Fitxa persona

After graduating in Chemistry from the University of Valencia (2012), I was awarded a PIF-UAB fellowship to pursue my PhD at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2013-2017) under the supervision of Prof. Sala. My doctoral research focused on the design, synthesis, and characterization of molecular-based catalysts for water oxidation in the context of artificial photosynthesis. During my PhD, I also completed a three-month research stay in Prof. Nippe's group at Texas A&M University (2016, U.S.A.).

Following my PhD, I joined Prof. Llobet's group at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ, 2017-2021), first as a postdoctoral researcher and later as Scientific Coordinator, where I focused on the development of first-row transition metal complexes for water oxidation catalysis and explored robust and efficient strategies for immobilizing molecular catalysts onto solid supports.

To broaden my expertise in catalyst characterization, I joined Prof. DeBeer's group at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI-CEC, Germany) in 2022, supported by first Humboldt and later a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships. There, I established a research line focused on static, operando, and time-resolved spectroscopic measurements to investigate both steady-state and short-lived reaction intermediates in molecular and heterogeneous catalysts for solar fuel production.

In 2024, I joined the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona as an Assistant Professor, and shortly thereafter I moved to the University of Valencia as a Ramón y Cajal Fellow. My research focuses on combining the rational design of molecular catalysts, electrochemistry, and spectroscopy to advance the development of molecular-based hybrid materials for applications in artificial photosynthesis and redox organic transformations.