Education
| 2014-2017 | PhD in electrochemistry. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC) and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain). Supervisor: Prof. Francisco del Monte. Title: "Deep eutectic solvents playing a critical role in the synthesis of hierarchical carbon materials" With distinction and award of the extraordinary university prize. |
| 2012-2013 | Master in Electrochemistry. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC) and Universidad de Burgos (Spain). Supervisor: Prof. Francisco del Monte. Title: "Optimising carbon electrodes for supercapacitors" Degree: Best of the year. |
| 2011-2012 | Technician for renewable energies. Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain. |
| 2011 | Wind energy professionals. National University for Distance Education (UNED), Spain. |
| 2005-2011 | Professionals in wind energy. National University for Distance Education (UNED), Spain. |
Employment
| Oc.2022 | Junior Professor for Sustainable Materials Chemistry at Paderborn University, Germany. |
| 2020-2022 | Group leader. Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPIKG), Potsdam, Germany. |
| 2018-2019 | Postdoctoral researcher. Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPIKG), Potsdam, Germany. |
| 2017-2018 | Postdoctoral researcher. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC), Madrid, Spain. |
| 2012-2013 | Technical support at the Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC), Madrid, Spain. |
Awards and honours
| 2022 | Women in Nanoscience Award: "Controlled condensation of molecular precursors to functional materials", Global Conference on Nanotechnology - Nanoseries (June 2022) (organised by ICMM-CSIC, Spain). |
| 2017 | Award of the Extraordinary Doctoral Prize of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. |
| 2016 | Best short presentation entitled "Nitrogen-doped carbons prepared from eutectic mixtures as metal-free oxygen reduction catalysts " - 3rd Online Conference for Young Electrochemists, organised by the Electrochemistry Group of the University of Alicante (Spain), 23-27 May. |
| 2014-2017 | Award of a FPI PhD scholarship from the Spanish government (48 months). Grant number: BES-2013-062888. |
| 2013 | Award of the extraordinary master thesis prize, Universidad de Burgos, Spain. |
| 2009-2010 | Erasmus Mundus scholarship for students from the Universidad de Murcia and the University of Trento to study at an Asian university. Destination: Burapha University, Thailand. |
| 2005 | Excellence Prize of the Upper School (Spain), awarded to the best graduate of the school. |
Selected administrative tasks
| 2023-/ | Member of the Faculty Board NW of the Paderborn University |
| 2023-/ | Member of the Materials Science Examination Board of the Paderborn University |
| 2021-2022 | Equal Opportunities Officer at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces |
| 2003-2005 | President of the Association of Chemical Engineering Students of Murcia |
Outreach
| 2020 | Speaker at Soapbox Science Berlin, "Carbon, an old new friend". |
| 2016 | Founder of the project "PhD Thesis Showcase: Your thesis in a flash!" at the Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (corresponds to the 3-minute lecture format). |
| 2015-2016 | Speaker during the Science Week at the Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid. |
| 2015 | Speaker at the "Madrid Scientific Weekend", as a member of the Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid. |
Research interests
- Use of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents for more environmentally friendly synthesis routes for materials.
- Control of the synthesis of carbon-based nanomaterials.
- Electrochemical applications of carbon nanomaterials in environmental purification technologies.
- Adsorption properties of carbon nanomaterials (CO₂ adsorption, H₂O adsorption, CH₄ adsorption, metal adsorption).
Scientific publications
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8438-9548
Google Scholar: https: //scholar.google.com/citations?user=MdYHabgAAAAJ&hl=es