PhD in Chemistry (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany)) for his thesis on the synthesis of conductive polymers of electricity for electron beam lithography, which was carried out at Infineon Technologies AG (former company of the SIEMENS group). He then joined the UMDO group at the Materials Science Institute of the University of Valencia as a postdoc where he launched a new line of research in the field of chemical synthesis of new nanomaterials for optoelectronics, photovoltaics and sensors. At the end of 2009 he co-founded Intenanomat S.L. spin-off company of the University of Valencia, where he was the R&D manager for 7 years. Intenanomat is aimed at R&D of nanomaterials for applications in biotechnology, sensors, optoelectronics, catalysis and renewable energy. In 2017 he joined the University of Valencia again with a Ramón y Cajal fellowship and launched a new line of research in the field of synthesis and formulation of nanomaterials of nanomaterials for optoelectronics, thermoelectrics, photo and electrocatalysis and sensors.

His main line of research focuses on the synthesis and deposition of new multifunctional nanomaterials for optoelectronics, energy convertion, sensing and catalysis using different deposition and printing techniques. In particular, he has a great interest in the synthesis of metal nanoparticles (Au, Ag, Pt), semiconducting nanocrystals (Lead halide Perovskites, Quantum Dots), Metal Oxides (TiO2, ZnO, NiOx, CoOx, SnOx, InOx...) and conducting polymers and their nanocomposites. Due to the combination of these properties, nanocomposites are the ideal candidates for the low cost manufacturing of the next generation of micro and high performance nanodevices in solid state.

Currently, he has published more than 70 peer-review papers, 12 patents, over 60 contributions to the conference, and has received more than 1300 citations, an H = 21 and in Nanoscience / Nanotechnology and Physics- Chemistry (Source: Google Scholar). He is currently supervising 3 Theses, 5 master's theses, 8 bachelor's theses and has supervised 1 PhD thesis.

Mª Teresa Albelda Gimeno is an Associate Professor in the Department of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Valencia. She earned her degree in Chemical Sciences from the University of Valencia, where she received the Extraordinary Award of the Degree, and completed her PhD in Supramolecular Chemistry, earning the distinction of Summa Cum Laude.

Her research has focused on supramolecular chemistry, the design of fluorescent sensors, and the development of contrast agents with biomedical applications. She has undertaken research stays at internationally renowned universities, including the University of Florence, the University of Kansas, the University of Lisbon, and New York University, where she conducted her postdoctoral research through a MEC/Fulbright fellowship.

Throughout her career, she has participated in numerous national and international research projects funded by the Spanish Ministry, the National Science Foundation, the Consolider Ingenio 2010 Program, the Generalitat Valenciana, and European COST programs, serving as principal investigator in several of them. Her most recent research focuses on the design and synthesis of metallic nanoparticles and polyamine-based systems for biomedical applications, including diagnostics and therapy.

She currently carries out her teaching and research activities at the University of Valencia, where she has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Inorganic Chemistry since 2022.

