Predoctoral researchers

Alejandro Ortega

Position: Research Support
Education: B.Sc (DD): Mechanical Engineering and Industrial and Automatic Electronic Engineering, Technical University of Burgos, Spain
Research: Design of safety navigation for TurtleBot4 during laboratory movement of samples
Email: alejandro.ortega@imdea.org

Xuesong Liu

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Chemical Engineering (spec. in Chemical Technology), Sichuan University, China
Research: Design of multi-structured transition metal-based electrodes for electrocatalytic water splitting
Email: xuesong.liu@imdea.org

Qi Chen

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Fujian Normal University, China
Research: High performance fire-safe energy storage materials
Email: qi.chen@imdea.org

Meihui Zhou

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, China
Research: Bio-epoxy/fiber reinforced composites: structure-property relationships
Email: meihui.zhou@imdea.org

Yunhuan Liu

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Mechanical Engineering, Central South University, China
Research: Heat-resistance and flame-retardant materials
Email: yunhuan.liu@imdea.org

Luis Calero

Position: Research Assistant
Education: B.Sc.: Biomedical Engineering, Technical University of Valencia, Spain
Research: Computational and data-driven materials discovery
Email: luis.calero@imdea.org

Jinyi Huang

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M. Med.: Surgery, Shandong Second Medical University, China
Research: Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine
Email: jinyi.huang@imdea.org

Shuai Tang

Education: M. Med.: Basic Science of Stomatology, Shandong Second Medical University, China
Research: Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine
Email: shuai.tang@imdea.org

Petronela Chovancova

Position: Junior Research Engineer
Education: M.Eng.: Materials Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Research: Processing and characterisation of nanocomposite materials incorporating 2D materials
Email: petronela.chovancova@imdea.org

Sreelakshmi Vinod

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Tech.: Nanoscience and Technology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India
Research: New generation of fire retardant polymers with advanced applications
Email: sreelakshmi.vinod@imdea.org

Vittoria Squartecchia

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Biomedical Engineering: Biomechanics and Biomaterials, Technical University of Milan, Italy.
Research: Simulating corrosion and mechanical properties biodegradable metals
Email: vittoria.squartecchia@imdea.org

Henry Summers

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Technological University, United States
Research: High temperature deformation of additively manufactured aluminum lattice structures
Email: henry.summers@imdea.org

Andrea Alonso Romero

Position: Research Assistant
Education: B.Sc.: Industrial Engineering, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain
Research: High-entropy alloys produced by MIM techniques using commodity alloys
Email: andrea.alonso@imdea.org

Hari Narayanan Karuppaiya

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing, University of Nottingham, UK
Research: Study of 3D printing process of stainless steel additive manufacturing by Metal Jetting
Email: hari.narayanan@imdea.org

Ángel Martín

Position: Junior Research Engineer
Education: B.Sc.: Aerospace Engineering, Carlos III University, Madrid
Research: Development and processing of Ni-based superalloys for aeronautical applications
Email: angel.martin@imdea.org

Preethi Ramesh

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
Research: The topological properties of mechanical metamaterials
Email: preethi.ramesh@imdea.org

Pablo Varela

Position: Research Engineer
Education: M.Sc.: Materials Science, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
Research: Materials characterisation through imaging techniques
Email: pablo.varela@imdea.org

Yufei Liu

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Computational Mechanics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Research: Modelling of creep and bayesian calibration of models
Email: yufei.liu@imdea.org

Archana Ravi

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Physics, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Tiruvarur
Research: Physical simulation of rapid processing of metallic materials
Email: archana.ravi@imdea.org

Jalal Ahmad

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc. (Erasmus Mundus): Chemical Innovation and Regulation
Research: Fire retardant polymers
Email: jalal.ahmad@imdea.org

Sama Safarloo

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Research: Elevated temperature deformation
Email: sama.safarloo@imdea.org

Ahsan Kaleem

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Mechanical Engineering, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research: Thermomechanical modelling
Email: ahsan.kaleem@imdea.org

Paula Chonillo

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Technical University of Catalonia
Research: Physical simulation of rapid processing of metallic materials
Email: paula.chonillo@imdea.org

