Elder De La Rosa

Research Center in Optics

Profile

Dr. Elder de la Rosa earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Science (Physics and Mathematics) from

the Higher School of Physics and Mathematics of the National Polytechnic Institute in

Mexico in 1988, his Master’s Degree in 1990, and his PhD Degree in 1998, these last two

from the Center for Research in Optics (“Centro de Investigaciones en Optica”, CIO), also in

Mexico. In 1999, he did a post-doctoral research stay at UNAM’s Center of Applied Physics

and Advanced Technology, and as of 2000, he has been a head researcher at CIO.

He has published over 100 papers in international journals with strict refereeing, and has

received over 1300 type A citations. He is the founder of CIO’s research group on

Nanophotonics and Advanced Materials (NAFOMA), which includes three CIO researchers.

Work:

Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica A.C., Head Researcher, “C” level since 2008; Head

Researcher “B” level 2004-2008; Head Researcher “A” level 2000-2004. General Director

since November 23th, 2012. Chief of the Photonics Division (31 researchers) from January,

2009 to November 22nd, 2012, and member of the Academic Committee since the same

date. Leader of the Advanced Materials and Nanophotonics research group

Research lines:

Linear and non-linear properties of advanced materials for photonic applications. Synthesis

and characterization of luminiscence in nanostructured materials (oxides, semiconductors,

metals) for lighting systems, biomedical applications and solar cells. Preparation and

characterization of luminiscence in soft glasses (P2O5, TeO2) doped with rare-earths for

optic fiber amplifiers and lasers. Preparation and characterization of scintillating optic

fibers.

Three selected publications:

1. Elisa Cepeda-Pérez, Tzarara López-Luke, Germán Plascencia-Villa, Leonardo Perez-

Mayen, Andrea Ceja-Fdez, Arturo Ponce, Juan Vivero-Escoto and Elder de la Rosa; SERS and

integrative imaging upon internalization of quantum dots into human oral epithelial cells; J.

Biophotonics, (2016) DOI 10.1002/jbio.201600034

2. Zarazúa, D. Esparza, T. López-Luke, A. Ceja-Fdez, J. Reyes-Gomez, I. Mora-Seró, E. De la

Rosa; Effect of the electrophoretic deposition of Au NPs in the performance CdS QDs

sensitized solar Cells; Electrochim. Acta, 188, (2016) 710-717

3. Alejandra Urbina-Frías, Tzarara López-Luke, Jorge Oliva, Pedro Salas, Alejandro Torres-

Castro, Elder De la Rosa; Strong enhancement of the upconversion emission in ZrO 2: Yb 3+,

Er3+, Gd3+ nanocubes synthesized with Na2S; J. Lumin. 172, (2016) 154-160

Last award:

SPIE Fellow 2017. Award given annually

Elder De La Rosa

Research Center in Optics

Abstract

“BIONANOPHOTONICS FOR DETECTION, IMAGING AND THERAPY”

Biophotonics focus on the use of photonics principles, engineering and

technology to view and analyze molecules, cells or living tissue for critical

problems in biotechnology, biology and medicine. Properties are based on the

interaction of light with matter that result on absorption, fluorescence,

reflection and scattering, which tell us about composition and structure of

matter. The market volume in 2012 was $48.4 billion euros and expected $85.5

for 2020 dominated for diagnostic and food safety. Such market size highlights

the relevance of biophotonics industry. The appearances of nanotechnology

enhance the applicability of biophotonics. Here in this work, we discuss a

general overview about biophotonics activities in México and CIO in particular.

We present some result on bionanophotonics applications for single molecule

detection, imaging cells and tissue, and drug delivery including the design of

theranostic nanoparticles for diagnostic and therapy.