Dr. Ruth Prieto Montero

Graduated in Chemistry from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in 2014. Master in New Materials in 2015 between the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and the University of Cantabria (UC) and PhD degree in Sciences and Technology of Materials in 2020 (Extraordinary Award) from the UPV/EHU. Afterward, hired as posdoctoral researcher at LUMIMATS, and then as Margarita Salas postdoctoral researcher at nanomedicine group at IDIVAL-Universidad de Cantabria and postdoctoral researcher at the Physical Chemistry Department at the UPV/EHU (2020-2024). Currently, assistant professor at Physical Chemistry Department at the UPV/EHU.

Stays: Predoctoral at Instituto Superior Tecnico of Lisbon (IST, Lisbon) for 3 months (2018); postdoctoral (Margarita Salas Program) at IDIVAL and University of Cantabria (UC) for one year (2022-2023) under supervision of Prof. Mónica L. Fanarraga to gain experience in bioassays in bacteria culture.

The research focused on the photophysical characterization of new fluorescence and photosensitizer dyes, together with the synthesis of inorganic and organic nanoparticles and their postfunctionalization to be used in biomedical applications (fluorescence imaging, photodynamic therapy and antimicrobial resistance treatments).

Teaching Physical Chemistry subject in Science Degrees of the Faculty of Science and Technology (UPV/EHU). Supervision of final master thesis. Reviewer of various international journals in the areas of Materials Science, Physical Chemistry, and Multidisciplinary Chemistry.

Dissemination activities: publications (The conversation), research news (Campusa, Euskadi Irratia-EITB), and workshops and talks to young public (Open days of the Faculty, European researchers’ night, Science Week…).

Publications

2026
Tuning Fluorescence and Singlet Oxygen Generation in Heavy-Atom-Free BODIPYs Through Charge-Transfer State Modulation
Larissa Maierhofer, Andrea Albaya, Ruth Prieto-Montero, Noelia Morales-Benitez, Josianne Owona, David Casanova, Teresa Arbeloa, Asier Longarte, Raul Montero, Claire Tonnelé, Virginia Martínez-Martínez, Enrique Mann, Jose Luis Chiara
All-orthogonal BINOLated BODIPY dimers: A synergistic strategy for advancing heavy-metal-free triplet photosensitizers
Prieto-Montero,R., Martínez-Martínez,V., Bañuelos,J.
2025
Targeted photodynamic therapy: Gluconamide-modified cellulose nanocrystals as efficient photosensitizer delivery platforms against Gram-negative bacteria
Prieto-Montero, R., Tejón, M., Arbeloa, T., Martínez-Martínez, V.
A carnitine-based BODIPY photosensitizer
Prieto-Montero, R., Martínez-Martínez, V.
A carnitine-based BODIPY photosensitizer
Prieto-Montero, R., Martínez-Martínez, V.
2024
Exploring Gluconamide-Modified Silica Nanoparticles of Different Sizes as Effective Carriers for Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy
Prieto-Montero, R., Tejón, M., Martínez-Martínez, V.
2023
Photosensitizer-Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Combination for Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy†
Prieto-Montero, R., Arbeloa, T., Martínez-Martínez, V.
2022
Exploring BINOL-O-BODIPY-Based Dimers as Advanced Chromophoric Platforms Enabling Triplet State Population
Serrano-Buitrago, Sergio; Jiménez, Josué; Prieto-Montero, Ruth; Moreno, Florencio; Martínez-Martínez, Virginia; Maroto, Beatriz L.; de la Moya, Santiago
Red haloBODIPYs as theragnostic agents: The role of the substitution at meso position
Prieto-Montero, R., Prieto-Castañeda, A., Katsumiti, A., Sola-Llano, R., Cajaraville, M.P., Martinez-Martinez, V.
Halogen-free photosensitizers based on meso-enamine-BODIPYs for bioimaging and photodynamic therapy
Prieto-Montero, R., Prieto-Castañeda, A., Longarte, A., Martínez-Martínez, V.
BINOL blocks as accessible triplet state modulators in BODIPY dyes
Prieto-Montero, R., Martinez-Martinez, V.
Acetoxymethyl-BODIPY dyes: a universal platform for the fluorescent labeling of nucleophiles
Prieto-Montero, R., Oliden-Sánchez, A., Martínez-Martínez, V.
2021
Functionalization of photosensitized silica nanoparticles for advanced photodynamic therapy of cancer
Prieto-Montero, R., Prieto-Castañeda, A., Katsumiti, A., Cajaraville, M.P., Martínez-Martínez, V.
2020
Shedding light on the mitochondrial matrix through a functional membrane transporter
Prieto-Montero, R., Martínez-Martínez, V., López Arbeloa, I.
Manipulating Charge-Transfer States in BODIPYs: A Model Strategy to Rapidly Develop Photodynamic Theragnostic Agents
Prieto-Montero, R., Oliden-Sánchez, A., López-Arbeloa, I., Martínez-Martínez, V.
Functionalized fluorescent silica nanoparticles for bioimaging of cancer cells
Prieto-Montero, R., Katsumiti, A., Cajaraville, M.P., López-Arbeloa, I., Martínez-Martínez, V.
Exploring BODIPY Derivatives as Singlet Oxygen Photosensitizers for PDT
Prieto-Montero, R., Prieto-Castañeda, A., Sola-Llano, R., López-Arbeloa, I., Martínez-Martínez, V.
2019
Methylthio BODIPY as a standard triplet photosensitizer for singlet oxygen production: A photophysical study
Prieto-Montero, R., Sola-Llano, R., Longarte, A., Arbeloa, T., López-Arbeloa, I., Martínez-Martínez, V.
A general modular approach for the solubility tagging of BODIPY dyes
Prieto Montero, R., Martínez-Martínez, V., Bañuelos, J.
2018
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2017
Controlling Vilsmeier-Haack processes in meso-methylBODIPYs: A new way to modulate finely photophysical properties in boron dipyrromethenes
Esnal, I., Prieto-Montero, R., Bañuelos, J., López-Arbeloa, I.
Adapting BODIPYs to singlet oxygen production on silica nanoparticles
Epelde-Elezcano, N., Prieto-Montero, R., Martínez-Martínez, V., Prieto-Castañeda, A., López-Arbeloa, I.
2016
Synthesis, Properties, and Functionalization of Nonsymmetric 8-MethylthioBODIPYs
Bañuelos, J., Prieto-Montero, R., López-Arbeloa, I., Arbeloa, T.
2015
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2014
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2013
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2012
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2011
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