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Professor of Applied Physics at Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain) and researcher in luminescent materials with “rare earth” elements and in the applications of nanotechnology and photonics to renewable energies (solar energy, “green hydrogen”, “artificial photosynthesis”). Principal Investigator of the “MAGEC-REEsearch” Project (“Materials for Advanced Energy Generation in the Canary Islands and exploration of rare-earth resources”), financed by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain and by the Research Agency of the of Canary Islands Government. The project is focused, on the one hand, on exploring the “rare earth” mineral resources in the Canary Islands and, on the other hand, on the development of photonic applications of the latest generation, from the improvement of photocatalysis and generation of solar fuels to the development of luminescent security inks. He has 100 scientific publications in prestigious international journals, three six-year periods of research, as well as three industrial patents on luminescent nanomaterials with technological applications. President of the International Organizing Committee of the SHIFT series of international conferences on light applications in renewable energy and biomedicine, www.shifttenerife.com. Responsible for the weekly scientific dissemination program “Pura Ciencia” that has been broadcast on the air in prime time in the morning within the program “Hoy por Hoy” Tenerife (Cadena SER Radio Club Tenerife) and “Hoy por Hoy El Drago” (SER Las Palmas) since July 2021 and continues today. Scientific disseminator and organizer of scientific culture events, among others, around the figure of Blas Cabrera Felipe, physicist considered “father of Spanish physics.”

My area of knowledge is Crystallography and Mineralogy, and I have taught for 40 years in 8 different subjects of Bachelor's and Bachelor's degrees, and in 10 of Doctorate and Master's degrees, both at the Universities of Salamanca (Faculties of Geology and Chemistry) and at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Faculty of Marine Sciences). The lines of research I develop are related to Economic Geology (Mineral Resources) and Regional Geology (Canary Islands). Thus, research in Mineral Resources has focused on the genesis of deposits of metallic elements, minerals and industrial rocks (Sn, W, U, Cu, Pb, Zn, Fe, Ag, Nb, Ta, Mo, Rare Earths, barite, sandstones, lapilli, ignimbrites and ornamental rocks) both in the Iberian Peninsula (Galicia, Castilla y León, Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha, Murcia, Andalusia and Cantabria) and in the Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, La Palma and Fuerteventura islands). Currently, a project is underway on the exploration of rare earths in the Canary Islands to be used as catalysts to obtain renewable energy (H2). On the other hand, the works on Island Geology are framed in topics of volcanology, mineralogy, geo-archaeology and geological heritage. Thus, geological studies have been carried out of igneous rocks of the Basal Complex of Fuerteventura (alkaline and carbonatite plutonic rocks) and the stages of alkaline decline (conical system), and volcanic reactivation of Gran Canaria (Roque Nublo and Post Roque Nublo Groups). Research has also been carried out on aeolian and marine sedimentary deposits, aboriginal lithic materials and geological heritage, all of them on the islands of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria and La Palma. Work is currently underway on hydrothermal mineralizations of the Tajogaite 2021 volcano (La Palma).
The results of this teaching and research work are: a) the publication of more than a hundred articles and book chapters of a national and international nature in my specialty; b) the presentation of more than one hundred and fifty papers at national and international conferences; c) participation as Principal Investigator and Researcher in several dozen national research projects (MEC, CAICYT; CICYT, DGYCIT; Diputación de Alicante, Autonomous Government of the Canary Islands; Cabildo de Gran Canaria and, Fundación Universitaria de Las Palmas and Fundación Parque Científico Tecnológico) and international (CEE: France and Italy; USA: Denver and Hawaii; and Spanish-French integrated actions), and R+D+i Contracts (GEOPRIN., Caja de Ahorros de Salamanca, ASTURIANA DE ZINC, MINAS DE ALMADEN, INGEA-DUROL-TRIUNVISA, Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Dirección General de Costas, IEO); d) be a member of several national (SEM, SGE, AEGYM) and international (IAGOD, IMMA, SGA, SMC, ICM, IMA, IAVCEI, IAS) Geological Societies, and having been a Spanish representative in international scientific committees (IAGOD's COFFI and IMA's WG Fluid Inclusion); e) carry out several long-term stays (> 4 weeks) in research centres (CREGU and CRPG in Nancy, France; Stable Isotope Laboratory of the University of Salamanca; CEA of Saclay, France; and HIGP-POST in Hawaii, USA); (f) to give several dozen seminars and lectures related to my research; g) Be a member of the organizing committee of several national and international congresses.

