University Degrees:

2003 University Degree in Chemistry from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Doctorates:

2008 PhD in Materials Science from the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC)

Most significative academic merits:

Marie Curie Intra-European Fellow (IEF) 2009-2011 (Strasbourg, France)

Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (CIG) 2012-2015 (Barcelona, Spain)

Coordinator of the EU project FET Young Explorers: Electrical spin manipulation in electroactive molecules "ACMOL" 2014-2016

Juan de la Cierva Fellow 2012 (Barcelona, Spain)

Ramón y Cajal Fellow 2015 (Bercelona, Spain)

Tenured Scientist CSIC 2017

Awards:

2013 Prize of Young Researcher of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ).

Scientific Highlights:

Covalent modification of highly ordered pyrolytic graphite with a stable organic free radical using diazonium chemistry. G. Seber, A. Rudnev, A. Droghetti, I. Rungger, J. Veciana, M. Mas-Torrent, C. Rovira, N. Crivillers. Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 1415

Chemical control over the energy level alignment in a two-terminal junction L. Yuan, C. Franco, N. Crivillers, M. Mas-Torrent, C. S. S. Sangeeth, C. Rovira, J. Veciana, C. A. Nijhuis, Nat. Commun. 2016, 7, 12066.

An Electrically Driven and Readable Molecular Monolayer Switch Based on a Solid Electrolyte E. Marchante, N. Crivillers, M. Buhl, J. Veciana, M. Mas-Torrent, Angew. Chemie - Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 368.

Large work function shift of gold induced by a novel perfluorinated azobenzene-based self-assembled monolayer N. Crivillers, S. Osella, C. Van Dyck, G. M. Lazzerini, D. Cornil, A. Liscio, F. Di Stasio, S. Mian, O. Fenwick, F. Reinders, M. Neuburger, E. Treossi, M. Mayor, V. Palermo, F. Cacialli, P. Samorì. Adv. Mater, 2013, 25, 432

Optically switchable transistor via energy-level photuning in a bicomponent organic semiconductor E. Orgiu, N. Crivillers, M. Herder, L. Grubert, M. Pätzel, J. Frisch, E. Pavlica, D.T. Duong, G. Bratina, A. Salleo, N. Kock, S. Hecht, P. Samorì, Nat. Chem.,2012, 4, 675