Tenured CSIC Scientist at the ICMM-CSIC (Madrid) since 2020. Bachelor in Physics at University of Valladolid (UVA), 2002. PhD summa cum laude in Physics (J. A. Alonso’s group: catalytic, mechanical and photoresponse properties of small metal and organometallic clusters) at UVA, 2007. Post-doctoral positions in prestigious Research Groups of Catalysis and Surface Science: FP7 post-doc at CAMD-DTU (Denmark), 2007-2009 (J. K. Norskov’s group: stability and catalytic properties of inexpensive catalysts); FP7 and JdC post-docs at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), 2009-2013 (F. Flores’ group: organic/inorganic interfaces). CSIC-JaeDoc scientist (2013-2015) at the ICMM-CSIC (Madrid) carrying out first-principles simulations of low-dimensional systems to guide Surface Science experiments. Afterwards, I held a contracted scientist FC3 position associated to the ERC-Synergy NANOCOSMOS Project (15 M€) at ICMM-CSIC, devoted to the first-principles-based simulation of the interaction of small nanoparticles with gas at the circumstellar environment. Ramón y Cajal fellowship (2017-2020) in the area of "Physics and Space Science" at ICMM/CSIC. During my research career I have covered the study of nanostructured functional materials from a highly interdisciplinary approach, involving chemistry, physics, and computational science, towards the guidance of multidisciplinary material science experimentalists on the basis of an efficient, fast and trustable theoretical pre-filtering of materials across dimensionality and their nanostructured versions on demand of the specific targeted functionalities. My researching interests have been focused on three main branches. The first one is the “Theory and First-principles Simulation of Low-dimensional Functional Materials” towards: i) the conceptual development of theoretical tools and models to understand the behavior of nanostructured and low-dimensional materials and surfaces in nature, ii) the characterization of structural, chemical reactivity and spectroscopic properties of low-dimensional materials with enhanced and emerging properties regarding targeted functionalities, and iii) the development of first-principles theoretical frameworks applied to multidisciplinary fields such as surface physics, computational physics, characterization of nanomaterials (from small clusters/nanoparticles, nanowires/tubes and layered materials, to their extended surfaces), catalysis, physico-chemical modeling and on-surface chemistry. On the other hand, a large part of my investigation has been devoted to the “In-silico Design and Characterization of Novel Low-dimensional Functional Materials and Processes”, involving functionalization of graphene and graphitic nanomaterials (as robust platforms towards the design and development of novel nano-hybrid sensors), TMDCs nanostructures for hydrogen storage purposes, on-surface-driven formation of organic low-dimensional nanostructures, organic/metal (O-M) and organic/metal-oxide (O-MO) interfaces, multi-stimuli responsive 2D-coordination polymers (as electronic, optical and gas-sensing platform), novel chemical routes and nanomaterials (thermally-assisted H-induced etching of carbonaceous species) to explain the formation of PAHs in space, carbonaceous, SiC-based and organometallic clusters with high interest in astrochemistry and metal nanoparticles (with enhanced optical and catalytic properties), and advanced functional nanostructured catalysts (theoretical pre-filtering for their use in fuel/solar cell devices). Finally, all the researching interests and aforementioned lines developed with the main purpose of “Developing Simple and Predictive First-principles-based Descriptors Across Dimensionality of Materials” linking and correlating their different structural, intrinsic stability, electronic structure and chemical reactivity properties. My investigation in these fields is reflected in >120 JCR articles attracting >5500 citations (WoS), granted show More

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325

Total documents

2.04

Normalized Impact

36

Highly Cited Papers (10%)

39.69

International Collab. (%)

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Dimensions One by One

Spanning 73 diverse indicators, the dimensions considered capture a comprehensive spectrum of academic attributes. Each dimension includes a set of indicators and has a especific weight on the One Index. More information here...

Activity

968
/1000
Reflects an author's research output.

Impact

769
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Excellence

757
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Leadership

797
/1000
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.

Cooperation

871
/1000
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.

Openness

939
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.

Community Support

108
/1000
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.

Community Recognition

0
/1000
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.

Transference

583
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.

Fundraising

0
/1000
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.

All indicators

Performance

Activity

Reflects an author's research output.

Documents 325 Count of all document types.
Docs/Year 6.91 Average of documents published by author per year.
Citable docs 297 Count of journal articles, proceeding papers and reviews.
Journal Articles 276 Documents published as articles in scientific journals usually peer-reviewed.
Conferences 20 Original article reporting data presented at a conference or symposium.
Reviews 1 Review papers authored by the researcher.
Patents 0 Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.
Theses 0 Document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings
Books 0 A whole monograph or the entire book.
Book Chapters 0 Complete chapter in a book or book series volume where the item is identified as a chapter by a heading or section indicator.
Datasets 129 Number of dataset where the author have contributed to the creation.
Editorials 0 Papers where the author contributed editorial content.
Reports 1 Research reports or white papers authored.
Grants 0 Research projects funded through external grants awarded to the author.
Pre-Prints 17 Number of publications freely available in pre-print format.
Clinical Trials N/A Number of clinical trials where the author has participated.
Other types 0 Other type of documents.

