D M Martino received her MSc and PhD in Physics from the University of Rosario, Argentina. She was a postdoctoral associate at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and later appointed as research scientist at the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory at MIT. She is currently a senior scientist at CONICET Argentina. She has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals; she is/was advisor of undergraduate, graduate and postdocs students, and PI of national and international founded grants. Her research interests include the application of magnetic resonance and optical spectroscopy to study the synthesis, characterization and modeling of new materials, in particular biopolymers. D M Martino received her MSc and PhD in Physics from the University of Rosario, Argentina. She was a postdoctoral associate at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and later appointed as research scientist at the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory at MIT. She is currently a senior scientist at CONICET Argentina. She has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals; she is/was advisor of undergraduate, graduate and postdocs students, and PI of national and international founded grants. Her research interests include the application of magnetic resonance and optical spectroscopy to study the synthesis, characterization and modeling of new materials, in particular biopolymers.

Application of magnetic resonance and optical spectroscopy to study the synthesis, characterization and modeling of new materials, in particular biopolymers