),
2 days, 2008. Poster
- “Catalytic Effect of Nanostructurated Carbon Forms for Biosensor
Applications”, 6th Ibero-American Congress on Sensors, São Paulo,
(Brazil), 3 days, 2008. Oral presentation
- “Electrochemical Detection Nanosystems for Lab-On-A-Chip with
Capillary Electrophoresis”, 6th Ibero-American Congress on Sensors,
Sao Paulo (Brazil), 3 days, 2008. Poster

- “Nanostructurated biosensors for the analysis of phenolic compounds”,
3rd Annual Meeting of Institute Alb-Shkenca IASH, Tirana (Albania),
3 days, 2008. Poster
- “Electrochemical detection systems for capillary electrophoresis
microchips”, I Workshop on Analytical Miniaturization (Lab-on-achip)
2008, Alcalà de Henares, Madrid (Spain), 2 days, 2008. Poster
- “Nanostructurated conducting polymer based biosensors for the analysis
of phenolic compound”, 12th International Conference on
Electroanalysis ESEAC 2008, Prague (Czech Republic), 4 days, 2008.
Poster
- “Application of novel materials to screen-printing-based systems for
environmental analysis”, Printed Functional Materials Symposium 2008,
Dublin (Ireland), 2 days, 2008. Poster
- “Evaluation of a biosensor for phenolic compounds based on a
nanostructured conducting polymer”, International Conference on
Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals - ICSM 2008, Porto de
Galinhas, Pernambuco (Brazil), 6 days, 2008. Poster
- “Nanostructurated biosensors for the analysis of phenolic compounds”,
Nanospain 2008 (Nanoiberian Conference), Braga (Portugal), 5 days,
2008. Poster
- “Amperometric Biosensing of Phenols Based on Carbon Nanotube
modified devices”, Biosensors 2008 (The Tenth World Congreso on
Biosensors), Shanghai (China), 3 days, 2008. Poster
- “Carbon nanotubes based in biosensors systems”, Nanobiosensors for
medical applications, Bellaterra (Spain), 2 days, 2008. Oral presentation
- “Carbon nanotubes for sensor applications”, Pittcon Conference,
Chicago (USA), 5 days, 2007. Poster
- “New electrochemical studies using carbon nanotubes”, Asiasense, 2007,
Manila (Philippines), 3 days, 2007. Poster
- “Some electrochemical aspects related to carbon nanotubes integration
into biosensing systems”, I Workshop sobre Nanotecnología Analítica,
Córdoba (Spain), 2 days, 2007. Poster

- “New electrochemical studies using carbon nanotubes”, XII Trobada
Transfronterera sobre Sensors i Biosensors, Ceret (France), 2 days, 2007.
Poster
- “4 th Nanospain Workshop”, 4 th Nanospain Workshop, Sevilla (Spain),
4 days, 2007. Poster
- “New electrochemical studies using carbon nanotubes”, Jornadas de
aplicaciones Industriales de la Nanotecnología (nanoaracat).
JORNADA AIN, Barcelona (Spain), 2 days, 2007. Poster
- “Carbon nanotube modified electrodes for electrochemical sensing of
NADH”, 5º Congreso Iberoamericano de Sensores IBERSENSOR 2006,
Montevideo (Uruguay), 3 days, 2006. Poster
- “Some aspects related to cyclic voltammetry of dopamine with glassy
carbon electrode modified with carbon nanotubes and β-cyclodextrin”, 5º
Congreso Iberoamericano de Sensores IBERSENSOR 2006,
Montevideo (Uruguay), 3 days, 2006. Poster
- “Carbon nanotubes integrations into electrochemical (bio)sensing
systems”, XXII Trobades Científiques de la Mediterrània, Menorca
(Spain), 3 days, 2006. Poster
- “Electrochemistry of NADH at carbon-nanotube-modified glassy carbon
electrode”, XI Trobada Transfronterera sobre Sensors i Biosensors,
Girona (Spain), 2 days, 2006. Poster
- “Carbon nanotubes integrations into electrochemical (bio)sensing
systems”, Jornada de Química de Catalunya i del Gran Sud-Oest
Francès, Barcelona (Spain), 2 days, 2006. Poster
- “Graphite vs. carbon nanotube composites for biosensor applications”,
The 4th International Conference on Instrumental Methods of
Analysis Modern Trends and Applications, Iraklion (Crete Greece), 5
days, 2005. Poster
- “Determination of Glucose Based on the Carbon Nanotube/Epoxy
Composite Electrochemical Biosensor”, Eurosensors XIX Satellite Event,
Barcelona (Spain), 2 days, 2005. Poster

