Alejandro Martín Merinero

Alejandro Martín Merinero graduated in Chemistry at Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 2018, where he worked using fluorescence spectroscopy to detect adulterations in Sherry wines and various vinegars, using light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for fast qualitative analysis and detection, under the supervision of José Santiago Torrecilla Velasco and Miguel Lastra Mejías.

During the MSc in Analytical Chemistry he got at Universidad de Alcalá in 2019, he worked on optimizing analysis protocols using Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) to separate enantiomers of fungicides and its later application on detecting labeling fraud on commercial formulations, supervised by María Luisa Marina Alegre and María Castro Puyana.

He joined IMDEA on June 2022 as an assistant researcher, working on optimizing the fabrication conditions of conjugated polymer blend microcavities and their characterization, under the supervision of Dr. Juan Cabanillas González and Dr. Reinhold Wannemacher. Nowadays, he is pursuing his PhD following this research line, focusing on optical microresonators which exhibit Mie-type resonances known as Whispering-Gallery Modes (WGM). In particular, his work focuses on assembling conjugated organic materials into spherical cavities in the micrometer range. His research employs fluorescence microscopy and time-resolved techniques to investigate the photophysical processes and laser action of this cavities as promising fluorescent and electrochemical (bio)chemical sensors.