Lucile Bernadet and Alicia Ruiz-Caridad have been awarded Ramón y Cajal fellowships (call 2024). The five-year fellowships started in September 2026.
The Ramón y Cajal programme is Spain’s main scheme to attract and retain outstanding researchers. It is highly competitive and supports scientists in building an independent research line on the way to a permanent position.
Lucile Bernadet will develop solid oxide cells and stacks for efficient production of hydrogen and renewable fuels. She works on new materials and manufacturing techniques for cells that can withstand harsh conditions such as high pressure, high loads or contaminants. Lucile joined IREC in 2017 after a PhD in Materials Science at the University of Bordeaux.
Alicia Ruiz-Caridad will combine solid-state ionics and functional oxides to build programmable, energy-efficient photonic devices, integrated with silicon photonics. Applications include sensing, optical communications and photonic information processing. Alicia joined IREC in 2024 as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow, after a PhD in Physics at Université Paris-Saclay and postdoctoral work at Empa–ETH Zurich and the University of Basel.
More information: IREC news
Las ayudas RYC2024-049668-I y RYC2024-050500-I están financiadas por MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 y por el FSE+.