My profile combines basic education in Chemistry (bachelor) and Materials Chemistry (PhD). I have carried out various predoctoral and postdoctoral stays at the Laboratoire de Chimie de Solides de l'Université de Bordeaux and Le Laboratoire des Fluorures de l’Université du Maine (Le Mans) under the supervision of Prof. G. Villeneuve and G. Ferey, respectively. Since 1994 I have been a University Professor and since 2007 Full Professor in Inorganic Chemistry. My scientific activity has been centred in the area of knowledge of inorganic chemistry and has focused on the synthesis and characterization of materials prepared under mild conditions. In a first stage he focused on the chemistry of vanadium phosphates. Later the line expands to other related systems (phosphates, arsenates...) including other transition elements.The work on these materials (with 2-D and open structures) was carried out in collaboration with the group of Prof. G. Ferey, and to a certain extent we can consider these solids as the precursors of the current MOFs. Starting in 1996, I open a new line of work on mesoporous materials in the ICMUV (very relevant at the time, since it was created in 1992 with the publication of an article in Nature by researchers from Mobil). Since 1996 I have led the Nanostructured Materials Unit, which was the first group at the University of Valencia to work on ordered mesoporous materials. The work team currently has 4 staff members and 4 people in training. Our activity starts on porous non-siliceous materials. We were able to prepare mesoporous alumina for the first time with the use of cationic surfactants and we also published one of the first articles describing mesoporous TiO2. Both articles have garnered a good number of citations and we can consider them classic references. But without a doubt, the achievement that I consider most relevant of my entire scientific career has been the development of the "Atrane Route": a preparative methodology based on the use of atrane complexes as hydrolytic precursors. This method leads to materials with high compositional and structural homogeneity. The bases of this method were published in Sol. Stat. Sci. 2, 405-420 (2000), and it is an article that ranks among the most cited of the magazine. We extended the method to a large variety of solids: silicas, mixed oxides, phosphates, oxynitrides etc. Another notable development was the synthesis of a new family of nanoparticulate silicas with bimodal hierarchical porosity (called UVM-7, Chem. Commun. 330-331 (2002)), which have an improved accessibility compared to the MCM-41. The versatility achieved by combining the atrane route and UVM-7 silicas, has allowed us to design a wide variety of porous materials with applications in emergent fields (catalysis, remediation, sensors, biotechnology, nanomedicine, etc.). All these applications require a rigorous selection of porous substrates and appropriate loading protocols with both organic and inorganic species, including both one-pot and post-functionalisation processes. A large number of materials with sensor properties and sophisticated drug delivery systems have been developed.. This line of work allowed the implementation of new characterization techniques at the University of Valencia such as the adsorption-desorption of N2 (in 2000) and more recently the SAXRS (2020) thanks to national projects that I led. The communication of the achievements has been reflected in: (1) 270 publications (252 included in WoS, 3 book chapters and 15 national publications), 6 reviews, (2) 89 national and 92 international congresses (7 invited and 1 Plenary Lecture) (3) 8 national and 5 international patents. This activity has been well valued both in the scientific field (h index = 51; 10075 citations; 40.0 citations / article; 83% Q1 during the last decade) and in the institutional sphere (6 research sexennial periods favourably evaluated by CNEAI). Most of the funds needed for this activity come from 65 national and regional projects, 38 as IP that I have led continuously since 1994 (10 over the last decade). This activity has contributed to the training of research staff (Directed PhD = 10, and I am currently co-director of 2 PhD). Professional career of PhD students. P. Burguete (CEPSA). V. Puchol (Jeanologia S L). A. Moragues (BC Fertilis), J. M. Morales (professor at the Valencia School of Medicine). C. Belenguer (Generalitat Valenciana). E. Pellicer (Professor secondary school). Collaborations with industries (2011-2025): IQE, Microbiotech SL, Asociación Valenciana de Agricultores, Aquactiva Solutions, Fertinagro, Sanifruit. Public Collaborations (2011-2025): Hospital la Fe, Hospital Clínico de Valencia.

Recent Research Projects

1. TITLE: Synthesis and Selected Applications of Novel Multifunctional Porous Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites. FUNDING ENTITY: Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. REFERENCE: PID2021-126304OB-C43. PI/ENTITY: P. Amorós, J. V. Ros/ICMUV-UV. DURATION: 2022-2024

2. TITLE: Transformation and Functionalization of Rice Hulls to Obtain Novel Silicon-Based Organic Fertilizers with Increased Nutrient Retention Capacity (ZEOFER-RICE). FUNDING ENTITY: EU, Ministry of Science and Innovation. REFERENCE: CPP2022-009855. (Public-Private Collaboration) PI/ENTITY: J. El Haskouri/ICMUV. DURATION FROM: 2023 UNTIL: 2026

3. TITLE: Development and validation of nanomaterials and sensors to promote the competitiveness of the agri-food sector. FINANCING ENTITY: EU, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Generalitat Valenciana. REFERENCE: AGROALNEXT/2022/065. PI/ENTITY: J. V. Ros, P. Amorós/UV-ICMUV. DURATION FROM: 2022 UNTIL: 2025

4. TITLE: Design and selected applications of multifunctional porous nanomaterials with improved porosity. FINANCING ENTITY: Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. REFERENCE: RTI2018-100910-B-C44. PI/ENTITY: P. Amorós, J. V. Ros/ICMUV-UV. DURATION FROM: 2019 UNTIL: 2021

5. TITLE: New applications in X-ray Diffraction Techniques of the Central Service for Support to Experimental Research (SCSIE). FUNDING ENTITY: Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. REFERENCE: EQC2018-005228-P. PI/ENTITY: P. Amorós/ICMUV. DURATION FROM: 2019. UNTIL: 2019

6. TITLE: Mesoporous and particulate solids for the design of theranostic materials. FUNDING ENTITY: Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. REFERENCE: MAT2015-64139-C04-02-R. PI/ENTITY: P. Amorós/ICMUV. DURATION FROM: 2016 UNTIL: 2018

7. TITLE: Mesoporous hybrid nanomaterials and composites for the design of sensor, controlled delivery, and remediation systems. FINANCING ENTITY: Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. REFERENCE: MAT2012-38429-C04-03. PI/ENTITY: P. Amorós / ICMUV. DURATION FROM: 2013 UNTIL: 2015

8. TITLE: Mesoporous and particulate nanomaterials for the design of sensor systems, remediation, and energy-related applications. FINANCING ENTITY: Ministry of Science and Technology. REFERENCE: MAT2009-14564-C04-04. PI/ENTITY: P. Amorós / ICMUV. DURATION FROM: 2010 UNTIL: 2012.

