Anselmo del Prado joins the Chemical and Thermal Analysis Services lab as a technician

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Anselmo del Prado Abellán arrived to the ICMM on last September to join the Chemical and Thermal Analysis Services lab, one of ten Scientific and Technical Services Units that exists in our institute, as a technician. He is a very sporty colleague who likes climbing, hiking, and cycling in nature and brings a wide experience in polymer science. 

What have you worked on so far?
I got my degree in Chemistry from the University of Salamanca in 2010. I did my PhD at the Polymer Science and Technology Institute (ICTP-CSIC), focus on the preparation and characterization of polymers for applications in biomedical and technological fields, supervised by Carlos Elvira, Helmut Reinecke and Alberto Gallardo.

After my PhD, I joined Christoph Weder’s group at the Adolphe Merkle Institute (Switzerland) in 2016 as a postdoctoral researcher, where my research was focused on the preparation of supramolecular polymers and phase segregated materials.

I moved to the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 2018, where I expanded my expertise in supramolecular chemistry in David González group. In 2021, I returned to the Institute of Polymer Science and Technology as the lab manager for SUSPLAST, the Interdisciplinary Platform for Sustainable Plastics towards a Circular Economy in CSIC, a role I held until 2025, when I secured a permanent position at the ICMM.

What will you work on? With whom?
Right now, I’m working at the ICMM as a technician in the Chemical and Thermal Analysis Services lab. I will also provide support in polymer science for various projects at the ICMM.

And a personal touch: any hobbies? What would you like to contribute to the institute?
I like to spend my free time with friends. Also I enjoy reading, climbing, hiking, and cycling in nature.