José María Palacios Santander has been a university professor in the Department of Analytical Chemistry of the University of Cádiz (Spain) since 2017. He received his doctorate in 2003 from the University of Cádiz with the PhD Award and the European Doctorate Mention. In 2009, he obtained a "José Castillejo" postdoctoral fellowship with Prof. Renato Seeber at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Modena, Italy). He is currently the IP of the research group FQM-249 "Instrumentation and Environmental Sciences" and the Secretary of the Department of Analytical Chemistry of the Faculty of Sciences. His main research interests include composite electrodes, nanomaterials (nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, etc.), electroanalysis, chemometrics, and electrochemical scanning microscopy. He is currently working on the development of optical nanobiosensors based on enzymes supported by functionalized magnetic nanoparticles.