Figueruelo Campanero, Ignacio

I completed my BSc (2019) and MSc (2020) in Physics at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), with my Master’s research carried out in collaboration with the Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio (ICV-CSIC). From 2020 to 2025, I held an FPI predoctoral fellowship awarded by the Spanish AEI–MCIN, during which I pursued my PhD in Condensed Matter Physics at the Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA Nanociencia), in collaboration with UCM, obtaining the distinction of cum laude. Since October 2025, I have been working as a postdoctoral researcher in the Spintronic and Nanodevices group led by Prof. Saül Vélez at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM).

During my research career I have developed broad expertise, specializing in electronic transport properties at low temperatures and high magnetic fields. My research spans a wide range of systems, including 2D van der Waals materials (conventional/unconventional superconductors, Dirac materials like graphene, and magnetic compounds like FeGaTe), as well as magnetic thin films (FeGa) and transition-metal oxides (V2O3). I am proficient in cryogenic transport setups, nanofabrication, and thin-film characterization.

Through my research work I have collaborated with different institutions that allow me to publish high-impact Q1 articles. I developed advanced characterization methods using optical contrast and Raman spectroscopy to exploit the unconventional superconductor Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈+δ. This work is the result of a collaboration with Centro Atómico de Bariloche in Argentina. Moreover, together with Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Brescia) and the Diamond Light Source (DLS) in UK, I contributed to a high-impact study (A. Milloch, I. Figueruelo-Campanero et al., Nat. Commun. 2024 15, 9414) combining operando synchrotron X-ray imaging with in-situ electrical measurements in V2O3-based memristive devices. In parallel, with national public institutions such as the Centro Español de Metrología (CEM), in the framework of the EMPIR2020 EURAMET COMET project we investigated the transport properties of graphene-based devices to develop accurate quantum Hall resistance standards (I. Figueruelo-Campanero et al., APL Mater. 2025 13, 071119). As part of my FPI fellowship, I carried out a stay at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), working in the Physics and Engineering of Nanodevices group under the supervision of Prof. Sergio O. Valenzuela on spin-transport measurements.

In parallel, I have also taken part in outreach and public engagement activities within various organizations, including the Science Week in Madrid held at IFEMA in 2022 and 2023; the Spanish Physics Biennial (RSEF 2022); and the online event diezalamenos9 (www.10alamenos9.es) in 2021.