Center:  ETS of Telecommunications Engineering

Department:  Applied Physics and Naval Technology

Area:  Applied Physics

Research group:  Advanced Materials for the Production and Storage of Energy

Email:  jose.abad@upct.es

Graduated in Physical Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid in 1999. I completed my doctoral thesis “Study of the crystalline and electronic structure of the SiOx-TiO2 (110) system and its reactivity with nitric oxide” at the CSIC’s Institute of Materials Science in Madrid (2005).

During my predoctoral period I gained a lot of experience in different analysis techniques in surface science and great skill in ultra high vacuum techniques, participating in the design and construction of different experimental systems.

I have made several stays in internationally renowned research centers, such as the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin (Germany), the CEMES-CNRS Center for Materials Development and Structural Studies in Toulouse (France) and the ELETTRA Synchrotron (Trieste, Italy).

One of the main lines of research of my doctoral thesis was the growth of metals, oxides and semiconductors and how the structure of the interfaces can determine the electronic properties in the contacts between semiconductors, metals and metal oxides. In addition, I gained experience working in large facilities, such as synchrotrons. 

In my post-doctorate at the University of Murcia (2006), I gained extensive experience in atomic force microscopy and related techniques, as well as in the design and construction of this type of microscope.

In particular, I have combined these microscopy techniques with ultra-high vacuum systems. The main line of research developed by me in this period was the study of optoelectronic devices based on organic materials, such as organic photovoltaic cells. 

One of the main challenges presented by these devices is to understand how the nanostructure of the different layers of the devices affects the macroscopic electronic properties, investigating the correlation between the nanoscale properties and the final performance of the (macroscopic) devices.  

Since November 2010 I am a researcher in the Department of Applied Physics of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT), during this period I have continued with research in the field of organic electronics, the stability of devices and the application of advanced characterization tools within the research group “Advanced Materials for the Production and Storage of Energy” of the UPCT.

From 2017 to 2019 I was a member of the executive council of the Spanish Vacuum Society (ASEVA), and since July 2020 I am a member of the scientific committee of the Spanish line of synchrotron radiation SpLine at the European synchrotron radiation source (ESRF).

Thesis committees (5)

• Court member

  Nanosensors and intelligent controlled release systems based on porous nanomaterials  2021

  Complutense University of Madrid

  Sandra Jimenez Falcao

• Court member

  Nanomaterials based electrochemical biosensors for food analysis  2020

  Complutense University of Madrid

  Boryanka Petrova Borisova

• Secretary of the court

  Synthesis of new heteroacenic systems and study of their properties as organic semiconductors for their application in molecular electronics  2015

  University of Murcia

  Miriam More Montoya

• Court member

  Advances in the properties of biocatalysts: design and production of ordered mesoporous materials as supports for the non-covalent immobilization of enzymes  2014

  Autonomous University of Madrid

  Victoria Gascon Perez

• Secretary of the court

  Conductivity and relaxation in Coulomb glasses.  2010

  University of Murcia

  Manuel Caravaca Garraton