Teaching experience

Subjects taught during the last few years:

Materials Science- I, Degree in Chemical Engineering at ETSE

Chemistry Laboratory –II, Degree in Chemistry.

[Biography, english version]

Jamal El Haskouri Bennagi holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Valencia, where he completed his thesis titled "Ternary Mesoporous Materials: Control of the Stability of the Inorganic Wall" under the supervision of esteemed researchers Pedro Amorós and María Dolores Marcos. This doctoral work, awarded with the highest distinction, focused on the development and stability of ternary mesoporous materials, making a significant contribution to the field of materials science.

Dr. El Haskouri began his academic journey at Abdelmalek Essaadi University in Tétouan, Morocco, earning a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry in 1996. In 1997, he moved to Spain to join the Institute of Materials Science (ICMUV) at the University of Valencia, marking the start of an illustrious career in scientific research and academia. After completing his PhD in 2000, he briefly returned to Morocco to work as a Scientific Collaborator at Abdelmalek Essaadi University in Tangier before resuming his career in Spain.

His postdoctoral training encompassed several high-impact international projects. Between 2003 and 2004, he conducted postdoctoral research at the ICMUV. Following this, he continued his training at the University of Brest (France) in 2004 and later worked at the University of Montreal and École Polytechnique de Montreal in Canada. At the latter institution, he served as an "associé de recherche" from 2012 to 2015, solidifying his expertise in materials science and heterogeneous catalysis projects.

In 2005, Dr. El Haskouri was selected for the prestigious Ramón y Cajal program at the University of Valencia, where he worked for five years. Starting in 2010, he served as a Research Scientist under contract with the General Foundation of the University of Valencia until 2016, after which he returned as a permanent research staff member until 2023. On July 24, 2023, he was appointed as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Chemistry of the Universitat de València.

Throughout his career, Dr. El Haskouri has demonstrated exceptional ability in leading innovative research projects. His primary focus is on the synthesis and characterization of mesoporous materials and nanocomposites for applications in catalysis, sensors, energy generation, and environmental remediation. His scientific output includes more than 117 articles published in high-impact international journals such as Advanced Materials, Chemistry of Materials, and Chemical Communications. These publications have explored topics such as pore size control in mesoporous materials, the synthesis of functional nanocomposites, and the design of novel heterogeneous catalysts.

With an h-index of 27, his research has garnered numerous citations, reflecting the impact of his work on the global scientific community. Additionally, he holds 12 European and global patents, underscoring the practical applicability of his discoveries in the industry. He has supervised over 20 research projects, including PhD theses, Master’s dissertations (TFM), and Bachelor’s projects (TFG), and currently leads several initiatives related to inorganic chemistry and the development of sustainable nano- and mesoporous materials.

Dr. El Haskouri has also been an active participant in international conferences, presenting his findings at events such as the International Catalysis Congress and the European Advanced Materials Symposium. Among his most notable contributions are:

• The development of highly efficient mesoporous catalysts for oxidation reactions in green chemical processes.
• The synthesis of nanocomposites with unique properties for renewable energy applications, including materials for fuel cells and batteries.
• The implementation of novel methodologies for the remediation of contaminated water through selective adsorption of heavy metals.

His international experience and fluency in multiple languages (including Arabic, French, Spanish, and English) have facilitated collaborations with renowned institutions and research centers worldwide. This background has allowed him to establish robust and diversified research networks and to participate in European and transatlantic projects.

In addition to his research activities, Dr. El Haskouri has made significant contributions to teaching, delivering advanced courses in inorganic chemistry, materials science, and nanomaterials at the Universitat de València. His pedagogical approach aims to inspire new generations of chemists by fostering a deep understanding of theoretical principles alongside practical problem-solving skills in complex scientific challenges.

In the realm of scientific outreach, he has also participated in initiatives to promote the importance of sustainable chemistry and advanced materials, highlighting their relevance in addressing global challenges such as climate change and the transition to circular economies.

Short Bibliography

Alicia Forment-Aliaga (Valencia, 1976) is a researcher at the Molecular Science Institute (ICMol) and a senior lecturer in the Inorganic Chemistry Department within the School of Chemistry at the University of Valencia (UVEG), Spain. She graduated in Chemistry and completed her PhD in molecular magnetism at UVEG under the supervision of Prof. E. Coronado and Prof. F.M. Romero.

Between 2004 and 2008, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Prof. K. Kern’s group at the Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart (Germany), focusing on nanoelectronics. Since July 2008, she has been affiliated with ICMol at UVEG, collaborating in Prof. E. Coronado’s group. Her positions have included a postdoctoral Juan de la Cierva contract, a tenure-track Ramón y Cajal contract, and, since 2020, a senior lecturer role.

