Amanda Muñoz Juan

PhD Student

October 2019 – October 2024

RESEARCH TOPIC

Evaluation of nanomaterials in C. elegans

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Gara Jiménez Ortega

Undergraduate student

February 2024 – July 2024

RESEARCH TOPIC

Microwave-assisted synthesis of nanoheterostructures

Supervisor: Pablo Guardia

Xiaohe Wang

PHD STUDENT

October 2023 – October 2024

RESEARCH TOPIC

Flexible and Biocompatible Sensors for Real-time Human Health Monitoring

Supervisor: Anna Roig

Deyaa Abol-Fotouh

POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER

June 2024 – August 2024

RESEARCH TOPIC

Applying bacterial cellulose composites as energy-conserving material

Supervisor: Anna Roig

JULIA URQUIZAR

MASTER STUDENT

February 2024 – July 2024

RESEARCH TOPIC

Use of the model C. elegans to evaluate drugs and nanomaterials to promote beneficial effects to the lifespan of the animal and specific organs

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

CEYLIN ISIKLAR

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT

June 2024 – July 2024

RESEARCH TOPIC

Synthesis and characterization of bacterial nanocellulose

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Eva Armenteros

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT

February 2024 – July 2024

RESEARCH TOPIC

Reinforcement of hydrogels with bacterial cellulose spheres and fibers

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Gina Grabulosa

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT

January 2024 – July 2024

RESEARCH TOPIC

Nanocomposites for neutron detection

Supervisor: Pablo Guardia

Marc Ayguasenosa

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT

March 2024 – July 2024

RESEARCH TOPIC

Synthesis and characterization of bacterial nanocellulose with a microfluidic approach

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Joel Vitales

MASTER STUDENT

February 2024 – July 2024

RESEARCH TOPIC

Synthesis and characterisation of bacterial nanocellulose and its combination with silk

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Sofia Soria

MASTER STUDENT

February 2023 – July 2024

RESEARCH TOPIC

Synthesis and characterization of Engineered Living Materials from Bacterial Cellulose

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine / Anna Roig

Sergi Diaz

MASTER STUDENT

February 2024 – June 2024

RESEARCH TOPIC

Novel multifunctional natural polymers and nanoparticles for tissue regeneration

Supervisor: Anna Roig

Daniela Diaz

MASTER STUDENT

November 2023 – June 2024

RESEARCH TOPIC

Synthesis and characterisation of bacterial nanocellulose

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine / Amanda Muñoz

Saima Perveen

PHD STUDENT

December 2023 – June 2024

RESEARCH TOPIC

Realization of Colossal Permittivity in Ferrites based Nanocomposite

Supervisor: Martí Gich

Alejandro Vicente

CONTRACTED – RESEARCH ASSISTANT

October 2023 – May 2024

RESEARCH TOPIC

Modelling cardiac issues by C. Elegans animal model 

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Pol Alonso

POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER

November 2022 – April 2024

RESEARCH TOPIC

Assessment of biological and health-related effects of Electromagnetic fields (EMF) using C.elegans

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Manon Souvay

Master Student

September 2023 – February 2024

RESEARCH TOPIC

Nanopartículas inorgánicas como agente de gelificación para aerogeles compuestos multifuncionales basados en grafeno

Supervisor: Pablo Guardia

Nathalia Gomez

Contracted – Research Assistant

March 2023 – January 2024

Contribution

Synthesis and modification of bacterial cellulose

Supervisor: Anna Roig

Joaquin Laorden

Contracted – Research Assistant

March 2023 – January 2024

Contribution

Supervisor: Martí Gich

Laura Sancho

Lab Technitian

June 2023 – December 2023

Contribution

Lab assistance duties

Supervisor: Anna Roig

Allan Lancézeux

Master Student

March 2023 – October 2023

RESEARCH TOPIC

Synthesis and funcionalization of bacterial cellulose with chitosan and nanoparticules for biomedical application

Supervisor: Pablo Guardia

Victor Lestriez

Master Student

April 2023 – August 2023

RESEARCH TOPIC

Enhancing  the size of ε-Fe2O3 nanocristals taking inspiration from traditional Japanese Bizen glazes

Supervisor: Martí Gich / Naureen Khanam

Lisa Ponsi

Master Student

April 2023 – August 2023

RESEARCH TOPIC

Study of the crystallization from Cs halide melts at negative pressure by synchrotron time resolved X-ray diffraction

