David Jimenez Merino

David Jiménez Merino obtained his Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) in 2022. He subsequently completed an Interuniversity Master's Degree in Molecular Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) in 2023.

His first dive into research was during an internship at the Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC) under the direction of Dr. Bernd Wicklein and Dr. Pilar Aranda, where he worked on biohybrid materials for triboelectric nanogenerators. His Bachelor's thesis, supervised by Dr. Jesús Prado-Gonjal at UCM, focused on the synthesis and characterization of thermoelectric materials for waste heat recovery. He then completed his Master's project at IMDEA Nanociencia under Prof. Emilio M. Pérez, researching the chemical modification of carbon nanotubes to form mechanically interlocked nanotubes (MINTs). He ultimately stayed at the same research group to pursue his PhD studies under the supervision of Emilio M. Pérez and Alejandro López Moreno.