A postdoctoral researcher at IMSE awarded the prestigious Ramón y Cajal fellowship

This fellowship, promoted by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, supports the incorporation of highly qualified research talent into the Spanish R&D&I system

Antonio Domínguez-Alfaro, one of our postdoctoral researchers at IMSE, has been awarded the prestigious and highly competitive national research fellowship "Ramón y Cajal".

Antonio graduated in Industrial and Chemical Engineering from the University of Huelva. He completed his PhD through a collaborative program between the research institutes POLYMAT and CIC biomaGUNE in San Sebastián, working at the intersection of tissue engineering and materials science. In 2021, he earned his PhD in Applied Chemistry and Polymeric Materials from the University of the Basque Country.

He then carried out a postdoctoral stay in the Laboratory of Biomolecular Nanotechnology led by Aitziber L. Cortajarena, focusing on the use of recombinant proteins for transient electronics. That same year, he was awarded the Margarita Salas Fellowship, which enabled him to join the prestigious laboratory of George Malliaras at the University of Cambridge, where he worked on the development of innovative materials for bioelectronics. There, he was hired as a Research Associate until November 2024, at which point he joined the Neuromorphic Group at IMSE with a Momentum Fellowship. His research focuses on the integration of microelectronics, advanced packaging, and printed electronics for backend-of-line (BEOL) processing of CMOS chips.

Despite his early-stage research career, Antonio already has an h-index of 22 and over 1,200 citations. His incorporation brings significant value to IMSE, making full use of our new cleanroom facilities and opening new lines of research that complement our traditional activities in micro/nanochip design, further raising the scientific standards of the institute.

At IMSE, we would like to congratulate him on this outstanding recognition and express our pride in having researchers of such high caliber on our team. The awarding of the Ramón y Cajal fellowship not only represents a significant boost to Antonio Domínguez-Alfaro's research career, but also reinforces IMSE's commitment to scientific excellence and talent recruitment.