Luis Quevedo holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Marine Sciences and a Master’s Degree in Oceanography from the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC). Currently, he is pursuing a Doctorate within the PhD programme in Oceanography and Global Change at the Instituto de Oceanografía y
Cambio Global (IOCAG). His postgraduate research endeavours are dedicated to the geological characterisation of oceanic seafloor sediments, intraplate volcanic seamount rocks, and marine sedimentary rocks from the Amanay Seamount, El Banquete, and Conception Bank (Canary Islands).
Since 2013, he has been an integral member of the MAGEC-REEsearch team, contributing within the scope of research projects funded at both regional and national levels. His involvement has spanned geological exploration campaigns across the Canary Islands, geochemistry and mineralogy studies, peerreviewed research articles, as well as contributions to national and international conferences, all aimed at enhancing our understanding of the geological distribution of critical element enrichments in mineral resources from both submarine and subaerial geological materials in the Canary Islands archipelago.

Assistant Professor of Applied Physics at Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife, Canary Islands,
Spain). With more than 12 years of research experience in rare earth doped materials synthesis and
spectroscopic annalysis, with aplications in photocatalytic processes or bio-medicine among others.
Member of the “MAGEC-REEsearch” Project (“Materials for Advanced Energy Generation in the
Canary Islands and exploration of rare-earth resources”), financed by the Ministry of Economy and
Competitiveness of Spain and by the Research Agency of the of Canary Islands Government. The
project is focused, on the one hand, on exploring the “rare earth” mineral resources in the Canary
Islands and, on the other hand, on the development of photonic applications of the latest generation,
from the improvement of photocatalysis and generation of solar fuels to the development of
luminescent security inks. Also has achieved relevant ressults with Dr. Kazunari Domen and
collaborators in a pre-doctoral stay at Minegishi-Domen Laboratories at University of Tokyo (Japan
– 2017) and with Dr. José Marques-Hueso and collaborators in a post-doctoral stay at Heriot-Watt
University (Edinburgh – 2021). Member of the International Organizing Committee of the SHIFT
series of international conferences on light applications in renewable energy and biomedicine,
www.shifttenerife.com.

Marc Campeny Crego holds a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from the University of Barcelona. Currently, he is a researcher and curator of the mineralogy collection at the Natural Science Museum of Barcelona. His research focuses on unconventional deposits of critical metals such as Rare Earth Elements, particularly associated with igneous alkaline rocks and carbonatites. He is member of the MAGEC REEsearch team since 2016, contributing to the mineralogical and geochemical exploration of Rare Earths in various areas of the Canary Islands.

PhD student in the Structure of Matter research line, belonging to the Doctorate Program in Astrophysics at the University of La Laguna. Currently working as a contracted researcher in the project "Materials for Advanced Energy Generation in the Canary Islands and search for rare earths" (MAGEC-REEsearch), focusing on the technological applications of rare earths. In particular, his research focus has been centered on the synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of materials doped with rare earths, photocatalysis applications using spectral conversion processes, improvement in the production of solar fuels, and the manufacture of security inks and other anti-counterfeiting materials. The participation in several publications and communications in international conferences, such as MCARE 2021, SPIE Photonics Europe 2022, CIMTEC 2022, SHIFT 2022 or ICL 2023, as well as several scientific publications in specialized journals reflect his contribution in these research areas.