Miquel Vega-Paredes
Main Focus
- Electrocatalysis – fuel cells and water electrolyzers
- Defect engineering
- (Scanning) transmission electron microscopy – HR-imaging,
4D-STEM, EELS, tomography
Curriculum Vitae
EXPERIENCE
Work Package leader - 10.2024
- Present
Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige
Materialien, Düsseldorf (Germany)
MEA-Entwicklung.
Projekt zur Aktivierung von Ultra-langen Lebensdauern (PAULL)
PhD Student - 09.2021 -
10.2024
Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige
Materialien, Düsseldorf (Germany)
Thesis: Improving
electrocatalysts through advanced nanostructure characterization
Research Stay - 07.2024 - 09.2024
Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley (USA)
Master Thesis - 02.2021 - 07.2021
Max-Planck-Institut für
Eisenforschung, Düsseldorf (Germany)
Thesis: Electron Microscopy Degradation Studies of Ruthenium-Platinum
Core-Shell Nanoparticles for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
Summer Internship - 07.2019
- 09.2019
Max-Planck-Institut für
Eisenforschung, Düsseldorf (Germany)
Topic: Degradation Mechanisms During Operation of High-Temperature
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
EDUCATION
PhD in Material Science - 09.2021 - 10.2024
RWTH Aachen, Aachen (Germany)
Graduated with
distinction
Master’s degree in Advanced Chemistry - 10.2020 -
09.2021
Universitat Autonòma de
Barcelona, Bellaterra (Spain)
Average mark: 9.45/10.00
Bachelor’s degree in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - 09.2016 -
07.2020
Universitat Autonòma de
Barcelona, Bellaterra (Spain)
Graduated with distinction