Her research is primarily directed toward five key objectives:

1. Magnetic molecular materials;
2. Molecular spintronics;
3. Surface integration of molecular materials;
4. Scanning force microscopies;
5. 2D materials.

Scientific Identifiers

• Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID): 0000-0003-0742-0457
• SCOPUS Author ID: 6508331644
• WoS Researcher ID: D-6711-2014

Main Activities as a Member of Scientific and Academic Committees:

• Member of the Research Commission of the University of Valencia (UVEG), serving as a representative of the Research Institutes.
• Secretary of the Institute of Molecular Science (ICMol).
• Reviewer of research projects for the Spanish State Research Agency and other public and private institutions, both nationally and internationally.
• Member of the Academic Degree Committee (CAT) for the Chemistry Degree at UVEG.
• Member of the Faculty Board for the Chemistry Degree at UVEG.
• Member of the Equality Commission for the Chemistry Degree at UVEG.

Carlos Giménez-Saiz is graduated in Chemistry (1987) and obtained his PhD in 1996 from the University of Valencia. He currently works as Permanent Lecturer at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry of the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Valencia. He is a member of the research group M4 (Modulable Multifunctional Molecular Materials). His research interests are focused on all aspects related to the chemistry of polyoxometalates, as well as the synthesis and characterization of molecular hybrid materials with electrical, optical and magnetic properties.

Jorge completed his MSc in Chemistry at the University of Valencia, undertaking his last academic year at the University of Salford (United Kingdom) in 2005. Then, he began his PhD in Chemical Sciences at the University of Valencia under the supervision of Prof. García-España in Supramolecular & Bioinorganic Chemistry. He combined his PhD with a technician position at Torres Film Plastic. In 2008, he secured a FPU (University Professor Training) grant of the Spanish Science Ministry and focused in his PhD until obtain the qualification of Summa cum Laude in February 2013. He developed polyamine-based molecules capable to tightly bind zinc, copper and manganese as antioxidant mimic agents and nucleic acid drugs. During his PhD, he spent several periods in the groups of Dr. Ivo Piantanida (Ruder Boskovic Institut, Croatia), Prof. Fernando Pina (New University of Lisbon, Portugal) and Prof. Philip A. Gale (University of Southampton, United Kingdom) where he complemented his background skills in Supramolecular Chemistry with different techniques and topics.

From 2013-2015, he carried out two post-docs in Prof. Kristin Bowman-James’s group in the University of Kansas (USA) and Dr. Marie-Paule Teulade-Fichou´s group in Institute Curie (France). He studied anion encapsulation in macrocycles and cryptands and developed novel molecules to target unusual DNA/RNA structures such as hairpins, mismatches, triplexes or G-quadruplexes. In April 2015, he moved to the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London (United Kingdom) as a Newton Fellow of the Royal Society and British Academy associated with Prof. Ramón Vilar´s team. He developed novel tools to visualise G-quadruplexes in cells by using cutting-edge microscopy and metal complexes as efficient anticancer drugs. At the end of 2017, he sought for new challenges and complete his expertise in the nucleic acid field by enrolling the European Institute of Chemistry and Biology (France) associated in the teams of Dr. Valerie Gabelica and Dr. Jean-Louis Mergny as IdEx Fellow. He investigated the application of fluorescent molecular probes to detect and visualise G-quadruplexes in live cells.

In 2019, he obtained a Distinguished Researcher position back in the University of Valencia at the Institute of Molecular Science (ICMol) through the GenT program of the Valencian Government. His research interests cover the design and preparation of small molecules to target non-canonical nucleic acid structures, the development of tools to visualise these structures in cells, the application of inorganic complexes to study biological processes and the biotechnological applications of nucleic acid super-structures.
 

Rafael Ibáñez Puchades is a University Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Valencia (UV) , where he earned his Bachelor's degree (1980) and Ph.D. (1984) in Chemistry. He has been part of the Teaching and Research Staff (PDI) since 1984 , obtaining his Professorship in 2018. His teaching career has been mostly linked to the field of Materials Science. His research focuses on Solid State Chemistry , Nanostructured Materials by Laser Ablation in Liquids , and Laser Surface Treatment , with recognition for five research periods (four for research and one for technology transfer). In the management field, he is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Valencia (since 2024) , after having served as the Director of the University Institute of Materials Science (ICMUV) between 2002 and 2008. His strong commitment to technology transfer is evident in several patents and in the co-founding of the Technology-Based Companies (EBTs) Laser Food 2007, S.L. , Biotec System, S.L. , and Persiskin, S.L. , for which he received the Researcher-Entrepreneur Award from the UV in 2016.

