In late October, Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez, scientific director of BCMaterials, paid an institutional visit to the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokio Tech) on behalf of our center. The purpose of the visit was to extend the existing collaboration between Tokio Tech and BCMaterials to new areas.

We are happy to announce the incorporation of Nerea Landaluce as new pre-doctoral researcher at BCMaterials. Nerea will work on the Micro and Nanostructured materials research line along with Roberto Fernández de Luis. More specifically, she will research on the synthesis of biomimetic catalysts in the framework of the EVOLMOF project. Welcome to the team, Nerea!

BCMaterials scientific director, Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez, took part as keynote speaker at the third edition of the Advances in Green Chemistry Conference (AGMChem2022), held in Poznan (Poland) between 26^th and 30^th of September.

We want to congratulate Mikel Rincón iglesias, pre-doctoral researcher of BCMaterials, for becoming new doctor on 13th October. Mikel made an excellent defense of his thesis called ""Sustainable multifunctional materials with tailored magnetic and electrical properties for electronics applications". This is the culmination of a great work carried out in all these years in our center. Congratulations, Mikel!

Mingcai Zhao joined BCMaterials as new post-doctoral researcher. Dr. Zhao received his M.Sc. and PhD in Nanotechnology and Nanoscience from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA, China), in 2017 and 2021, respectively. His research line is preparing amorphous silicon nanoparticles and applying them as anode materials in Li-ion battery.

BCMaterials, in collaboration with the Center for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (CBIT) of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), leads the project 'Soluciones de detección y remediación para la eliminación de antibióticos en cursos de agua potables o residuales (SOLBIO)'. 

Scientific dissemination and outreach are two key aspects for BCMaterials in its effort to communicate the work it carries out to generate knowledge in new materials science. One of the channels of reference in this field is Mapping Ignorance, a blog emerged on the initiative of the Chair of Scientific Culture of the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU. The blog is aimed at making the scientific and non-scientific public aware of the latest advances in Science and Technology.

We want to give our welcome to Jordi Llusar as new post-doctoral researcher at our center. After earning his degree in Chemistry at the Jaume I University of Valencia, he completed a master in Theoretical Physics at the Valencia University. Finally, he got his PhD in Physical Chemistry at the Jaume I University as well. He will work in the Computational Materials Science transverse research line in collaboration with Ivan Infante, Ikerbasque Research Professor at BCMaterials. Welcome, Jordi!

Irene Carbajo has joined BCMaterials as pre-doctoral researcher. Carbajo, who got her degree in Physics at Universidad Complutense (Madrid) and a Master in Molecular Simulation at Universidad de Huelva, will work in the Computational Materials Science transverse research line in collaboration with Ivan Infante, Ikerbasque Research Professor at BCMaterials. Welcome, Irene!

BCMaterials gives a warm welcome to Marina Navarro and Hugo Salazar, who have just started as post-doctoral researchers at our center. Navarro will work along with Juan Pablo Esquivel, Ikerbasque Research Associate, on sustainable and biodegradable batteries for precision agriculture. Salazar’s research will focus on the development of functional ceramic and composite materials towards energy storage, conversion and ion conduction, with the Ikerbasque Research Professor Qi Zang.