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• Dr. José Sánchez Costa

  Research: Switchable Nanomaterials

  ORCID: 0000-0001-5426-7956

  Researcher ID: N-9085-2014

  Researchegate profile:: José Sánchez Costa

  Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.es/citations?hl=en&user=HgzyQdMAAAAJ

  Group webpage: Switchable Nanomaterials

  Joining Date: February 2016

  User Name: jose.sanchezcosta

  Telephone: +34 91 299 8848

  

  Since 2016, first as Ramon y Cajal Fellow and now as a Researcher, Dr. José Sanchez Costa established a research group at IMDEA Nanociencia called Switchable NanoMaterials (SNM). In these 9 years, He obtained his own funding sources and engaged in training scientists. At present, the team is composed of: 3 Ph.D students (Mr. J. Sangrador, Ms. P. Jimenez, and Mrs. J. Parnell) and 5 postdocs (Dr. E. Resines, Dr. S. Gullace, Dr. R. Utrera, Dr. B. Szydlowska, and Dr. R. Turo). He published 97 articles in high-quality international journals of high impact factor, i.e. JACS, ACIE, Nat Comm, Adv. Mat., Adv. Science, Chem. Soc. Rev., Coor. Chem. Rev., Chem. Sci, receiving more than 3900 citations and with an h-index of 37 (more than 87% of the publications are in Q1). He attended more than 50 international congresses (30 oral communications), and participated in a total of 24 projects (2 International, 5 European, 11 national and 4 regional projects).

• Jorge Sangrador Pérez

  Research: Switchable Nanomaterials

  Group webpage: Switchable Nanomaterials 

  Joining Date: October 2021

  User Name: jorge.sangrador

  Telephone: 8888

  

  Jorge Sangrador finished his Chemistry degree in 2020 and obtained his master in Applied Chemistry in 2021, both from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He made his final grade and master projects in the synthesis of Lanthanide MOFs in the application of selective sensors under the supervision of the Dr. Sánchez Costa. Currently he is making his PhD in the synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic polymers for application as selective gas sensors.

• Dra. Beata María Szydłowska

  PhD: Northwestern University, Chicago, USA

  Previous Position: Benjamin Walter Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Northwestern University, Chicago, USA

  Research: Switchable Nanomaterials

  Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HSfC-_EAAAAJ&hl=en

  Group webpage: Switchable Nanomaterials

  User Name: beata.szydlowska

  

  Beata M. Szydłowska was awarded PhD in Physics from Trinity College Dublin in 2018, where she mastered Liquid Phase Exfoliation enabling isolation 2D materials. She also developed size selection method, tailoring the dispersion to application’s needs. In 2017 she received Intel Ireland Award.

  After her PhD, she worked as a postdoc at Universität der Bundeswehr Munchen, where she structured LPE derived 2D layers into silicon-based devices. Since 2022, she was a Benjamin Walter Fellow at Northwestern University (USA) where she led (with Prof. M.C. Hersam) research line on printable, 2D materials enabled viral sensors. Additionally, she developed 2D materials enabled functional composite applicable in stenting technology. In 2024, she was awarded MSCA Ideal Fellowship in Spain to explore Spin Crossover MOFs to investigate their intrinsic properties and real life applications.

  Research Lines

  1. Liquid Phase Exfoliation of 2D materials, including their post processing and Optical as well as microscopic characterization of their fundamental properties.

  2. Sensing, especially biosensing of viral targets with platforms based on 2D materials.

  3. Printable 2D materials – individualized ink formulation and printing of nano and micro scale devices on rigid and flexible substrates.

• Jaclyn Diane Parnell

  Research: Switchable Nanomaterials

  Group webpage: Switchable Nanomaterials

  Joining Date: October 2024

  Telephone: +34 912998833

  

  Jaclyn Parnell received her Bachelor’s degree from Willamette University (OR, USA) in 2017 with a double major in physics and chemistry with a minor in math. During her undergrad, she did two internships: firstly as a chemical engineer intern at the Hanford Nuclear Site, and secondly as an atmospheric chemist intern at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Later, she moved to the University of New Mexico (NM, USA) to work in Dr. Rack’s group on correlating the nuclear and electronic structure of Ruthenium Sulfoxide complexes, where she graduated with her Master’s in Chemistry in 2020. Afterwards, she worked as an associate scientist at STA Technolgies. In October 2023, she joined the Switchable Nanomaterials Group at IMDEA Nanociencia as a PhD Student. She is currently investigating Spin Crossover tetrazole-based MOFs for sensing applications.

• Patricia Jiménez Hernández

  Research: Switchable Nanomaterials

  Group webpage: Switchable Nanomaterials

  Joining Date: October 2024

  User Name: patricia.jimenez

  

  Patricia Jiménez obtained her degree in Chemistry (2023) and her Master’s degree in  Applied Chemistry (2024) from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. In addition to this Master’s degree, she especialized in molecular and materials chemistry. She did her end-of-degree and her end-of-master’s degree projects in synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOF) for toxic molecules detection under supervision of Dr. Jose Sánchez Costa, gaining experience in the field of complexes synthesis and usual characterization techniques. Subsequently, she completed an internship at Advanced Porous Materials Unit (AMPU) at IMDEA Energía under the supervision of Dr. Khaled Hassanein, where she developed Ionic conductive materials: Fuel cells and electrolyzers by synthesizing MOFs with enhamced stability and high proton conductivity. Currently, she is doing her PhD on luminescence MOFs to develop sensors for atmospheric pollutants, completing her work done during her end-of-degree and end-of-master’s degree projects.

• Cesar Miguel Fabro

  Research: Switchable Nanomaterials

  Group webpage: Switchable Nanomaterials

  Joining Date: July 2025

  User Name: cesar.fabro

  

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