Carlos Martí-Gastaldo is a Spanish chemist (Premio Extraordinario de Licenciatura) who was

initially trained in Coordination Chemistry and Molecular Magnetism in E. Coronado´s group at

the ICMol-University of Valencia. He received his PhD in Chemistry in 2009 for his work on

‘Multifunctional Magnetic Materials by using Coordination Polymers and 2D Layered Inorganic

Materials’, that was recognized with the ‘Young Researcher Olivier Kahn Recognition’ awarded

by the European Institute of Molecular Magnetism, the ‘NanoMatMol Prize’ to the best thesis in

Nanoscience and Molecular Materials awarded by the GENAM group of the RSEQ, and the

‘Premio Extraordinario de Tesis’ awarded by the Universidad de València He then shifted his

focus to apply his training to the design of Metal-Organic Frameworks during his postdoctoral

stage as a Marie Curie Fellow in M. J. Rosseinsky’s group at the University of Liverpool (2010-

2012). During this postdoctoral stage he was awarded with the ‘Postdoc SusChem Prize’ to young

chemistry investigators by the RSEQ and the Spanish Technological Platform of Sustainable

Chemistry (2011).

He began his independent career in 2013 in Liverpool, with the award of a Royal Society

University Research Fellowship (~40 awarded in the UK annually). In 2014, he returned to the

ICMol with a Ramón y Cajal Fellowship (~15 awarded in Chemistry annually) to lead the design

of highly stable MOFs, one of the strategic research lines of the 1st ‘María de Maeztu’ Excellence

program awarded to the center. With the award of an ERC Starting Grant in 2016, he established

his own research group at the ICMol. The Functional Inorganic Materials team (FuniMAT) is

focused on the design and processing of porous inorganic materials for biological and

environmental-related applications. He founded the start-ups ‘Porous Materials for Advanced

Applications’ (2018) and ‘Porous Materials in Action’ (2021) to accelerate the transfer of research

results into socially useful products and services. He received an ERC Consolidator Grant in 2021

and is one of the guarantor investigators of the 2nd ‘María de Maeztu’ Excellence program of

ICMol (2021-2024), and main responsible of the implementation of a new research line for the

Molecular Design of Biomaterials in the center.

His independent trajectory has been recognized with the ‘Excelencia Investigadora Prize by the

Real Sociedad Española de Química (RSEQ) y BASF’ (2022), the ‘RSEQ-Sigma-Aldrich Young

Investigator Prize’ (2015), the ‘X Scientific-Technical Prize Ciudad de Algemesí’ for young

investigators awarded by Ayuntamiento de Algemesí (2015), and the VLC/StartUp Prize in two

editions (2022 & 2018) to the 2 start-ups created by the PI. Since 2021, Martí-Gastaldo also acts

as the Equal opportunities representative of the ICMol at the gender equality commission of the

‘Severo Ochoa’ Centres and ‘María de Maeztu’ Units of Excellence Alliance (SOMMa).

Prof. Emilio Pardo Marín. PhD in Chemistry from the University of Valencia (UV), under the supervision of Prof. Francisco Lloret (2006), in the field of Molecular Magnetism. Subsequently, this training served as the foundation for the development of new examples of Multifunctional Materials during my postdoctoral stays (2008-2009) at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris, France). Since my return to the University of Valencia in 2010, I founded the research team MUPOMAT (www.mupomat.com), focusing on the development of new porous coordination polymers and their application in catalysis and environmental decontamination. As of October 2024, I am a Full Professor in the Department of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Valencia.

I am the co-author of 4 patents, 3 book chapters, and 157 scientific articles published in indexed international journals, which have been cited more than 9,000 times (with an average impact factor of 58.3), in the most prestigious journals in the fields of Chemistry (Nature Catalysis, Accounts of Chemical Research, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem., etc.) and Materials Science (Nature Materials, Advanced Materials, etc.), with more than 90% of them in the first quartile (Q1). Furthermore, part of this work has been featured on the covers of prestigious scientific journals (9 covers: Small, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Chemistry European Journal, Inorganic Chemistry, etc.), and a significant number of these articles have been classified as 'Hot' or 'VIP' (Very Important Papers), indicating their importance. In this regard, I have an h-index (Hirsch) value of 53 (Google Scholar, April 2024). I appear in the 'Essential Science Indicators' ranking at position 5133 worldwide in the field of Chemistry. Additionally, I have contributed more than 90 presentations at national and international scientific meetings (many of them oral contributions and invited lectures).

I have three recognized active research periods (sexenios) by the CNEAI. Finally, I have participated in a total of 32 R&D projects funded by private, regional, national, and international foundations, serving as the principal investigator in 9 of them. Notably, I was awarded a European project by the European Research Council (ERC Consolidator Grant) with a budget of €1,886,000.00.

