Rubén got his B.Sc/M.Sc in Chemistry from the U. Valencia (Spain) in 2006. His Ph.D. was performed at the Institute for Molecular Science where he graduated in 2010. His PhD work led to >30 publications and it was awarded on national and international levels with i) the IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists by IUPAC, ii) the Nanomatmol Prize 2010 by RSEQ, and iii) the Doctoral Prize 2010 by the U. Valencia. From 2011 to 2013, he was a Humboldt Postdoctoral Researcher at the U. Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) working on nanocarbon-based solar cells. He was author of 15 publications and nominated as finalist of the VI SUSCHEM post-doc award. In 2014, he obtained the prestigious EAM starting grant and the Liebig Scholarship heading the hybrid optoelectronic materials and devices group at FAU. He focused on sustainable bio-optoelectronics for lighting, photovoltaic, and diagnostic purposes. In 2017, he moved his group at IMDEA Materials (Spain) and he further expanded it to the U. Waseda (Japan) as Associate Professor in 2018. In 2020, he accepted the chair Biogenic Functional Materials at the Technical University of Munich.
He is a very well-reputed scientist in hybrid optoelectronics as highlighted by his academic achievements: >130 papers (>90 as corresponding; >5000 citations (>3200 since 2015); 5 patents since 2015; 1 edited book; 33 awards/fellowships; h-index of 40 and m-index of 2.86. His research has been underlined by social media (Spanish, German, English, Chinese, Japanese, Arab, etc.) and several awards like i) Young Chemist Award 2016 by RSEQ, ii) Silver Medal European Young Chemist Award 2016 by EuChemMS, iii) LpS Scientific Award 2016, iv) ADUC Young Chemist Award 2017 by GDCh, v) European Innovator (Pioneer) 2017 under 35 (MIT Technology Review), vi) Spanish Top Talent 2017 under 35 (MIT), vii) Leonardo Fellowship by fBBVA, viii) Young Scientist New Champion by WEF, and ix) ERC Consolidator, x) Young Researcher ChemPubSoc Award 2019, xi) Materials Science & Technology Prize 2019 by FEMS, x) Fellow of the RSC 2020, and xi) Research Award FPdGi 2020.