ICMAB
The Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona
The Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) is a multidisciplinary research center focused on cutting-edge research in functional advanced materials in the fields of Energy, Electronics, Nanomedicine and application fields yet to be imagined.
The ICMAB is integrated within the Barcelona Nanocluster in Bellaterra (BNC-b), a research network part of the UAB Research Park of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the ALBA Synchrotron. The BNC-b aims to share advanced scientific equipment and promote and disseminate nanoscience and nanotechnology. The centre offers a complete range of scientific services, including a 10,000-class cleanroom that is open to interested parties, whether academic or from industry and participates in all kinds of educational and promotional activities. Many ICMAB researchers teach at the UAB Master’s degree in Nanotechnology and Materials Science and also on the UAB degree on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.
The team
Agustín Mihi
Group leader at ICMABHe obtained his PhD in Physics in 2008 from the Institute of Materials Science of Seville ICMS-CSIC. Agustín was honoured with a Beckman postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign (USA), a Marie Curie COFUND at ICFO and a Ramón y Cajal fellowship. He was awarded an ERC StG in 2015 at ICMAB for his project on scalable photonic architectures.
He is experienced in the optical design, fabrication and characterization of large-area photonic architectures that can be easily implemented in emerging optoelectronic devices to improve their performance. He is leading a group at ICMAB-CSIC that specializes in soft nanoimprinting lithography, which offers an inexpensive and simple pathway to exploit the optical properties of nanophotonic structures with unconventional materials and devices.
Yao/Yolanda Lu
Postdoc ResearcherShe obtained her PhD degree in 2023 from the Department of Physics at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is experienced in nanostructure synthesis, optical switching, and photocatalysis. Her research interests focus on the nanostructure synthesis for light-matter interaction.
Luis Pérez
Postdoc ResearcherHe received his PhD in Chemistry in 2015 from the National University of Córdoba, Argentina. Following his doctorate, he conducted postdoctoral research at CONICET-Argentina, focusing on the optical properties of 2D materials. In 2018, he moved to Spain, where he was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB). There, he worked on developing plasmonic nanostructures for solar light harvesting.
His research interests include the fabrication and characterization of functional plasmonic nanostructures for applications in light management, energy conversion, and photochemical processes such as CO2 reduction.
Eulàlia Pujades
Project ManagerShe obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry in 2014 and a Master’s Degree in Industrial Chemistry in 2015 both from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB, Spain). She has a strong interest in the field of project management and technology transfer. She has attended technology transfer, entrepreneurs and project and quality management courses over the last 7 years. She obtained a Postgraduate Degree in Technology Transfer in 2021 from Barcelona School of Management – Universitat Pompeu Fabra (BSM-UPF, Spain). Moreover, she has diverse experience in the industrial sector as a supporting technician, research assistant and technical and quality manager.