I am an Associate Professor at the Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol, María de Maeztu excellence unit since 2016) at the Universitat de València (UV, excellence campus since 2010). In 2003, I gained my Degree in Chemistry from the UV (Extraordinary Award to the best graded), shortly afterwards I obtained a FPU Grant and joined Coronado’s group as a pre-doctoral student. Moreover, I gained expertise in the fields of nanotechnology, molecular magnetism, and the chemistry of supramolecular materials, obtaining deep skills in organic, coordination and surface chemistry. During my doctoral period, I was also able to obtain knowledge in other areas like molecular sensing or molecular photophysics. In 2008, I completed my PhD in Chemistry on the design of Bistable Metallic Complexes for Organic Electronics with the highest mark “Cum Laude” along with the Best Thesis in Chemistry award from the UV.

After obtaining my PhD degree I joined the Unité Mixte of Physicque CNRS/THALES (UMR137) under the supervision of Prof. Pierre Seneor and Dr. Richard Mattana as a post-doctoral researcher shortly after becoming a Marie Curie (MC) IEF Fellow. There, I worked for four years in the area of Molecular spintronics, more precisely on the integration of organic materials into spintronic devices mastering lithographic techniques and magnetotransport measurements.

At the beginning of 2013, I re-joined the ICMol as a Juan de la Cierva-MC CIG Fellow and focus my research on the development of different materials with interests for molecular electronics and spintronics that in 2018 associated to Dr. Carlos Martí group (FuniMat, https://funimat.es/). In 2018 I was granted with a Ramón y Cajal contract shifted my research attracted by the possibilities offered by Metallic Complexes and Frameworks in electrocatalytic applications.

I have combined my research with Chemistry teaching at the UV. Especially during 2016-2018 when I worked as Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry in Valencia. On top of that, I am co-founder of Porous Materials in Action SL (https://porousinaction.com/), the first Spanish company dedicated to the production and valorization of MOF type materials.

Student supervision.

I am currently supervising Sonia Martínez (started in 2023), María Tamayo (started 2024) and Noor Ul Uda (started 2025).

PhD Thesis:

1. María Romero, “Processing and Design of Group (IV) Reticular Platforms: Nanoparticles, Thin Films and Crystals”, 12/01/2024, Excellent Cum Laude.
2. Garin Escorcia, “Engineering New Tools for Automated Fabrication of Molecular Thin Films and Study of their Electrical Properties”, 16/07/2019, Excellent Cum Laude.
3. Michele Mattera, “Molecular Nanostructures on Ferromagnetic Metals for Spintronics”, 23/10/2017, Excellent Cum Laude
4. Julia Ponce, “Synthesis, Characterization and Electronic Transport Properties of Copper rotaxanes and Molecular Complexes", 13/06/2014, Excellent Cum Laude.

Master Thesis:

1. Amparo Rodríguez, “Control de la morfología y química superficial en cristales porosos”, 13/09/22, Very good 8.5/10
2. Miguel Gavara, “Bidimensional Materials: Chemical Vapour Synthesis and Characterization of Single- layer MoS₂”, 28/06/15, Excellent 10/10.
3. Eugenia Miguel, “Coordination Compound for Molecular Electronics: Synthesis, Characterization and Electronic Transport Properties”, 28/06/15, Excellent 9.5/10
4. Jorge Gómez, “Conductivity Measurements of Bistable Copper Rotaxanes Using Gold Nanoparticle Arrays”, 12/03/2014, Excellent 9.5/10.
5. Michele Mattera, “Self-Assembled Monolayers over Permaloy”, 28/03/14, Excellent 9.5/10.

Research Stays (last 10 years)

Metal-organic Materials Transport and Structural Dynamics (USA, Prof. Carl Brozek). 2022, 1 month. Variable temperature solid state UV-Vis and FT-IR measuremts.

Other outreach activities

Since 2017 I have regularly participated in Parc Científic de la Universitat de València Open door day and since 2022 in Noche de la Investigación.

Memberships of scientific societies

I peer-review American Chemical Society (ACS, since 2014), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC, since 2016), Wiley (since 2014), Institute of Physics (IOP, since 2016) and Elsevier (since 2017) journals. I am Member of the Real Sociedad Española de Química (RSEQ, since 2005) and American Chemical Society (ACS, since 2019)

Institutional responsibilities

I am an elected member of the ICMol Governing Board.

Publications (including books)  “^ac” Indicates co-corresponding author

To date, I have published 1 book chapter and 70 “peer-reviewed” papers (58 in the 1st quartile, 17 as co-corresponding author, h-index 30) with > 200 co-authors and > 2600 citations in primary Materials Science, Physics and Chemistry journals.

