Miguel Muñoz Rojo joins the Young Academy of Europe (YAE)

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Miguel Muñoz Rojo, a researcher at the Material Science Institute of Madrid (ICMM), part of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), is now a full member of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE). He is an expert in Multiscale thermal engineering; solid-state thermal devices; nano- and micro-scale thermal sensing; energy harvesting and thermal management. Currently, he is developing a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant 2023 in thermal conversion and management processes with national and international academic and industrial partners.

The Young Academy of Europe is organized as a bottom-up initiative of a dynamic and innovative group of recognized European young scholars with outspoken views about science and science policy. Since 2019, they are a registered charity organization. "We provide input and advice from a younger generation’s perspective – a vital input to shape EU-wide policy for the benefit of future European scholars", says the organization. The key aims of the YAE are to provide advice and feedback on science policy across Europe, from a “younger” perspective; involve top young scientists in the future European research strategy, such as Long Range Plans and ESF Roadmaps; promote evidence-based policy across all European countries, support other young scientists in Europe in their further development and in thinking strategically about the future of their own discipline, and create and foster a network of top young researchers across the disciplines in Europe. 

Miguel Muñoz Rojo received his PhD (2015) in Condensed Matter Physics & Nanotechnology from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and his M.S./B.S. in Physics from the Autonomous University of Madrid. He obtained a JAE pre-doctoral Fellowship from CSIC to study during his PhD how the reduction of dimensionality affects the transport properties of organic and inorganic thermoelectric materials.

During this period, he carried out scientific stays at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (New York, USA), the University of Bordeaux (France), and the University of California Berkeley (USA). In 2012, he participated in the 62nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Physics after qualifying in an international competition among young talent scientists. From 2016 to 2018, he became a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, studying two-dimensional (2D) materials and devices based on them for thermal, electrical, and thermoelectric applications.

From 2018 to 2021, he was a Tenure Track Assistant Professor at the University of Twente. He has successfully obtained funding for his research in the USA and Europe, including the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant 2023, in thermal conversion and management processes with national and international academic and industrial partners. He is now a permanent researcher at the National Research Council of Spain (CSIC) working at the Institute of Materials Science in Madrid (ICMM). His research focuses on multiscale thermal engineering, thermal management, energy harvesting, nano- and micro-scale thermometry and thermal sensing.