Research Professor |joan.bausells@imb-cnm.csic.es +34 93 594 7700 (ext. 2105)
Joan Bausells received the Ph.D. degree in Physics from the University of Barcelona, Spain, in 1986. From 1981 to 1986, he was an R&D Engineer in the semiconductor industry. In 1986 he joined IMB-CNM, where he has been a permanent researcher since 1988, and a Research Professor since 2002. At IMB-CNM, he has been Manager of the Sensors and Actuators Group (1990-1996), the Microsystems Department (1999-2002), the Nanotechnology Group (2002-2006), and has been Vicedirector (2008-2012) and Director (2012). He has also been a part-time Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering, Autonomous University of Barcelona, from 1992 to 2018.
His early work was on theory of condensed matter and in microelectronics technology. His research activities in the microsystems field, started in 1990, include contributions to micromachining technology, CMOS sensors, MEMS design kits and (bio)chemical sensors. He pioneered the fabrication of ISFET (ion-sensitive field-effect transistor) devices in commercial unmodified CMOS processes. This method, later developed by other researchers, has led to the commercial “Ion TorrentTM” chips for Next Generation Sequencing. In 2002 he started work in NEMS technology and devices, mainly in (piezoresistive) micro/nano cantilevers for biomolecular detection. His current research activity includes the development of biosensor devices, systems for health applications and nanoelectronic devices for advanced computing.
He has participated in 18 projects of the European Research Framework Programmes, 12 of them as Principal Investigator and 2 of them as European Coordinator. He is the coauthor of 140 journal papers and 270 conference presentations.
Prof. Bausells was a member (2015-2021) of the International Steering Committee of the Transducers conferences, and member of the Editorial Board of the Microelectronic Engineering journal published by Elsevier (2016-2021).