1. S. Martínez-Giménez, A. Orellana-Silla, … , V. Rubio-Giménez,^ac S. Tatay,^ac C. Martí-Gastaldo,^ac [9/10] “Solvent‐Free Thermal Defect Engineering in Molecular Frameworks With Volatile Linkers”. Adv. Mater. (2025), e11250. 10.1002/adma.202511250
2. M. Romero-Angel, R. Amrine, B. Ávila-Bolívar, … , J. Solla-Gullón,^ac S. Tatay,^ac C. Martí-Gastaldo,^ac [9/10] “Tailoring the Efficiency of Porphyrin Molecular Frameworks for the Electroactivation of molecular N₂”, J. Mater. Chem. A (2024) 10956 – 10964. 10.1039/d3ta07004b
3. M. Romero-Angel, V. Rubio-Giménez,^ac E. P. Gómez-Oliveira, … , S. Tatay,^ac C. Martí-Gastaldo,^ac [9/10] “Vapor-Assisted Conversion of Heterobimetallic Titanium–Organic Framework Thin Films”, Chem. Mater. 35 (2023) 10394 – 10402. 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01389
4. S. Tatay,^ac S. Martínez-Giménez, A. Rubio-Gaspar, … , C. Martí-Gastaldo,^ac [1/10] “Synthetic Control of Correlated Disorder in UiO-66 Frameworks”, Nat. Commun. 14 (2023) 6962. 10.1038/s41467-023-41936-w
5. M. Romero-Angel, J. Castells-Gil, V. Rubio-Giménez, R. Ameloot, S. Tatay,^ac C. Martí-Gastaldo, “Surfactant-Assisted Synthesis of Titanium NanoMOFs for Thin Film Fabrication”, Chem. Commun. 57 (2021) 9040–9043. 10.1039/d1cc02828f
6. V. Rubio-Giménez, C. Bartual-Murgui, M. Galbiati, …, S. Tatay,^ac C. Martí-Gastaldo,^ac [14/15] “Effect of Nanostructuration on the Spin Crossover Transition in Crystalline Ultrathin Films”, Chem. Sci. 10 (2019) 4038–4047. 10.1039/c8sc04935a
7. V. Rubio-Giménez, G. Escorcia-Ariza, C. Bartual-Murgui, …, S. Tatay,^ac C. Martí-Gastaldo,^ac [8/9] “Ultrathin Films of 2D Hofmann-Type Coordination Polymers: Influence of Pillaring Linkers on Structural Flexibility and Vertical Charge Transport”, Chem. Mater. 31 (2019) 7277–7287. 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b01634
8. V. Rubio-Giménez, N. Almora-Barrios, G. Escorcia-Ariza, M. Galbiati, M. Sessolo, S. Tatay,^ac C. Martí-Gastaldo,^ac “Origin of the Chemiresistive Response of Ultrathin Films of Conductive Metal‐Organic Frameworks”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 57 (2018) 15086–15090. 10.1002/anie.201808242
9. M. Mattera, V. Rubio-Giménez, S. Delprat, R. Mattana, P. Seneor, S. Tatay,^ac A. Forment-Aliaga,^ac E. Coronado, “Spontaneous Growth of 2D Coordination Polymers on Functionalized Ferromagnetic Surfaces”, Chem. Sci. 9 (2018) 8819–8828. 10.1039/c8sc03067g
10. V. Rubio-Giménez, M. Galbiati, J. Castells-Gil, …, S. Tatay,^ac C. Martí-Gastaldo,^ac [10/12] “Bottom-Up Fabrication of Semiconductive Metal–Organic Framework Ultrathin Films”, Adv. Mater. 55 (2018) 1704291. 10.1002/adma.201704291

Congress (last 10 years)

My co-workers and I have participated in different national and international conferences and workshops (>100). I have attended to 9 of them and presented our results as oral communications (6) or as invited speaker (3).

1. Synthesis of reo UiO-66, XXXIX Reunión Bienal de Química, (Zaragoza, (Spain), 25/06/2023 – 29/06/2023), oral communication.
2. Synthetic control of correlated disorder in UiO-66 frameworks, International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Compounds (MOF2022), (Dresde, (Germany), 04/09/2022 – 07/09/2022), oral communication.
3. Thin film fabrication of Titanium Metal-Organic Frameworks, ACS Fall 2019 Meeting, (Chicago, (USA), 21/08/2022 – 25/08/2022), oral communication.
4. Ultrathin Films of Layered Coordination Polymers: Charge Transport and Spin Crossover at the Nanoscale, ACS Fall 2019 Meeting, (San Diego, (USA), 25/08/2019 – 29/08/2019), oral communication.
5. Charge Transport in Metal-Organic Frameworks Ultrathin Films, International Conference in Coordination Chemistry (ICCC2018), (Sendai, (Japan), 30/07/2018 – 04/08/2018), invited speaker.
6. Growth of Self-Assembled Monolayers Directly on Ferromagnetic Metal Surfaces, International Conference on Solid Films and Surfaces (ICSFS18), (Chemnitz (Germany), 28/08/16 – 02/09/162016), invited speaker.

