Rosa Isabel Merino
Research Scientist and Group Coordinator
Biography
Rosa received his PhD in 1994 from the University of Zaragoza. She worked as post-doctoral researcher at MPI-FKF Stuttgart and at ICMA (Zaragoza). In 2000 she was appointed Tenured Scientist, at the CSIC, promoting to Research Scientist in 2008. Since 2016 she is PI of the research group PROCACEF at INMA.
- Call: 876 553447
- Email: rmerino@unizar.es
Along the career she has specialized in the spectroscopy (optical and EPR, impedance spectroscopy) for the research of point defects in solids, mainly ionic conductors; solidification of ceramic eutectics (oxides and fluorides) and laser assisted selective laser melting of ceramics. She focused in the fields of energy (fuel cells, electrochemical membranes, thermal emitters) and photonics (microstructured composites and metamaterials for VIS or IR radiation). To cover other materials properties relevant for these applications, such as mechanical or specific photonic properties, thermodynamics of solidification or solidification by other methods, she has held collaborations with high-level researchers worlwide.
She has been supervisor of 4 PhDs and participates regularly in teaching activities. She has lead as PI projects funded by the National Research programmes and one European project (FP7), and other ones of smaller entity. Since 2011 she has coauthored 30 publications, 1 patent and has participated in 11 research projects funded by National Research programmes or European programmes. Dr. R.I. Merino has lead and participated in applied research in cooperation or financed by private companies and is coauthor of 11 patent applications.
Present research interests are the following. 1) The investigation of oxygen activity inside oxide electrolytes in-situ (at operation like conditions) by means of micro-optical spectroscopy. She aims at establishing procedures suitable to investigate degradation processes in SOFCs and SOECs at early stages. 2) The investigation of light-matter interaction into solidified eutectics from the VIS to the FIR, in order to optimize their performance as metamaterials or thermal emitters. 3) The development of effective laser assisted processing technologies for oxide eutectics (and related ceramics). 4) Composite materials (included eutectics) for high temperature gas membranes.