Narcís Mestres received his Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.) degree from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, in 1986, for research carried out at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research. After completing a postdoctoral appointment at the University of Michigan (USA), he held an associate professorship at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain). In 1993, he joined the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), part of the Spanish National Research Council, where he currently holds a position as a Scientific Researcher. He is the author or coauthor of more than 250 papers in international journals, with over 4,600 citations. He is also co-inventor of six patents related to the chemical solution growth of nanostructured superconducting REBa₂Cu₃O₇ materials and epitaxial graphene on silicon carbide, and has supervised 14 Ph.D. theses in Physics and Materials Science.
Research interest
My research is focused on the synthesis of advanced materials with controlled microstructure and the search for the comprehension of the physical mechanisms underlying their functional properties. I have addressed the growth and study of thin films and nanostructures of functional oxides with potential impact in electronics, energy saving and environmental science.
