Javier de Prado Escudero
Dr. Javier de Prado Escudero. The educational background included two bachelor bachelor's degrees (Chemistry and Materials Engineering, UCM). My educational career was completed with two master's degrees, Master Degree in Nuclear Engineering and Application and Master Degree Structural Materials for new technologies. Finally, I took my PhD studies in Industrial Technologies PhD program at the URJC (2017) investigating the development of new alloys and joining technologies for the future fusion reactor obtaining the Outstanding PhD Award. Lecturer at Rey Juan Carlos University since 2013. During this period of time, I supervised more than 30 Degree final Thesis, 6 Master thesis and one PhD thesis.
My scientific activity has focused on the development of new materials for efficient, alternative, and renewable energy sources based on two main research lines: i) materials for joining components in extreme environments application (fusion reactors) and ii) materials for energy storage applications, focused on structural batteries and new electrodes, separators components for li-ion batteries. I have participated in ten competitive funded research projects at both national and international levels. These include projects such as EUROfusion (H2020 Euratom and Horizon Europe), national and regional calls. The scientific production includes 35 research articles in high impact international journals and more than 20 international/national conferences.
I supervised (PI) the research project DARUCEF (Development of New Reduced-Activation Filler Alloys for Joining Structural Components in Future Fusion Reactors). In addition, I have participated in seven industry-funded research contracts. Among these, I led three research projects in collaboration with EQUINOR ENERGY ASA, focused on the development and characterization of bimetallic anodes for lithium-ion batteries. Currently, I am the PI of the AMEBAE project, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Defense, which aims to develop structural batteries based on carbon fiber polymer matrix composites for energy storage applications, with a focus on tailoring electrodes and electrolytes to specific use in each case.
As a consequence of the research carrier, collaboration between other national or international research centers has been established: Jülich GmbH-Institut für Energie, Karlsruher Institut Fuer Technologie, FZJ (Germany), National Institute of Materials Physics (Romania), Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, ENEA (Italy) and CIEMAT y CEIT (Spain).
