On Jun, 8th, in the last semester meeting of IMDEA Materials, Manuel Doblaré was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the IMDEA Materials Foundation. Manuel Doblaré was member of this board from 2014-2016 and chosen again for that position by IMDEA Software Institute in 2018. Prof. Doblaré is now a Scientific member of the Board of Trustees and is also member of the scientific advisory board of IMDEA Materials.
The IMDEA Materials Institute, one of the seven Madrid Institutes for Advanced Studies (IMDEA), is a public research center founded in 2007 by Madrid’s regional government. The goal of the Institute is to do research at the forefront of Material Science and Engineering, attracting talent from all around the globe, and collaborating with companies in an effort to transfer fundamental and applied knowledge into valuable technology. Today, it is composed of over 150 people, including more than 45 post-doctoral scientists and 60 pre-doctoral students. As a result of excellence in research and technology transfer, IMDEA Materials was awarded with the María de Maeztu Excellence seal in December 2019.
