Dr. L. Monge obtained his M.D. degree at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, (UAM), Spain in 1981, and a PhD in 1985. During his PhD, Dr. Monge focused his research on the study of the extrapancreatic effects of sulfonylureas and other antidiabetic agents. During his postdoctoral stay (1986-87) in the School of Medicine (Pasteur) of the University of Nice (France) he focused on the identification and properties of galanin receptor in brain and pancreatic beta cells.

In 1987 he moved to the Department of Physiology at School of Medicine of the UAM as Assistant Professor. In 1992 he became a Full Professor in Physiology, and he was also Chair of the Physiology Department from 2001 to 2008. During this period at UAM, Dr. Monge has made several important contributions to the field of endothelial function in different vascular beds, specifically on the effects of hypothermia in cutaneous circulation, and the mechanisms and effects of ischemia on cerebral and coronary circulation, both in vivo and in vitro.

In 2016 Dr. Luis Monge joined to Nanomaterials for Bioimaging Group (nanoBIG), and focused his research activities on nanomedicine, providing the necessary medical, clinical and physiological point of view to research with fluorescent nanoparticles.

With 117 papers published (53 of them in the first quartile, Q1) with an accumulated impact index of 375 (JCR), and more than 1600 citations, Dr. Monge’s h Index is 21