Projects or research lines in which you have participated. (last 10 years)

To date, I have participated in 19 national (funded by the Spanish MINECO or the Valencia Government) and 8 international (European Union & French). I have been Principal Investigator of 7 synchrotron proposals.

Princial investigator

1. “Ultrastable Pyrazolate Porphyrin Metal-organic Frameworks for Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction: Porous Crystals and Thin Films” (UPPER, PID2023-150383OB-I00): 150 k€, Funded by Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades. Principal Investigator: Sergio Tatay and Víctor Rubio. 01/00/2024 – 30/09/2026.
2. “Photospinner un Fotorreactor de Alto Rendimiento para Valorización Acelerada de CO₂” (PhotoSpinner, INNVA1/2023/95): 222 k€, Funded by Generalitat Valenciana. Principal Investigator: Sergio Tatay. 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2025.
3. “Electrically Conductive Metal-organic Frameworks as Tailorable Porous Electrodes for CO₂ Reduction” (MOFCORE, RTI2018-098568-A-I00): 97 k€, Funded by Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades. Principal Investigator: Sergio Tatay. 26/08/2019 – 25/08/2022.
4. “Self-Assembled Monolayers over Ferromagnetic Electrodes for Organic Spintronics” (MC-CIG-321739): 75 k€. Funded by European Union Research Executive Agency (REA). Principal Investigator: Sergio Tatay. 01/12/2012 – 30/11/2015.
5. “Nanocontacted Thin Molecular Films for Spintronics” (SAMESFERE, MC-IEF-252757): 166 k€. Funded by European Union Research Executive Agency (REA). Principal Investigator: Sergio Tatay. 01/03/2010 – 29/02/2012

Member of the research team in other long-term projects

1. “Bringing Nanospace to Life by Adapting Pore Environments to Chemical Complexity” (ERC-2021-COG-101043428-LIVINGPORE), 2.0 M€. Funded by the European Comission. PrincipaI Investigator: C. Martí. 2023 – 2027.
2. “Catalizadores Reticulares de Titanio Fotoactivos para Energía” (TIFO MFA/2022/026), 270 k€. Funded by Generalitat Valenciana. Principal Investigator: Carlos Martí. 2022– 2024.
3. “Metal-Organic Frameworks as Crystalline Platforms for Multipurpose Catalysis” (MOF4CAT PROMETEU/2021/054), 545 k€. Funded by Generalitat Valenciana. Principal Investigator: Carlos Martí. 2021– 2024.
4. “Tejidos Técnicos Innovadores para Equipos de Protección Individual con Actividad Mejorada contra Organofosfoésteres” (INNOTEX INNVA1/2021/23), 250 k€. Funded by Generalitat Valenciana. Principal Investigator: Carlos Martí. 2021– 2024.
5. “Chemical Engineering of Functional Stable Metal-Organic Frameworks”: Porous Crystals and Thin Film Devices (ERC Stg Chem-fs-MOF 714122), 1.6 M€. Funded by the European Commission. Principal investigator: Carlos Martí. 2016 – 2022.

Technology/knowledge transfer activities and exploitation of results.

Patents

1. G. Escorcia, N. M. Padial, C. Martí-Gastaldo, S. Tatay, “Dispositivo para realizar reacciones químicas” WO/2024/209120 – PCT/ES2024/070188.
2. J. Castells-Gil, N. M. Padial, N. Almora-Barrios, R. Gil-San Millán, J. A. R. Navarro, S. Tatay C. Martí-Gastaldo “Titanium-iron MOF solid, procedure of synthesis and use for detoxification purposes” WO2021148702, ES2844934. Exploited by Porous Materials in Action S.L.

Innovation leadership

1. “Photospinner un Fotorreactor de Alto Rendimiento para Valorización Acelerada de CO₂” (PHOTOSPINNER INNVA1/2023/95), 222 k€. Programa de Valorización y Transferencia de Resultados de Investigación a las Empresas funded by Agencia Valenciana de la Innovación. Principal Investigator: Sergio Tatay. 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2025. See webpage for more info.
2. 2021    Porous Materials in Action S. L. (participated by Universidad de Valencia) to develop and commercialize MOF products, processes, and services to apply them in sectors such as the storage of useful gases such as green fuels, catalysis, capture of pollutants, supply and purification of water or environmental purification, among others. See webpage for more info.