Alejandro Ares

PhD Candidate

Alejandro just started his PhD at ICTP-CSIC, under the supervision of Dr. Jvier Carretero developing sustainable solid polymer electrolyes for SPIRIT´s K-ion batteries.

Yuval Steinberg

PhD Candidate

Yuval is a PhD candidate at Weizmann Institute under the supervision of Dr. Michal Leskes, using solid state NMR to understand SPIRIT´s batteries

Jinyu Chen

PhD Candidate

Jinyu Chen is a PhD candidate at KIT-HIU  under the supervision of Dr. Maider Zarrabeitia.

Victor Durán Egido

PhD Candidate

Víctor Durán Egido finished his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry at Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 2022. His final degree project about “Structure/Electrochemical insertion relationships in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)” was carried out straddling between UCM and the Polymer Science and Technology Institute (ICTP-CSIC). After completing his Master’s Degree in Chemical Science and Technology, Nanoscience and Nanomaterials at UCM, he is currently doing his PhD with Dr. Elizabeth Castillo Martínez and Dr. Javier Carretero González. His main scientific interests include supramolecular chemistry and the development of sustainable coordination polymers with potential applications in energy storage and conversion.

Juan Andrés Nieto Simón

PhD Candidate

Juan Andrés is a PhD candidate at Universidad Complutense under the supervision of Dr. Elizabeth Castillo-Martínez and Dr. Jesús Prado-Gonjal, working on sustainable oxide based anode materials for KIBs produced through low cost routes.

Pouria Nazari

Master Student

Pouria Nazari has majored in Materials Science and Engineering for both my Bachelor's and Master's in Metals Extraction specialization. My Scientific path in the field of batteries began with my master's thesis which I worked on recycling Li-ion batteries and recovering its graphite and now I am doing my Ph.D. at KIT-HIU under the supervision of Dr. Maider Zarrabeitia by working on Hard carbon for Potassium-ion batteries

Michele Fernanda Jaramillo Carrillo

Research Assistant

Michele has completed her Chemistry degree at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She undertook her final year research project in the developement of sustainalbe anode materials for potassium ion batteries.

Marta Santos Rodríguez

PhD student

Marta Santos Rodriguez finished her Chemical Engineer Degree at University of Valladolid in 2022. After that, she collaborated with the Institute of Sustainable Process working in biodegradation of water pollutants.
Then, she enrolled in an MSc in “Chemical Engineering: Process Engineering” at Universidad Complutense de Madrid doing her master’s project about “Characterization of polymer membranes with intrinsic microporosity for redox flow batteries”, under the supervision of Dr. Javier Carretero Gonzalez at the ICPT-CSIC. Her PhD topic focus on building up advanced ion conducting polymer membranes for sustainable energy storage applications.

Angela Tejero Plaza

Master student

Angela Tejero got her chemistry degree in 2023. she is currently studying the master in Chemical Scienc and Technology at Univ. Complutense. She is doing her master thesis under the supervision of Dr. Elizabeth Castillo Martínez and Dr. Jesús Prado Gonjal to develop manganesse oxides pdroduced through mild synthesis conditions for energy applications. .