Team
Dr. Néstor Guijarro Carratalá
Head of the ASSET labs
Institute of Electrochemistry
University of Alicante (Spain)
Prof. Guijarro is a Ramon y Cajal Research Professor at the University of Alicante (Spain), within the Institute of Electrochemistry. He completed his PhD (2013) in Material Science at the University of Alicante under the supervision of Prof. R. Gomez and T. Lana-Villarreal (GFES lab). Dr. Guijarro’s PhD explored the emerging field of quantum-dot sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs), with a special focus on the synthesis and engineering of novel light harvesting nanocrystals and the characterization of devices using photoelectrochemical and ultrafast spectroscopy techniques.
Dr. Guijarro completed his postdoctoral studies at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Laussanne (EPFL, Switzerland) supported with a Marie Curie fellowship (2012) and an Ambizione Energy grant (2016), with Prof. Kevin Sivula (LIMNO Lab). Here, focused on the production of green Hydrogen using photoelectrochemical devices and on the design of novel low-cost photovoltaics.
Currently, as a head of the ASSET labs. he is pursuing to develop novel technologies for lignin valorization that could afford a rapid integration and more pervasive application of biorefineries in the value chain.