
Ana Vila
Post-Doctoral Researcher
March 2023 – April 2025
RESEARCH TOPIC
Millimeter-wave assisted magnetization switching in high anisotropy epitaxial ferrite films
Supervisor: Nico Dix / Martí Gich

Nanthilde Malandain
PhD Student
October 2020 – February 2025
RESEARCH TOPIC
Biomimetic bacterial cellulose-based hydrogels
Supervisor: Anna Laromaine / Anna Roig

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

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
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
RESEARCH TOPIC
Crystallization of metastable phases under negative pressures in mesoporous silica

POL SALLÉS
RESEARCH TOPIC
Functionalizaitn of cotton fibers with nanoparticles by microwave synthesis.
CURRENT POSITION
PhD student at ICMAB

LAURA ASTURIAS
RESEARCH TOPIC
Metallic nanoparticles and carbon-based sensors for the detection of heavy metals in seawater
Supervisor: Anna Laromaine / Anna Roig

SI-MING YU
RESEARCH TOPIC
Three-dimensional (3D) in vitro environments of nanoparticles and cells
Supervisor: Anna Laromaine

PENGFEI NIU
RESEARCH TOPIC
Carbon xerogel nanocomposite materials for electrochemical devices: application to heavy metal detection
Supervisor: Martí Gich

ELISA CARENZA
RESEARCH TOPIC
Engineering iron oxide nanoparticles for angiogenic therapies
Supervisor: Anna Roig

WOJCIECH SALETRA
RESEARCH TOPIC
Fluids under negative pressure

MULING ZENG
RESEARCH TOPIC
Bacterial cellulose: fabrication, characterization and biocompatibility studies

MARÍA MILLA
RESEARCH TOPIC
Biocompatibility of bacterial cellulose/nanoparticles composite materials

NEREA MURILLO-CREMAES
RESEARCH TOPIC
Multifunctional silica-based nanoparticles for biomedical applications
Supervisor: Anna Roig

OANA PASCU
RESEARCH TOPIC
Multifunctional silica-based nanoparticles for biomedical applications

ELENA TABOADA
RESEARCH TOPIC
Synthesis of gamma-Fe2O3-SiO2 composite nanoparticles targeting magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic hyperthermia applications
Supervisor: Anna Roig