F. Díaz is Professor of Applied Physics at the Rovira i Virgili University (URV) of Tarragona (Spain). He graduated in Physics at the University of Barcelona (1976) and received a Doctor's degree from the same university in 1982. His postdoctoral training was carried out at the University of Toronto and he stayed at research centres such as the Max Born Institute of Berlin and the State University of New York. He has published 420 papers (web of Science) (131 of them have received at least 10 new citations in the last 5 years), 4 books, 6 registered patents (5 transferred to private companies) and more than 60 book chapters. His research
work was developed in fields such as the synthesis, growth and nanostructuring of crystalline optical materials, spectroscopy of lanthanide ions in crystalline matrices. He was PI of more than 65 projects financed by public institutions and also led more than 40 financed by private companies. His current lines of research focus on three topics: - nanoparticles and nanostructured materials for integrated photonics, physics and laser technology and optofluidic devices for biomedicine and environmental sensing. Index H = 44, with a total number of times cited of 8328. In the eighties F. Díaz was elected as Vice-Dean of the Science Faculty firstly and after as, Vice-president of the University of Barcelona in Tarragona and in 2010 he was appointed Vice-president of Campus of International Excellence South Catalonia and in (2012-2014) and between 2014-2018 F. Díaz was served as Director of the Doctoral School of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Currently he is the Vice-Rector of Research and Scientific Planning of the same university. F. Díaz received the distinction of the ICREA Academy Award (2010), the Excellent Professor Award of the URV (2010), the Distinguished Professor Award of the URV (2006) and the Vicens Vives Award (2004).

C.5. Doctoral Thesis Division (Selected in the 2009-2019 period)
1. Doctoral Thesis: Martha Yamile Segura “Monoclinic Tm:KLu(WO4)2:A new crystal for
efficient diode-pumped continuous-wave and Q-switched lasers.” European mention.
Excellent Cum Laude. Supervisors: X. Mateos, F. Díaz, 2012.
2. Doctoral Thesis: Pinkie Jacob Eravuchira. “Lithographic Micro- and Nanostructuring of SU-
8 for Biotechnological Applications” Directors: J.Ferre-Borrull, E. Llobet, F. Díaz, 2015.
3. Doctoral Thesis: Oleksandr Savchuk “Nanothermometers based on luminiscent
lanthanide-doped nanoparticles” Supervisors: J. J. Carvajal, F. Díaz. Mayo 2016.
4. Doctoral Thesis: Javier Martínez García, “Mid-Infrared Integrated Optical Sensors”
Supervisors: A. Ródenas, F. Díaz. 2018.
5. Doctoral Thesis: Eric Pedrol Ripoll “Optofluidic techniques applied to the thermo-hydrodynamic
control of nanoparticles in microchannels” Supervisors: F. Díaz, J. Massons.
February, 2019.
6. Doctoral Thesis: Irina Adell Barbera “Obtención de nanoparticulas de KGP para
aplicaciones ópticas ” Supervisors: M.C. Pujol R. Solé, F. Díaz. 24 Octubre, 2019.
7. Doctoral Thesis: Jordi Aixart “Development of technological tissues” Supervisors: J.
Rosell, F. Díaz. To be presented on September 2020.
8. Doctoral Thesis: Victor Llamas “Development of New optical sensor” Supervisors: J. M.
Serres, F. Díaz. To be presented on September 2021.
9. Doctoral Thesis: Sami Slimi “Development of innovative femtosecond thin-disk lasers
based on Ln3+:MgWO4 ” Supervisors: X. Mateos, R.M. Solé, F. Díaz. To be presented on
September 2022.
C.6. Awards and distinctions
-Distinguished Professor by Universitat Rovira i Virgili, September 2009. (2009PDU/08)
-ICREA Academia Award Generalitat Catalunya (2010)
-Excellent teaching URV (universitat Rovira I Virgili) Award (2010)
-Vicens Vives Award Generalitat de Catalunya (2004).
C.7. Organization of international Conference and meetings
1.- Co-Chairman of Organizing and Scientific Committees of the ALT18 (Advanced Laser
Technologies), Tarragona 09-14 September 2018
2.-Organization of the Meeting of European project CLEANSPACE, 26-27 November 2012.
3.-Chairman of Organizing and Scientific Committees of the VI. Rencontre Franco-Espagnole
sur la Chimie et la Phisique de l'Etat Solide Organized by the French and Spanish Association
of the Chemistry and Physics of the Solid State, Tarragona, 13-17 March, 2010.
4.- Organization of the COST-European Project Meeting on “Rare earth”. EUFENCOST_
Salou- Tarragona, 2-4 April, 2012
5.- Chairman of Organizing and Scientific Committee. Organization of the International
Workshop on “Solid State Lasers: 50 years after”.
6.- Member of the International Scientific Comittees: 25 times
C.8. Journal Co-Editor: Optical material (Special Issue) and Procedia( Special Issue)