Supervisor: Martí Gich

Fernando Sá

PhD Student

April 2023 – June 2023

RESEARCH TOPIC

Sustainable piezoelectric flexible materials using bacterial nanocellulose as a matrix to produce piezoelectric nanosensors

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Jordi Puigdefàbregas

Undergraduated Student

March 2023 – July 2023

RESEARCH TOPIC

Design of a system of electromagnets for an experimental device using COMSOL   

Supervisor: Martí Gich / Nico Dix

Irene Sarmiento

Undergraduated Student

March 2023 – July 2023

RESEARCH TOPIC

Response of C.elegans to different types of stress for study as a research model

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine / Pol Alonso

María Iglesias

Undergraduated Student

March 2023 – July 2023

RESEARCH TOPIC

Quantification of protein release from PLGA

Supervisor: Anna Roig / Anna Solé

Pablo Rodriguez

Master Student

February 2023 – July 2023

RESEARCH TOPIC

Biosynthesis of a hybrid nanomaterial based on bacterial cellulose and hyaluronic acid

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine / Anna Roig

Andreu Quesada

Undergraduated Student

February 2023 – July 2023

RESEARCH TOPIC

Highly oriented magnetic nanoparticles for IT beyond 5G 

Supervisor: Martí Gich / Nico Dix

Josep Amorós

Undergraduated Student

February 2023 – July 2023

RESEARCH TOPIC

Microwave-assisted synthesis of AuPt alloys for hydrogen production

Supervisor: Pablo Guardia

Sumithra Srinivasan

PhD Student

2018 – 2023

RESEARCH TOPIC

Polypyrrole Nanoparticles & Composites: Cardiac arrhythmia treatment evaluated in cells & Caenorhabditis elegans

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Deyaa Abol Fotouh

Post-Doctoral Researcher

November 2022 – April 2023

RESEARCH TOPIC

Engineering a live tissue adopting bacterial cellulose nanocomposites

Supervisor: Anna Roig

Miriam Vidal

Master Student

October 2022 – february 2023

RESEARCH TOPIC

Bioevaluation of materials on C. elegans

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Marc Dominguez

Master Student

October 2022 – february 2023

RESEARCH TOPIC

Nanomedicine and Nanoscience applied to medical imaging

Supervisor: Anna Roig

Marc Orozco

Undergraduated Student

September 2022 – february 2023

RESEARCH TOPIC

Protein release from PLGA nanocapsules

Supervisor: Anna Roig / Anna Solé

Josep Llobet

Master Student

July 2022 – January 2023

RESEARCH TOPIC

Development of a MATLAB program for the image analysis of the morphological parameters of C. elegans

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Vinod VK Thalakkatukhlathil

Post Doc

2018 – 2022

RESEARCH TOPIC

FeMit, Ferrites-by-design for Millimeter-wave and Terahertz Technologies

Supervisor: Martí Gich 

Wenchao Duan

PhD Student

2018 – 2022

RESEARCH TOPIC

Metal nanoparticle carbon nanocomposites to produce electrochemical devices for environmental water monitoring

Supervisor: Martí Gich and César Fernández Sánchez (CNM-IMB)

Bengü Süeda

Undergraduate Student

2022

RESEARCH TOPIC

Bacterial cellulose composites

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Pierrick Merlin

Graduate Student

2022

RESEARCH TOPIC

Stabilization of low-density polymorphs by negative pressure

Supervisor: Martí Gich

Joana Dausà

Graduate Student

2022

RESEARCH TOPIC

Engineering Bacterial Cellulose C0mposites

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Oriol Escofet

Graduate Student

2022

RESEARCH TOPIC

Size modifications of silica-based mesoporous nanorods for biomedical applications

Supervisor: Pablo Guardia

Mauricio Echeverria

Graduate Student

2022

RESEARCH TOPIC

Porous graphene-nanoparticle composites for sensing applications

Supervisor: Pablo Guardia

Diego Briseño

Undergraduate Student

2022

RESEARCH TOPIC

Optimization and controlled synthesis of bacterial cellulose nanofibers via a microfluidic approach

