About me

My research activity (2005-present time) is interdisciplinary within Materials Science and Engineering with applied scope and it has been focused on three fields: Wetting of real surfaces, Surface Forces in Colloidal Systems and fabrication of Superhydrophobic Surfaces. I am an experimental physicist with expertise in advanced surface techniques.

During my PhD in the Applied Physics Department of the University of Granada (UGR, 2005-2011), supplied with a FPI grant, my research was focused on the study of the topography and chemical features controlling wetting phenomena of non-ideal solid surfaces. This period was supervised by Miguel Cabrerizo and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez-Valverde

During my postdoctoral stage for 39 months at the LCSC group of Michal Borkovec of theUniversity of Geneva (UNIGE, 2011-2014), I was focused on the study of the interaction forces between colloidal particles through direct force measurements using Atomic Force Microscopy. I studied the interaction forces between colloidal particles in liquid media by means of the Colloidal Probe Technique.

Afterwards, I had chance to return to the UGR where I am working in different projects aimed to develop Superhydrophobic Coatings on metal substrates with non-stick and anti-icing properties. This research activity is supported by several companies CETURSA (Spain), Doppelmayr (Austria) and Tecnimacor (Spain), through contracts of knowledge and technology transfer.