Prof. José Ángel Martín-Gago
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC)
C/Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
Tel. (+34) 91 334 9087
e-mail: gago.at.icmm.csic.es
Updated: 20.08.2025 | © José A. Martín-Gago
Director of the Institute of Material Science of Madrid ICMM-CSIC since 2022. Research professor at ICMM-CSIC since 2012. Founder of the research group ESISNA «Interdisciplinary Studies Based on Nanoscopic Systems» since 2005. Visiting professor at the Czech Academy of Sciences, 7 months in Prague (2020-21), and at the University of Toulouse (1 month at Paul-Sabatier-CNRS) – 2022. Associate researcher at the Astrobiology Center (2003-2015). President of ASEVA (Spanish Vacuum Society) from 2016-2022.
Principal investigator of the SEVERO OCHOA excellence project at ICMM (2024). Principal investigator of the ERC Synnergy Project NANOCOSMOS (2015-2021)
His field of research includes interdisciplinary studies based on vacuum technology and nanotechnology for complex and socially relevant issues, such as astrochemistry, the origin of life, catalysis, chemical synthesis on surfaces, or ultrasensitive biosensors.