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Johanna Van Gent

Graduate Student

2022

RESEARCH TOPIC

Bacterial nanocellulose composites with medical imaging capabilities

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Miquel Torras

PhD Student

2017 – 2022

RESEARCH TOPIC

Multicomponent nanoparticles by simple and scalable methods

Supervisor: Anna Roig

Josep Llobet

Graduate Student

2021 – 2022

RESEARCH TOPIC

Development of a MATLAB program for the image analysis of the morphological parameters of C. elegans

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Diego Esteban

Graduate Student

2021 – 2022

RESEARCH TOPIC

C. elegans exposure to bacterial deuterated cellulose

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Chloé Chemin

Graduate Student

2021 – 2022

RESEARCH TOPIC

Synthesis of nanometer sized SBA-15, with different aspect ratio and impregnated with iron oxide, to be used as nanomotor platform for drug delivery

Supervisor: Pablo Guardia

Brieuc Rohou

Graduate Student

2021 – 2022

RESEARCH TOPIC

Nanoparticles for energy harvesting through hyperthermia

Supervisor: Pablo Guardia

Wid Mekseriwattana

PhD Student

2021 – 2022

RESEARCH TOPIC

SPIONs and beta-amyloid interaction

Supervisor: Anna Roig

Cesc Vidal

Undergraduate Student

2021 – 2022

RESEARCH TOPIC

Microfluidic-based bottom-up assembly of bacterial nanocellulose fibers

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Dmytro Kukhtar

PostDoc

2021 

RESEARCH TOPIC

Nanofibers in C. elegans

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Pere Garriga

Graduate Student

2021 

RESEARCH TOPIC

Silk-nanocellulose structures for control of pathologies

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Judith Marin

Graduate Student

2021 

RESEARCH TOPIC

Producción y caracterización de celulosa bacteriana deuterada para su seguimiento en el metabolismo de animales modelo

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine / Amanda Muñoz

Jan Grzelak

PhD Student

2017 – 2021 

RESEARCH TOPIC

Magnetic and fluorescent mesoporous silica nanorods towards liver theranostic uses

Supervisor: Anna Roig / Martí Gich

Soledad Roig

PhD Student

2016 – 2021 

RESEARCH TOPIC

Novel bacterial cellulose materials: structuration, functional nanocomposites and photocurable Hydrogels

Supervisor: Anna Roig / Anna Laromaine

Irene Anton

PhD Student

2016 – 2021 

RESEARCH TOPIC

Opportunities for bacterial nanocellulose in healthcare. Uses as a cell carrier, corneal bandage and tissue reinforcement

Supervisor: Anna Roig / Anna Laromaine

Andrea Stephany

Graduate Student

2019 – 2021 

RESEARCH TOPIC

PLGA nanocapsules

Supervisor: Anna Roig / A. Roldan

Cristina Mira

Graduate Student

2020 – 2021 

RESEARCH TOPIC

Ad-hoc patterning of bacterial cellulse films with functional inorganic nanoparticles

Supervisor: Anna Roig

Nerea Murugarren

Undergraduate Student

2019 – 2021 

RESEARCH TOPIC

Aligned bacterial nanocellulose project

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Zheng Ma

PhD Student

2016 – 2021 

RESEARCH TOPIC

Synthesis and Characterization of ε-Fe2O3 Nanoparticles and Thin Films

Supervisor: Martí Gich

Zhongrui Luo

PhD Student

2016 – 2020 

RESEARCH TOPIC

In vivo interactions between food availability and nanoparticles in Caenorhabditis elegans

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

Yajie Zhang

PhD Student

2016 – 2020 

RESEARCH TOPIC

Multimodal Imaging PLGA Nanocapsules as Protein Carrier for Potential Neurorepair in Ischemic Brain

Supervisor: Anna Roig

Ariana Roldán

Master Student

2019 – 2020 

RESEARCH TOPIC

MicroRNA encapsulation in polymeric nanocapsules for sepsis treatment

Supervisor: Anna Roig

Marc Cervantes

Degree Student

2020 

RESEARCH TOPIC

Aminosilane functionalization of SBA-15 rods

Supervisor: Martí Gich / Anna Roig / J. Grzelak

Paweł Cwynar

Graduate Student

2019-2020 

RESEARCH TOPIC

Stabilization of low-density polymorphs by negative pressure

Supervisor: Martí Gich

Qianzhe Zhang

PhD Student

2016 – 2019 

RESEARCH TOPIC

Controlling the microstructure of epitaxial quartz films 

Supervisor: Martí Gich

CARLOS MOYA

POSTDOC

2018 – 2019 

RESEARCH TOPIC

Albumin-iron oxide nanocages

GUSTAVO PASQUEVICH

RESEARCHER

2018 – 2019 

RESEARCH TOPIC

Natalia Martínez

Master student

2018-2019

RESEARCH TOPIC

Bacterial nanocellulose functionalization with epidermal growth factor for wound healing applications 

