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Alberto Jiménez Suárez

Dr. Alberto Jiménez Suárez is an Industrial Engineer from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, awarded the "Europeus Doctor" distinction and the Extraordinary Doctorate Award. He also completed postgraduate studies, including a Master's in Structural Materials for New Technologies and a certification in the Finite Element Method.

Since 2012, he has been teaching at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, becoming an Associate Professor in 2019. He is accredited for Full Professor by ANECA. From 2014 to 2019, he coordinated exchange students and internships for Industrial Organization Engineering and later became Degree Coordinator. Since 2022, he has been Deputy Director of Master's Theses, Internships, and Corporate Relations. He has taught in six master's programs, supervised over 90 undergraduate and 12 master's theses, and received the highest rating (EXCELLENT) in the DOCENTIA teaching evaluation.

His research focuses on multifunctional composite materials, incorporating carbon nanostructures into epoxy resins. His work spans from processing optimization to applications in structural health monitoring, heat dissipation, and self-healing. His current research explores thermal activation in nanoreinforced resins for self-detection via thermography, shape memory, and self-healing. Recently, he has focused on composite material sustainability, developing bio-based thermosets, vitrimers and recycling technologies.

He has authored 100 JCR-indexed scientific articles, mostly in Q1 journals, with 2,330 citations (WoS) and an h-index of 27. He has contributed to over 90 conferences, including three invited and four keynote talks. Since 2017, he has co-organized the "Multifunctional Materials" session at ACEX International Conference. He has completed five international research internships, including a 2019 Fulbright-funded visit to Stanford University.

He has supervised one Ph.D. thesis on 3D-printed multifunctional nanocomposites and currently supervises four Ph.D. projects on self-healing coatings, motion sensors for exoskeletons, composite recycling, and bio-based composites expected to conclude in 2025 (2), 2026 and 2027, respectively. He has participated in 12 competitive research projects, leading three of them. Additionally, he has taken part in more than 35 industry-funded projects and contracts, being PI of 12. Regarding technology transfer he is also co-author of two patents on nanoreinforced de-icing coatings and self-healing polymer coatings with recycled carbon fiber. He has coordinated multiple science dissemination activities since 2012.

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Keywords: Composites; Nanomaterials; Carbon Nanotubes; Structural Health Monitoring; Vitrimers; Self-Healing; Coatings; Adhesives; Recycling