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
Ángela García Grech
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Biofabrication, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Research: Multimaterial scaffolds for vascular applications
Email: angela.garcia.grech@imdeamaterials.org
Jiatong Han
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Research: High velocity impact of solids: simulation, experiments, and advanced calibration
Email: jiatong.han@imdeamaterials.org
Alexei Caballero Román
Position: Research Support
Education: B.Sc.: Materials Engineering, Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain
Research: Development and optimization of metal nanoparticle aerosols for catalyst-assisted nanowire growth via FCCVD
Email: alexei.caballero@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
Jimena de la Vega
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Eng.: Chemical Engineering, Autonomous University of Madrid/Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid, Spain
Research: Recycling and revalorisation of waste as synergistic flame retardants
Email: jimena.vega@imdea.org
Xin Wu
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Research: Development of efficient electrocatalysts for water splitting
Email: xin.wu@imdeamaterials.org
Tingting Li
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Statistics with Data Science, University of Edinburgh, UK
Research: Structural health monitoring for composites
Email: tingting.li@imdeamaterials.org
Marcos García Ros
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Eng.: Materials Science, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain
Research: In-situ processing and mechanical characterisation of materials
Email: marcos.garcia@imdeamaterials.org
Xueqing Zhang
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Materials Science, Yanshan University, China
Research: Grain boundaries of Ti-based alloys by first-principles calculation
Email: xueqing.zhang@imdeamaterials.org
Daniel Martín Nolasco
Position: Junior Research Engineer
Education: B.Sc.: Physics, European University of Madrid, Spain
Research: Casting of Ni-based superalloys
Email: daniel.martin@imdeamaterials.org
Xu Qin
Position: Research Assistant
Education: MS.c.: Materials Engineering, Yangzhou University, China
Research: Machine learning-assisted magnesium alloy design
Email: xu.qin@imdeamaterials.org
Li Wang
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Materials Engineering, Yangzhou University, China
Research: Additive manufacturing of magnesium alloys
Email: li.wang@imdeamaterials.org
Zongquan Zhao
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Safety Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, China
Research: Flame-retardant multifunctional polymer materials
Email: zongquan.zhao@imdeamaterials.org
Qianru Zhang
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Research: Hydrogen embrittlement of Ni-based alloys
Email: qianru.zhang@imdeamaterials.org
Yi Wang
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, China
Research: The fatigue of zinc alloys
Email: yi.wang@imdeamaterials.org
Qile Shi
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Power Engineering, Shanghai Dianji University
Research: Selective surface densification of powder metallurgy parts
Email: qile.shi@imdeamaterials.org
Katherine Oyeri
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Eng.: Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Manchester, UK
Research: DeepComp: Improvement of quality and efficiency of pre-preg production using AI
Email: katherine.oyeri@imdeamaterials.org
Adrián Cotobal Gómez
Position: Junior Research Engineer
Education: M.Sc.: Aeronautical Engineering, Carlos III University of Madrid
Research: Materials and processes research and development
Email: adrian.cotobal@imdea.org
Kuldeep Shivaji Parade Patil
Position: Research Engineer
Education: M.Tech.: Computer Security Engineering and AI, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Research: Supporting digital infrastructure for the FAIR-LAB project
Email: kuldeep.shivaji@imdeamaterials.org
Kaiyuan Tian
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Chemistry, The University of Manchester, UK
Research: Computational and data-driven sustainable polymer materials discovery
Email: kaiyuan.tian@imdea.org
Jinchao He
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Mechanical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Research: Crystal plasticity theory and fatigue life prediction
Email: jin.chao@imdea.org
Lucía Nogueiras
Position: Research Assistant
Education: B.Sc.: Biomedical Engineering, Mondragón University, Spain
Research: The optimisation of composite materials inspection
Email: lucia.nogueiras@imdeamaterials.org
Lucía Puertas
Position: Research Assistant
Education: B.Sc.: Physics, University of Cantabria, Spain
Research: Controlled degradation of bioabsorbable implants through the introduction of functional gradients via 3D printing
Email: lucia.puertas@imdea.org
Laura Rosso
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Advanced Materials and Innovative Recycling, Technical University of Madrid
Research: Designing and developing functional halide perovskite structures for catalytic transformations
Email: laura.rosso@imdea.org
Aroa Mascaraque
Position: Research Assistant
Education: B.Sc.: Biomedical Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, España
Research: Computational and data-driven materials discovery
Email: aroa.mascaraque@imdea.org
Ruofan Yang
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Forestry Engineering , Northeast Forestry University, China
Research: Flame retardant polymers
Email: ruofan.yang@imdea.org
Mohammad Zarghami
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Research: Computational thermodynamics and kinetics for metallic alloy design and process optimization
Email: mohammad.zarghami@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
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
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: Powder metallurgy and recycling
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
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
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
Jon Molina
Position: Micromechanics and Nanomechanics
Education: PhD: Universidad de Cambridge, Reino Unido
Email: jon.molina@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
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
Dr. Vanesa Martínez
Position: Laboratory coordinator and specialist in composite materials manufacture and materials mechanical characterization
Education: Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering: Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain
Email: vanesa.martinez@imdea.org
Sergio de las Heras Morató
Position: Técnico de laboratorio
Education: Senior Technician in Electronic Product Development
Email: sergio.delasheras@imdeamaterials.org
María Teresa Nieto Valeiras
Position: Lab Technician
Education: CFGS: Chemistry
Email: teresa.nieto@imdea.org
Ángela de la Camacha
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Engineering and Materials Science, the Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain
Research: Additive manufacture of bioabsorbable scaffolds.
