My interest in Physics started in high-school thanks to a teacher - she was passionate about the subject. Then, while studying Physics at University, a Professor used to spice up his classes by briefly explaining exciting ideas from his research in the field of nanophotonics. This raised my curiosity and, doing a PhD under his supervision, I got to learn about very exciting ideas that were being developed in the field such as an invisibility cloak made of metamaterials, the possibility of a perfect lens that goes beyond conventional optics, or the strong interaction between molecules and light in the nanoscale that gives rise to quantum effects.