Elena Pinilla-Cienfuegos is Associate Professor at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and leads the Photonics and Innovative Nanomaterials Lab at the Nanophotonics Technology Center. Her research focuses on nanophotonics, functional nanomaterials and the development of unconventional nanofabrication approaches for their integration into photonic and optoelectronic devices. In particular, her work explores high-resolution patterning and deterministic integration of nanoparticles and emerging materials, including 2D and spin-crossover materials, with applications in sensing, spectroscopy, integrated photonics and optomechanics. She has extensive experience in soft lithography, nanoparticle patterning and hybrid nanofabrication strategies. She is also Vice-President of the Spanish Royal Physics Society (RSEF).