Impact

Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Citations 10702 Total number of citations to all the publications attributed to the author (all types).
Self Citations 405 Citations where the author references their own previous work.
Self Citation Rate 3.784 Percentage of self-citations in the author's total citation count.
Non Self Citation Rate 96.216 Percentage of citations received from sources that are not self-citations.
Hot Citations 546 Total number of citations recieved in the last 6 months.
Citations/Document 32.93 Average of citations recieved per document.
% Not Cited 0.0 Percentage of documents with no citations recieved.
Relative Citation Index 2.041 Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and discipline. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications.
Journal Relative Citation Index 1.522 Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and journal. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications.
H Index 43 Maximum value of h such that the given author has published at least h papers that have each been cited at least h times.
G Index 94 Maximum value of g such that the given author has published at least g papers that have each been cited at least g^2 times.
i10 Index 136 Number of documents with at least 10 citations recieved.

Excellence

Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Citation Score 0.531 Ratio between 0 and 1 being 0 corresponding to the citation percentile being 0 the 0th and 1 the 100th.
Citation Normalized Percentile 0.532 Citation percentile normalized to 1 (0 worst, 1 best) of the position in citations rankin within the field. Provided by OpenAlex.
Higly Cited Papers (top 10%) 36 Count of publications falling on or above the 90th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Relative Higly Cited Papers 1.108 Quotient between the real number of Highly Cited Papers (HCP) and expected number of HCP's that is the 10% of total documents.
Outstanding Papers (top 1%) 7 Count of publications falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Relative Outstanding Papers 2.154 Quotient between the real number of Outstanding Papers (OP) and expected number of OP's that is the 1% of total documents.
Outstanding Papers (top 0.1%) 3 Count of publications falling on or above the 99.9th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Hot Papers 11 Using only the citations recieved in the last 6 months: documents falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.

Interaction within community

Leadership

Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.

Docs Leadership 114 Number of documents lead by the author.
% Leadership 35.08 Percentage of documents lead by the author.
Docs International Leadership 36 Number of documents in international collaboration lead by the author.
% International Leadership 11.08 Percentage of documents in international collaboration lead by the author.
Principal Investigator 0 Number of times where the author served as the lead researcher in a project.
Associations Founded 0 Number of associations founded by the author.
Societies Founded 0 Number of scientific or professional societies established by the author.
Foundations Founded 0 Number of research-related foundations established by the author.
Councils 0 Number of councils founded by author.

Cooperation

Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.

Authors/Paper 12.3 Average number of authors per document.
% Highly Authored Papers 1.54 Percentage of documents with 25 or more authors.
Countries/Paper 1.54 Average number of different countries in the author's affiliation line per document.
Docs International Collaboration 129 Number of documents reporting two or more different countries in the author's affiliation line.
% International Collaboration 39.69 Percentage of documents reporting two or more diffetent countries in the author's affiliation line.

Community Support

Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.

Peer Review Counts 2 Number of times the author peer-reviewed publications.
Society Membership 0 Number of societies of wich the author is a member.
Society Memberships 0 Memberships held by the author in scientific or professional societies.
Editorial Board Memberships 0 Number of journals where the author has been member of editorial board.
Panelists 0 Number of times the author have been a panelist in the European Research Council (ERC) calls.

Community Recognition

Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.

Distinctions 0 Number of times the author have recieved a distinction for its career.
Invitations 0 Number of times the author has been invited to talks, professorships, expositions or demonstrations.
Talks 0 Number of times the author has been invited to talks.
Professorships 0 Number of times the author has been invited to professorhips.
Commissioned Reports 0 Commissioned reports done by the author.

Interaction with society

Openness

Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.

Open Access Documents 152 Number of documents in Open Access mode.
% Open Access Documents 46.77 Percentage of documents in Open Access mode.
Open Access Gold 16 Number of documents published in an OA journal that is indexed by the DOAJ.
Open Access Green 79 Toll-access on the publisher landing page, but there is a free copy in an OA repository.
Open Access Hybrid 39 Free under an open license in a toll-access journal.
Open Access Bronze 13 Free to read on the publisher landing page, but without any identifiable license.
Open Access Closed 173 Non Open Access documents.

Transference

Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.

Patents 0 Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.
Advisory Boards 0 Number of advisory boards of which the author is member.
Companies 0 Number of companies created or founded by the author.

Fundraising

Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.

Funding Counts 1 Number of activities reported as funding recieved.
ERC Grantees 1 Researchers awarded grants from the European Research Council.
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