PhD Students
Christian Pinto Gómez – UAB PhD. 2018
Directed self-assembly of block copolymers for the fabrication of nanomechanical structures.
After the PhD, he is working for ASML (NL).
Steven Gottlieb – UAB PhD. 2018
High-resolution guiding patterns for the directed self-assembly of block copolimers. (Doctorate Excellence Award)
After the PhD, he moved to the private sector (consultancy).
Ana Conde Rubio – UB PhD. 2018
Simulations, nanofabrication and optical characterization of plasmonic nanostructures.
After the PhD, she moved to EPFL as a posdoctoral researcher, and later to ICMAB (CSIC).
Federico Gramazio – UAB PhD. 2018
Determination of nanomechanical properties of surfaces by Atomic Force Microscopy using higher harmonics.
Laura Evangelio Araujo – UAB PhD. 2017
Directed self-assembly of block copolymers on chemically nano-patterned surfaces. (Doctorate Excellence Award)
After the PhD, she moved to Dow Corning, where she is working as TS&D Researcher.
Yigezu Mulugeta Birhane – UAB PhD. 2014
Development of conductive SPM probes for applications in biology.
After the PhD, he was enrolled in different research groups in Ethiopia. (Addis Ababa Institute of Technology)
Nerea Alayo Bueno– UAB PhD. 2013
Fabrication methods for functional nanoparticles and interdigitated nanoelectrodes.
She made a postdoc at Univ. of Washington. She is now researcher at Catalan Institute for Research in Energy.
Giordano Tosolini – UAB PhD. 2013
Force sensors based on piezoresistive and MOSFET cantilevers for biomolecular sensing.
He made a post.doc at the Italian Institute of Technology. He is a senior engineer at Infineon technologies, Germany.
Marc Sansa Perna – UAB PhD. 2013
Characterization of nanomechanical resonators based on silicon nanowires.
After the PhD, he started a post-doc at CEA-LETI where he got a permanent research position.
Irene Fernández Cuesta – UAB PhD. 2009
NanoImprint Lithography: Developments and nanodevices fabrication.
I did my PhD at CNM in Barcelona in 2009, where I learned about micro and nano fabrication, and working with nanodevices. Then, I moved to the Technical University of Denmark, where I got a Marie Curie IOF, and started working with DNA. I then spent four years in Berkeley, working with nanofluidics and plasmonics, and where I started a company. Since 2014 I’m a group leader at the University of Hamburg, where we focus on using the nano devices for single biomolecule analysis.
Gemma Rius Suñé – UAB PhD. 2008
Electron beam lithography for Nanofabrication.
Cristina Martín Olmos – UAB PhD. 2008
Micro/Nano fabrication of polymer-based devices.
Julien Arcamone – UAB PhD. 2007
Integration of Nanomechanical Sensors on CMOS by Nanopatterning Methods.
Luís Guillermo Villanueva Torrijo – UAB PhD. 2006
Development of cantilevers for biomolecular measurements
Post-Doctoral Researchers
Rosa Letizia zaffino (2018-2019)
Rossella was a post-doctoral researcher working in nanofabrication. She is currently Research Technician at ICMAB (CSIC).
Angelos Streklas (2015-2018)
Angelos was a post-doctoral researcher in the HEARTEN European project.
Matteo Lorenzoni (2014-2017)
Matteo was a post-doctoral researcher in AFM characterization methods.
Beri Mbenkum (2011-2013)
Beri was a post-doctoral researcher working in bottom-up nanofabrication.
Alvaro San Paulo (2008-2011)
Alvaro was promoted to CSIC Tenured Scientist and he later moved to IMN-CNM (CSIC).
Research Engineers
Albert Alcacer
He was a research engineer at the NEMS and Nanofabrication group from 2015 to 2022. He worked in the design, fabrication and characterization of silicon-based electrochemical microsensors like ISFET (Ion-Sensitive Field-Effect Transistor) devices, and the analytical instrumentation for the detection and quantification of biomarkers.
His research was framed by technological healthcare projects within the EU Programme for Research and Innovation, aiming to improve the diagnosis and therapy monitoring of heart failure patients.He received his B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering from the Polytechnics University of Catalonia, 2014, after a one-year stay in the robotics department of the Technical University of Darmstadt (Germany), where he specialized in the design and programming of embedded electronic systems. Later, he received his M.Eng. degree in IoT technologies for eHealth from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2020.
He is currently Technical Project Lead in NEXTIUM by Idneo.
David Bricio
David Bricio Blázquez obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Physics from the Universidad de Granada (Spain) in 2018. He did his bachelor’s thesis about the diffusion of colloidal particles using the Dynamic Light Scattering technique in the Applied Physics department of the Universidad de Granada. In 2019, he was the recipient of an Erasmus traineeship at Ulster University (United Kingdom), where he collaborated with the Safe Water project. One year later, in 2020, he obtained a Garantía Juvenil grant and started working at the NEMS and Nanofabrication Group in IMB-CNM (CSIC), based in Barcelona. In 2021, he finished his Master’s degree in Physics in the Nanotechnology and Applications specialty at the Universidad de Granada.
He carried out his master’s thesis at the IMB-CNM, which was focused on the development of new manufacturing processes for nanoelectronic devices. He then worked at the IMB-CNM on the fabrication of semiconductor-based quantum computing devices. In mid-2022 he moved to a consulting company.
Gorka Aizpurua
Gorka Aizpurua Iraola obtained his bachelor degree in industrial electronics and automation engineering from the Universidad del País Vasco/ Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea in 2021. In 2022 he started working at the NEMS and Nanofabrication Group in IMB-CNM (CSIC) in his Master thesis about Design and fabrication of single electron transistors. In 2023 he obtained his master degree in Electronic Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. He continued working in the group on the fabrication and characterization of single electron transistors for quantum computing applications. After July 2024 he moved to CIC Nanogune.
Team members
| NAME | POSITION |
| Nil Fontanals | Master Student. 2015 |
| Alex Chuquitarqui | Master Student. 2015 |
| Sophie Verhaeghe | Master Student Internship. 2015 |
| Daniel Ruso | 2012-2014 |
| Lorea Oria | Research Engineer 2009-2012 |