Adrián Cotobal Gómez

Position: Junior Research Engineer
Education: Ms.C.: Aerospace and Mechanical Design, EDDM Engineering Education
Research: Development of high entropy alloys by advanced fabrication techniques
Email: adrian.cotobal@imdea.org

Nafiseh Mollaei

Position: Research Assistant
Education: B.Sc.: Materials Science and Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology
Research: Additive manufacturing of biomaterials
Email: nafiseh.mollaei@imdea.org

Raúl Fernández

Position: Junior Research Engineer
Education: B.Sc.: Industrial Engineering, Carlos III University, Madrid
Research: Si anode fabrication scale-up
Email: raul.fernandez@imdea.org

Felipe Lozano

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Mechanical Engineering, University of Santiago, Chile
Research: The mechanics of nanowire networks materials
Email: felipe.lozano@imdea.org

Sofía Fernández León

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Applied Artificial Intelligence, Carlos III University, Madrid
Research: Digital Twins for Smart Manufacturing of Structural composites
Email: sofia.fernandez@imdea.org

Wei Tang

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Polymer Materials and Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, China
Research: High flame retardancy and multifunctional polyolefin composites
Email: wei.tang@imdea.org

Giovanni Ortiz Pérez

Position: Research Assistant
Education: B.Sc.: Physical Engineering, Technological University of Periera, Colombia
Research: Monitoring techniques within metal additive manufacturing
Email: giovanni.ortiz@imdea.org

Ana Inés de Isidro Gómez

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
Research: Metamaterials fibres of intercalated bundles
Email: ana.isidro@imdea.org

Yabin Hu

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Aeronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Research: Acoustic and mechanical metamaterials
Email: yabin.hu@imdea.org

Biaobiao Yang

Position: Research Assistant
Education: MS.c.: Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
Research: In situ characterisation of deformation and fracture mechanisms in Mg alloys
Email: biaobiao.yang@imdea.org

Raúl De Armas Rodríguez

Position: Research Assistant
Education: MS.c.: Atomistic and multiscale modelling, Barcelona University and the Technical University of Catalunya
Research: Computational modeling of metal oxide nanowire growth
Email: raul.dearmas@imdea.org

Radouan Bouallala

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Advanced Structural Analysis and Design using Composite Materials, Universities of Girona and Minho
Research: Structural composites modelization
Email: radouan.bouallala@imdea.org

Gabriel Zarzoso

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Science and Industrial Mathematics, Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain
Research: Fatigue and fracture simulations based in microstructure
Email: gabriel.zarzoso@imdea.org

Jorge Cabrejas Marina

Position: Research Engineer
Education: B.Sc.: Engineering and Software Engineering, University of Alcalá, Spain
Research: Automation of analytical tomographic and ultrasound data processes.
Email: jorge.cabrejas@imdea.org

Ángela de la Camacha

Position: Visiting Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Engineering and Materials Science, the Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain
Research: The additive manufacture of bioabsorbable scaffolds.
Email: angela.delacamacha@imdea.org

Ignacio Delgado

Position: Visiting Research Assistant
Education: M.S.c.: Materials Engineering, Tampere University, Finland
Research: Characterisation, optimisation and improvement of polymers used in clear aligner therapy
Email: ignacio.delgado@imdea.org

Alberto Vicente

Position: Research Support
Education: M.Sc.: Artificial Intelligence, Universidad Internacional de Valencia
Research: Machine learning
Email: alberto.vicente@imdea.org

Jingyi Zhang

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc: Beijing Institute of Technolgoy
Research: Acoustic topology and gauge theory
Email: jingyi.zhang@imdea.org

Arley Garcia

Position: Research Assistant
Education: B.Sc.: Mechanical Engineering, Santander Industrial University, Colombia
Research: Thin films by high power impulse magnetron sputtering and Rf for cutting tools.
Email: arley.garcia@imdea.org

Sergei Zorkaltsev

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Research: 3D printing of porous metal structures designed with the aid of machine learning
Email: sergei.zorkaltsev@imdea.org

Burcu Ozdemir

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Material Science and Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Türkiye
Research: Advanced nanocomposites with enhanced fire-resistance and improved mechanical properties
Email: burcu.ozdemir@imdea.org

Nabil Abomailek

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Advanced Nanocience and Nanotechnology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
Research: Universal processing route for high-performance nanostructured yarns
Email: nabil.abomailek@imdea.org