RESEARCH INTERNSHIP IN FOREIGN CENTERS
- “Development of biosensors by means of polymerization techniques using
magnetic particles and carbon nanotubes”, Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique, (Departement de Chimie Moleculaire,
Universite Jouseph Fourier, Grenoble (France), 3 months, 2007.
ATTENDED COURSES
- “Electrochemical and Electrical Scanning Probe Microscopy Techniques
for Imaging Biological Systems in a Fluid Environmental”, University of
Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain), 2008.
- “Curso de Aplicaciones de la Inteligencia Artificial en los Sensores y
Biosensores”, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra (Spain),
2003.
- “Curso Teórico Práctico de Espectroscopia de Absorción Atómica”,
PerkinElmer, Instruments, Mexico, D.F. (Mexico), 2001.
- “Curso Teórico Práctico de Resonancia Magnética Nuclear y
Espectrometría de Masas”, Attorney General for the State of Hidalgo,
Pachuca, Hidalgo (Mexico), 2000.
- “Quimiometría: Diseño de Experimentos y optimización”, Autonomous
University of State of Hidalgo, Pachuca, Hidalgo (Mexico), 1999.
- “Taller Estatal sobre Residuos Peligrosos”, Autonomous University of
the State of Hidalgo, Pachuca, Hidalgo (Mexico), 1997.
EXPERIENCE IN THE HANDLING OF INSTRUMENTAL
METHODS OF ANALYSIS
- UV-visible Spectrophotometry (UV-vis)
- Infrared Spectroscopy (IR spectroscopy)
- Flame Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (FAAS)
- Elements of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
- Amperometric and Potentiometric Equipment

LANGUAGES
Spanish: Mother Language
English: Reading, Writing and Speaking of intermediate level
French: Reading, Writing and Speaking of basic level
REFERENCES
• Prof. Arben Merkoçi Hyka
ICREA Senior & Group Leader
Nanobioelectronics & Biosensors Group
CIN2 (ICN-CSIC)
http://nanocat.org/dataeng/recerca/biopriv/bio_home.php
E-mail: arben.merkoci.icn@uab.es
Centre d’Investigació en Nanociència i Nanotecnologia Escola Tècnica
Superior d’Enginyeria (ETSE) Campus de la UAB -Edifici Q- 2ª planta
08193 Bellaterra, Spain
• Prof. Salvador Alegret
Professor of the Department of Chemistry at the Autonomous University of
Barcelona.
Member of the Institute for Catalan Studies’ Science and Technology
Division.
E-mail: Salvador.alegret@uab.es
08193 Bellaterra, Spain

COMPUTER SKILLS
Good knowledge of Microsoft Office package software, Origin data
processing software, GPES Autolab software, CH Instruments software,
BAS Electrochemical Analyzer software.
WORKING EXPERIENCE
- Private Tutor of Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics, Catalonia (Spain),
2003-2004.
- Teacher of Biology and Chemistry, College of Scientific and
Technologic Studies of the State of Hidalgo, Tizayuca (Mexico), 2002.
- Forensic-Chemical Expert, Attorney General for the State of Hidalgo,
Pachuca (Mexico), 2001-2002.
- Work in practices for the Quality Control, Toilet Soap Industry “La
Jabonera”, Pachuca (Mexico), 2000.
Briza Pérez López
October 2009