Email: angela.delacamacha@imdea.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
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
Damien Tourret
Position: Modelling and Simulation of Materials Processing
Email: damien.tourret@imdea.org
Javier LLorca
Position: Bio/Chemo/Mechanics of Materials
Education: PhD: Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Email: javier.llorca@imdea.org
Johan Christensen
Position: Acoustic and Mechanical Metamaterials
Education: PhD. Autonomous University of Madrid
Email: johan.christensen@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
Carlota Corchado
Position: Biomaterials and Cell Culture Laboratory Technician
Education: VT: Clinical and Biomedical Laboratory Technician. Pathological Anatomy and Cytodiagnosis
Email: carlota.corchado@imdea.org
Blanca Limones
Position: Research Support
Education: M.Sc.: Chemical Science 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
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
Saumya Sadanand
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M. Sc.: Materials Science, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
Research: Processing, characterisation and mechanical testing
Email: saumya.sadanand@imdea.org
Mónica Sales
Position: Cutting and machining of test specimens lab technician
Education: VT: Machining Technician
Email: monica.sales@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
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
Miguel Hernández
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Research: Development of an autonomous laboratory for the discovery of new nanocomposite materials
Email: miguel.hernandez@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
Shuanglan Du
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc: Polymer Chemistry and Physics, 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
Andrés Díaz Lantada
Position: Bioinspired, Smart and Living Materials
Education: Ph.D.: Mechanical Engineering and Manufacture (2009), Technical University of Madrid (UPM)
Research: Bioinspired, Smart and Living Materials
Email: andres.diaz@imdeamaterials.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
Carlos González
Position: Structural Composites
Education: PhD: Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Email: carlosdaniel.gonzalez@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
Martin Bergaño Guzmán
Position: Lab Technician
Education: CFGS: Industrial Chemistry
Email: martin.bergano@imdea.org
Cristina Sánchez
Position: Lab Technician
Education: M.Sc.: Research in Translational Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid
Email: cristina.sanchez@imdeamaterials.org
Nerea Rodríguez
Position: Lab Technician
Education: CFGS: Clinical and Biomedical Laboratory
Email: nerea.rodriguez@imdeamaterials.org
Jesús Carreras
Position: Lab Technician
Education: M.Sc.: Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
Email: jesus.carreras@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
Maciej Haranczyk
Position: Accelerated Materials Discovery
Education: Ph.D.: University of Gdansk, Poland
Email: maciej.haranczyk@imdea.org
Dr. Manuel Avella
Position: Electron microscopy of advanced materials
Education: Ph.D: University of Valladolid, Spain
Email: manuel.avella@imdea.org
María Teresa Pérez Prado
Position: Sustainable metallurgy
Education: PhD: Complutense University of Madrid. Spain
Email: teresa.perez.prado@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
Luis Arévalo
Position: CNT fibre lab technician
Education: M.Tech.: Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Email: luis.arevalo@imdea.org
Amalia San Román
Position: Metallography fabrication and preparation lab technician
Education: Specialist Technician. Spain
Email: amalia.sanroman@imdea.org
Dr. Javier García
Position: X-ray lab technician
Education: PhD: Rosario National University, Argentina
Email: javier.garcia@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
Ignacio Romero
Position: Computational Solid Mechanics
Education: PhD: University of California, Berkeley, USA
Email: ignacio.romero@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
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
Ignacio Escobar
Position: Junior Research Engineer
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
Dr. Yuyao Liu
Position: Research Associate
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
Ilchat Sabirov
Position: Physical Simulation
Education: PhD: University of Leoben. Austria
Email: ilchat.sabirov@imdea.org
Moisés Zarzoso
Position: Research Assistant
Education: M.Sc.: Industrial Mathematics, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Research: Modelling of Structural Composites
Email: moises.zarzoso@imdea.org
Jimena de la Vega
Position: Chemical Synthesis Laboratory technician specialized in fire-retardant polymer nanocomposites
Education: MEng: Autonoma University of Madrid, Spain
Email: jimena.vega@imdea.org
José Luis Jiménez
Position: Laboratory technician specialized in processing and machining of composite materials, mechanical characterization of materials and polymer 3D printing.
Education: Senior Specialist Technician
Email: joseluis.jimenez@imdea.org
Miguel de la Cruz
Position: Machining and tooling lab technician
Education: Senior Specialist Technician
Email: miguel.delacruz@imdea.org
Javier Segurado
Position: Multiscale Materials Modelling
Education: PhD: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, España
Email: javier.segurado@imdea.org
Federico Sket
Position: In-situ processing and mechanical characterization of materials
Email: federico.sket@imdea.org
José Manuel Torralba
Position: Sustainable Powder Technologies
Education: PhD: Technical University of Madrid & PhD: Army Advanced Technical School
Email: josemanuel.torralba@imdea.org
Harun Tüysüz
Position: Catalysis and Energy Materials
Education: Ph.D.: Chemistry, Max-Planck-Institute für Kohlenforschung, Germany
Email: harun.tuysuz@imdea.org
Juan José Vilatela
Position: Multifunctional Nanocomposites
Education: PhD: University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Email: juanjose.vilatela@imdea.org
De-Yi Wang
Position: High Performance Polymers and Fire Retardants
Education: PhD: Sichuan University, China
Email: deyi.wang@imdea.org
Jennifer Patterson
Position: Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine
Email: jennifer.patterson@imdea.org
Mónica Echeverry Rendón
Position: Biometals, Coatings and Devices
Education: Ph.D.: Medical Science, University of Antioquia, Colombia, & University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Research: Biomaterials for tissue engineering.
Email: monica.echeverry@imdea.org
Pedro J. Díaz Payno
Position: Tissue Engineering and Biomedical Materials
Research: Tissue Engineering and Biomedical Materials
Email: pedrojose.diaz@imdeamaterials.org