Graduated in Physics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) in 1997, where I published my first paper based on undergraduate work in optoelectronics. My PhD thesis at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM)—the first in any area of Physics defended at this young university—introduced a new research line in the Physics Department: Magnetic Nanoparticles. In this field, I have subsequently published more than 80 JCR papers. More specifically, part of this work addresses exchange-biased nanostructures, often core–shell particles, while other studies explore dipolar (and sometimes superexchange) interaction-driven collective properties in dense particle systems (superspin glass behavior).
I led the Applied Nanomagnetism Group (ApNano) at the IRICA Institute from its creation in 2014 until 2025. During this period, I served as PI of several regional and national projects, supervised four PhD theses, and attracted two Beatriz Galindo senior researchers. My current interests include magnetic nanocomposites for energy, sensing, and computing applications. The group collaborates closely with Uppsala University, IBN-Singapore, ICN2–Barcelona, NTNU–Trondheim, and NCSR Demokritos–Athens, among others.
In 2004, I was awarded a postdoctoral EIF Marie Curie fellowship to research at the University of Liverpool. In 2008, I succeeded in the last “national habilitation” on-site examinations to advance to Associate Professor in Applied Physics, later becoming Full Professor in 2019. I have also been a Visiting Professor during summer stays in Cagliari (2016), Tampa (2019), CNRS-Strasbourg (2021), Genova (2022), and Sydney (2024).
Over the last decade, I have published in high-impact journals (including Adv. Funct. Mater., Phys. Rev. Lett., and Adv. Compos. Hybrid Mater.), delivered invited talks at prestigious conferences such as ICFPM (also plenary speaker in 2025), TMS, APS, and ACS Meetings, and chaired two symposia on Critical Raw Materials at Spring Meetings of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS).