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.

Ana Cros studied Physics in the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (1990) and finished her PhD in Applied Physics in the University of Valencia (1994). Since 2011 she is Full Professor at the Department of Applied Physics of the University of Valencia and Director of the Institute of Materials Science. Her present interests point to the use of Scanning Probe Microscopy techniques, combined with optical excitation, for the characterization of the electrical properties of nanostructures. In the last two years we have developed at ICMUV a laboratory of advanced Scanning Probe Microscopy techniques that includes conductive AFM sensitive from pico to nano Ampère, and Kelvin Force Microscopy unde rvisible and  ultraviolet illumination. She has co-authored more than 100 international papers in the field of condensed matter physics and materials science.

Mario Culebras, PhD in Chemistry obtained at the University of Valencia (2017). Mario Culebras currently works as lecturer in the physical chemistry department at the University of Valencia. He is also part of the Institute of Material Science at the University of Valencia where he is doing research focused on the recovery of biomass residues to produce advanced nanomaterials, publishing more than 70 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 9 patents, 4 book chapters and presenting more than 43 papers at renowned international conferences. In addition, he works on several national and international research projects, being the principal investigator of several of them.

I am a theoretical physicist working in the interface of materials science, condensed-matter physics and chemistry. My current research line deals with the optical and magnetic properties of novel 2D materials. I focus on the application of ab initio methods to study the properties of 2D materials, like graphene, boron nitride, transition metal dichalcogenides, ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic 2D materials, and 2D perovskites. I have expertise in ab initio methods to study optical, electronic, vibrational and magnetic properties of nanostructured materials. I develop theory and ab initio methods to calculate excitonic states, electron-phonon physics, phonons and Raman spectroscopy, ultrafast carrier dynamics, physics of the spin-orbit interaction and spin dynamics, phonon-assisted absorption, excitons in ferromagnetic 2D materials. I am also working in high-throughput materials screening to discover novel 2D materials. I am developer of scientific software applied to materials science and I have established a network of theoretical and experimental colleagues abroad. 
I obtained my PhD in Physics at the University of Valencia at 2011. I have worked in internationally research centres during more than 6 years. From 2011-2012 I was postdoc at the Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology in Lille, France. In 2012-2014 I joined the University of Luxembourg as a post-doc and from 2014-2017 I was the PI of the research line focused on time-dependent spectroscopy in 2D materials (funded with 351000€).

Rafael Muñoz-Espí is an Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Valencia. He graduated in Chemistry at this university (Licentiate Degree in 2001). He was awarded a postgraduate fellowship by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Foundation “La Caixa” to conduct his doctoral studies in Germany. From 2002 to 2006 he worked under the supervision of Prof. Gerhard Wegner at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) in Mainz, and he received his doctoral degree in 2006 from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz.

In 2007, he moved to the USA as a Postdoctoral Associate in the group of Prof. Benjamin Chu at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he worked for two years, with frequent stays at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. From 2009 to 2015, Dr. Muñoz-Espí was Group Leader of the team "Polymer/Inorganic Hybrid Colloids" at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, in the Department of Physical Chemistry of Polymers headed by Prof. Katharina Landfester. During this time, he was responsible for several projects and industrial contracts at national (German) and international level.

In September 2015, Dr. Muñoz-Espí joined the Institute of Materials Science of the University of Valencia (ICMUV) as a Ramón y Cajal Senior Fellow. Since May 2021, he has been an Associate Professor at this institution.

Dr. Muñoz-Espí has coauthored more than 95 scientific peer-reviewed publications in high-ranking international journals and 6 book chapters. He acts periodically as a reviewer for scientific agencies and for several chemistry and materials science journals. His current research interests include mineralization processes, the synthesis of polymeric and hybrid nanoparticles, crystallization in colloidal systems, and the study of the interaction of polymers with inorganic matter. In the last years, he has conducted research and teaching stays as a visiting professor/scientist at the Bar-Ilan University (Israel, 2016), the University of Padova (Italy, 2018), and the Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas (Ecuador, 2018).

In addition to chemistry, he is interested in linguistics. He holds a B.A. in Catalan Language from the University of Andorra (2015) and a B.A. in Catalan Language and Literature from the Open University of Catalonia (2016). He has studied the morphological and semantic specificity of the Andorran neology (see here).

Javier Resta received his degree in Physics ("Licenciatura") from the University of Valencia (Spain) in 2001. Then, he moved to the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Germany) where, in 2003, he obtained a "Diplomarbeit" in Theoretical Nuclear Physics. In 2004, he was awarded with a doctoral fellowship from CERN. His PhD thesis was focused on the design and performance characterisation studies of nonlinear collimation systems for both circular (e.g. LHC) and future linear (e.g. CLIC) colliders.  After obtaining his PhD in Accelerator Physics with "Summa cum laude" from the University of Valencia in 2007, Dr Resta worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at different prestigious international institutions: John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science (JAI), Oxford University; the Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC) under the umbrella of a "Juan de la Cierva" fellowship; and the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) in Tsukuba, Japan.

In 2014, Javier joined the University of Liverpool within the framework of a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship for experienced researchers. He conducted Beam Physics research to better understand the Beam Dynamics in low energy antiproton and ion storage rings towards the performance optimisation of existing and new antimatter facilities. In 2017, Javier was promoted to the position of Research Coordinator and Deputy Leader of the Quantum Systems and advanced Accelerator Research (QUASAR) Group at the University of Liverpool and Cockcroft Institute. He has led a wide-ranging R&D portfolio, including advanced beam dynamics studies, beam diagnostics and novel particle acceleration techniques.

Since July 2020, Dr Resta is a Distinguished Researcher (CIDEGENT) at the Institute of Materials Science of the University of Valencia (ICMUV). He is currently leading an interdisciplinary project which aims to investigate novel particle acceleration techniques beyond current state-of-the-art, combining accelerator physics, solid-state physics and material science towards the design of ultra-compact particle accelerators and synchrotron light sources. Novel acceleration techniques based on nanostructures could revolutionise the design of future particle accelerators.

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