Dr. Benjamin Torres
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, University of Malaga, Spain
Research: CO₂ valorisation into basic chemicals
Email: benjamin.torres@imdeamaterials.org
Dr. Daming Chen
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Materials Science, Southeast University, China
Research: Solid electrolytes for lithium metal batteries
Email: daming.chen@imdeamaterials.org
Dr. Gonzalo Álvarez Morales
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Structures, Foundations and Materials Engineering, Technical University of Madrid
Research: Multiscale modelling for iron alloys
Email: gonzalo.alvarez@imdeamaterials.org
Dr. Anastasiia Mikhalchan
Position: Senior Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Chemical Process Technology, Saint-Petersburg State University of Technology and Design, Russia
Research: Structural composites based on carbon nanotube fibres.
Email: anastasiia.mikhalchan@imdea.org
Dr. Juan Guillermo Santos Macías
Position: Research Engineer
Education: Ph.D.: Engineering and Technology Science, UCLouvain, Belgium
Research: Additive manufacturing of advanced metallic alloys
Email: guillermo.santos@imdea.org
Dr. Qiong Tan
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Resources and Environment, University of Science and Technology of China
Research: Toolkit for accelerated design of multicomponent alloys for extreme temperature applications
Email: qiong.tan@imdeamaterials.org
Dr. Xiaowei Mu
Position: Senior Research Associate
Education: Ph.D :Safety Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Research: Flame-retardant polymer composites, electrolytes, and 3D shape memory polymers
Email: xiaowei.mu@imdeamaterials.org
Dr. Raquel Sánchez Díaz
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Research: Developing new technologies in the healthcare field
Email: raquel.sanchez@imdea.org
Dr. Mohammad Jalili
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Mechanical Engineering (specialisation in Applied Design), Kashan University
Research: Microstructure-Informed numerical framework for predicting the response of Thermal Barrier Coating (TBC) system
Email: mohammad.jalili@imdea.org
Dr. Eduardo Roque
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Sustainable Systems and Engineering, Loyola University, Spain
Research: Model mechanical behavior of steels fabricated by additive manufacturing
Email: eduardo.roque@imdea.org
Dr. Biaobiao Yang
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Materials Science, Technical University of Madrid
Research: Influence of the microstructure on the deformation mechanisms of wrought Mg alloys
Email: biaobiao.yang@imdea.org
Dr. JoAnn Ballor
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, United States
Research: Characterisation of 3D-printed titanium alloys
Email: joann.ballor@imdea.org
Dr. Lucía Doyle
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Engineering and Materials Science, HafenCity University, Germany
Research: The manufacturing of functionally graded porous Polyether ether ketone (PEEK)
Email: lucia.doyle@imdea.org
Dr. Chengying Shi
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Material Science & Engineering, Central South University, China
Research: Determination of the phase diagrams of MultiPrincipal Element Alloys.
Email: chenying.shi@imdea.org
Dr. Néstor Oscar Rossi Cabral
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Engineering with a Mention in Computational Mechanics, National University of the Littoral, Argentina
Research: Numerical models for complex thermomechanical AM processes
Email: nestor.rossi@imdea.org
Dr. Davide Mocerino
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Industrial Production Engineering Technology, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Research: Manufacturing of structural composites by resin injection.
Email: davide.mocerino@imdea.org
Dr. Viktoriia Sevostianova
Position: Research Associate
Education: PhD: Medical Science, Research institute for complex issues of cardiovascular diseases, Russia
Research: Development of 3D In Vitro Models of Airway Tissues for COVID-19 Research
Email: viktoriia.sevostianova@imdea.org
Dr. David Tilve Martínez
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: 3D printing and electromagnetic properties of conductive nanocomposites, Paul Pascal Research Center, Bourdeaux
Research: Liquid processing of nanowires
Email: david.tilve@imdea.org
Dr. Xiang Ao
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Flame-retardant Polymer Materials, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Research: Fire behaviours of composite materials
Email: xiang.ao@imdea.org
Dr. Xinzhang Lin
Position: Visiting Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Physical Chemistry, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Research: Controlled synthesis of nanomaterials for energy catalysis applications
Email: xinzhang.lin@imdeamaterials.org
Dr. Antoine Klos
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Material Science, Grenoble Alpes University, France
Research: Contribution of artificial intelligence for 3D X-ray imaging applied to metal additive manufacturing
Email: antoine.klos@imdeamaterials.org
Dr. Jorge Moral
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Chemistry, National University of Distance Education (UNED), Spain
Research: Prebiotic CO₂ fixation
Email: jorge.moral@imdeamaterials.org
Dr. Kailong Xu
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Aerospace Engineering. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Research: Mechanical performance and multiscale modelling of polymer composites
Email: kailong.xu@imdeamaterials.org
Dr. Kai Liu
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Mechanical Engineering, TU Delft, Netherlands
Research: Molecular dynamics simulation on liquid solid interfaces
Email: kai.liu@imdeamaterials.org
Dr. Zhihong Wu
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Materials Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Research: Deformation and fracture of metallic alloys
Email: zhihong.wu@imdeamaterials.org
Dr. Francesca Sepúlveda
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Engineering Sciences, with mention in Materials Science, University of Chile
Research: The study and optimisation of advanced additive manufacturing processes
Email: francesca.sepulved@imdea.org
Dr. Soheila Ebrahimi
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Condensed Matter Physics, University of Guilan, Iran
Research: The development of nanostructured free-form electrodes
Email: soheila.ebrahimi@imdea.org
Dr. Wei Cai
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Safety Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Research: Fire-safe thermal management materials
Email: wei.cai@imdea.org
Dr. Yingrui Zhao
Position: Research Associate
Education: Chemical Engineering, UCLouvain, Belgium
Research: Catalytic conversion of CO₂ into value-added chemicals
Email: yingrui.zhao@imdea.org
Dr. Lianchao Wang
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Mechanics, University Burgundy Franche-Comté & Harbin Institute of Technology
Research: Metamaterials with tunable static or dynamic mechanical responses.
Email: lianchao.wang@imdea.org
Dr. Sabina Lachowicz-Wisniewska
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Food Technology and Nutrition, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Research: The design of delivery systems through advanced materials engineering and ML
Email: sabina.lachowicz@imdea.org
Dr. Valerio Lampitella
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Industrial Production Engineering Technology, University of Naples, Italy
Research: Multiscale simulation of the Binder Jetting 3D printing process
Email: valerio.lampitella@imdea.org
Dr. Muzi Li
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Engineering, Imperial College London, UK
Research: Microstructural and micromechanical characterisation.
Email: muzi.li@imdea.org
Dr. Juan Alberto Meza
Position: Research Associate
Education: Ph.D.: Materials Science and Engineering, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain
Research: Powder metallurgy.
Email: juanalberto.meza@imdea.org