Elena Sánchez

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M. Sc.: Chemical Science and Technology, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Research: Materials for energy storage applications
Email: elena.sanchez@imdea.org

Blanca Limones

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Chemical Sciences and Technology, Complutense University of Madrid
Research: Tissue engineering for cardiovascular diseases
Email: blanca.limones@imdea.org

Jorge Redondo

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Chemical Science and Technology, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Research: Combinatoria processing
Email: jorge.redondo@imdea.org

Alba Pascual

Position: Research Support
Education: M.Sc.: Nuclear Physics, University of Seville, Spain
Research: Ultrasonic and X-ray tomography data for composite materials
Email: alba.pascual@imdea.org

Rafael Tomey

Position: Research Support
Education: M.Sc.: Electrochemistry, Autonoma University, Madrid, Spain
Research: Electrochemical energy storage
Email: rafael.tomey@imdea.org

Juan León

Position: Research Support
Education: M.Sc.: Science and Technology of New Materials, University of Seville, Spain
Research: Polymer modification and processing
Email: juan.leon@imdea.org

Saumya Sadanand

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M. Sc.: Materials Science, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
Research: Processing, characterization and mechanical testing
Email: saumya.sadanand@imdea.org

Marcos Rodríguez Sánchez

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M. Sc.: Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Eindhoven
Research: Additive manufacturing of soft magnetic materials
Email: marcos.rodriguez@imdea.org

Miguel Hernández

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Research: Development and application of software tools for analysis of dynamic porosity in porous polymer materials
Email: miguel.hernandez@imdea.org

Shuanglan Du

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc: Sichuan University, China
Research: Marine-derived chitosan-based thermosensitive hydrogelsand their applications in anti-aging
Email: shuanglan.du@imdea.org

Mingyang Zhang

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Polymer Chemistry and Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Research: New generation fire retardant materials for Lithium-ion battery
Email: mingyang.zhang@imdea.org

Xiang Ao

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Materials Science, Donghua University, China
Research: Fire behaviours of composite materials
Email: xiang.ao@imdea.org

Miguel Castillón de Miguel

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Eng.: Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Research: Application of phase-field models to materials science
Email: miguel.castillon.demiguel@imdea.org

Ángela Castro

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Eng.: Biomaterials, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Research: Novel hydrogels to support cell growth and differentiation for 3D bioprinting and tissue engineering applications
Email: angela.castro@imdea.org

Lucía Cobian

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Eng.: Materials Science and Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Research: Testing and simulation of AM fabricated lattice materials
Email: lucia.cobian@imdea.org

Óscar Roberto Contreras

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M. Eng.: Applied Chemistry, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
Research: Combinatorial synthesis and high-throughput characterization
Email: oscar.contreras@imdea.org

Guillermo Domínguez

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Bio.: Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College of London, UK
Research: Development of biodegradable metallic alloys for biomedical applications
Email: guillermo.dominguez@imdea.org

Ignacio Escobar

Position: Technical Assistant – Electrical Systems
Education: M.Eng.: Themal Energy - Aerospace Propulsion, Cranfield University, UK
Research: Study of the microstructure and properties of high temperature alloys processed by additive manufacturing
Email: ignacio.escobar@imdea.org

Javier García Pérez

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Eng.: Materials Science and Engineering, Lulea Technical University, Sweden
Research: Hydrogels and nanocomposites for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
Email: javier.garciaperez@imdea.org

José Agustín Hobson

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc: Materials Engineering, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain
Research: Fire behaviours of polymer
Email: jose.hobson@imdea.org

Yuyao Liu

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Southwest University, China
Research: New generation biodegradable polymers in tissue engineering
Email: yuyao.liu@imdea.org

María Dolores Martín

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Chemistry Science and Technology, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Research: Biodegradable Mg based scaffolds for tissue engineering
Email: mariadolores.martin@imdea.org

Ignacio Rodríguez

Position: Research Assistance
Education: M.Eng.: Materials Science and Engineering, Lorraine University, France
Research: Additive manufacturing of nickel superalloys
Email: ignacio.rodriguez@imdea.org

Jorge Valilla

Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc./M.Eng.: Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, and Technical University of Catalonia
Research: Physical and computational simulation of multi-material additive manufacturing
Email: jorge.valilla@imdea.org