Supervisor: Anna Roig / Anna Laromaine / Irene Anton-Sales

Agnese Rabissi

RESEARCHER

2018 – 2019 

RESEARCH TOPIC

Remei Escudero

Degree student

2019

RESEARCH TOPIC

Preforming a protein corona on Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles with Human Serum Albumin

Supervisor: Anna Roig

Giorgio Guglielmo Bonassi

Degree student

2019

RESEARCH TOPIC

Sensor electrocatalític basat en nanopartícules de Cu/Cu2O per la mesura de la Demanda Química d’Oxigen en aigües residuals

Supervisor: Anna Roig / Miquel Torras

María del Mar Blanes

Master student

2018

RESEARCH TOPIC

Oriol Torrecilla

Degree student

2018

RESEARCH TOPIC

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine / Soledad Roig

María Jesús Sánchez

Master Student

2018

RESEARCH TOPIC

Bacterial nanocellulose as bioactive wound dressing

Anna Roig / Anna Laromaine / Irene Anton-Sales

GERRIT BREDECK

PROJECT RESEARCHER

2018

RESEARCH TOPIC

Investigation of the effects of cellulose on C. elegans

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

DEYAA YOUSSEF

PHD STUDENT

2018

RESEARCH TOPIC

Electrical conductive bacterial cellulose

Supervisor: Anna Roig

Anna May

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW (JUAN DE LA CIERVA RESEARCHER) 

November 2015 – April 2017

RESEARCH TOPIC

Photocatalysis for hydrogen production. 

CURRENT POSITION

Communication Officer at ICMAB

Laura González

PH.D. STUDENT

2013 – 2017 

RESEARCH TOPIC

Evaluating inorganic nanoparticles in the living organism Caenorhabditis elegans

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine / Anna Roig

DANI BELTRÁN

PROJECT RESEARCHER
September 2016 – February 2017

RESEARCH TOPIC

Crystallization of metastable phases under negative pressures in mesoporous silica

POL SALLÉS

PROJECT RESEARCHER
March – September 2016

RESEARCH TOPIC

Functionalizaitn of cotton fibers with nanoparticles by microwave synthesis.

CURRENT POSITION

PhD student at ICMAB

LAURA ASTURIAS

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
January 2015 – July 2016

RESEARCH TOPIC

Metallic nanoparticles and carbon-based sensors for the detection of heavy metals in seawater

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine / Anna Roig

SI-MING YU

PHD STUDENT
2012-2015

RESEARCH TOPIC

Three-dimensional (3D) in vitro environments of nanoparticles and cells

Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

PENGFEI NIU

PH.D. STUDENT
2012-2015

RESEARCH TOPIC

Carbon xerogel nanocomposite materials for electrochemical devices: application to heavy metal detection

Supervisor: Martí Gich

ELISA CARENZA

PH.D. STUDENT
2011-2014

RESEARCH TOPIC

Engineering iron oxide nanoparticles for angiogenic therapies

Supervisor: Anna Roig

WOJCIECH SALETRA

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
January-December 2014

RESEARCH TOPIC

Fluids under negative pressure

MULING ZENG

PH.D. STUDENT
2011-2014

RESEARCH TOPIC

Bacterial cellulose: fabrication, characterization and biocompatibility studies

MARÍA MILLA

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
April 2013-December 2014

RESEARCH TOPIC

Biocompatibility of bacterial cellulose/nanoparticles composite materials

NEREA MURILLO-CREMAES

PHD STUDENT
April 2013-December 2014

RESEARCH TOPIC

Multifunctional silica-based nanoparticles for biomedical applications

Supervisor: Anna Roig

OANA PASCU

PHD STUDENT
October 2008-May 2012

RESEARCH TOPIC

Multifunctional silica-based nanoparticles for biomedical applications

ELENA TABOADA

PHD STUDENT
October 2004-November 2009

RESEARCH TOPIC

Synthesis of gamma-Fe2O3-SiO2 composite nanoparticles targeting magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic hyperthermia applications

Supervisor: Anna Roig

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