Topological Photonics 2025 (TOPOPHOTO25)

Aitzol Garcia-Etxarri is an Ikerbasque Researcher at the Donostia International Physics Center, where he leads a research group of 12 people (6 men, 6 women). His research group primarily studies the interaction of light and matter at the nanometric scale, both at the level of basic science and by seeking applications in biological problems and quantum technologies. Currently, he leads, along with Rafael Yuste, the Basque NanoNeuro Network (B3N), an international consortium of 10 research groups (7 in the Basque Country, 3 in the USA) focused on the application of nanotechnology to the field of neuroscience. However, his contribution to society goes far beyond this. He is an active science communicator. He gives multiple public conferences each year, has been a regular collaborator on Euskadi Irratia since 2007, a contributor to the magazine JotDown, and a member of the interdisciplinary program “Mestizajes” of the DIPC. He is also the co-founder of the initiative “Pride for Science” in the Basque Country, a remarkable effort aimed at increasing the visibility of the LGBTIQ+ community in science in Euskadi.