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Ms. Carbonell holds a degree in Law from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid. She is a Spanish State Chartered Economist since 2007 and has developed her professional career in several positions in the Spanish Public Administration, mainly in the economic and commercial spheres. Ms. Carbonell has been Advisor for International Affairs in the Cabinet of the Spanish Vice President and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation (2020-2021) and Head of European Union Affairs in the Cabinet of the Minister of Economy and Competitiveness (2012-2015) and Deputy Director of Legislation and Financial Policy in the General Secretariat of the Treasury.Abroad, she has served as Head Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Spanish Embassy in Colombia (2015-2020). Her education extends further, with courses related to new tendencies in management of Public Affairs (Oxford University), technology and entrepreneurship (MIT) and team leadership (ESADE). Currently, Ms. Carbonell is Chief Executive Officer of ICEX Spain Trade and Investment, a State-Owned Enterprise whose mission is to promote the internationalization of Spanish companies and to foster foreign direct investment into Spain.


Professor of Electronic Technology at the Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineers of the UPM (ETSII-UPM), where she has spent her entire teaching and research career. She has been Director of the Industrial Electronics Center, Deputy Director of Research and International Relations at the ETSII-UPM, and, more recently, Director of the Department of Automation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Industrial Computing.Since 2003, she has been the UPM representative in the TIME network (Top Industrial Managers in Europe) and a member of its management committee. She is also a member of the UniBasq Advisory Committee, the ACSUCyL Institutional Quality Assessment Committee, and the Advisory Committee of the ANECA Division for the Evaluation of Teaching and Institutions. She regularly participates in evaluation panels for national projects and EU framework programs.



His research interests are in the fundamental studies of atomically thin two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). In particular, he studies the electronic and electrochemical properties of 2D TMDs. This involves synthesis by chemical exfoliation or chemical vapor deposition, characterization using advanced analytical techniques and fabrication of nanoscale devices. He also studies phase transformations in monolayered materials and utilization of phases with disparate properties for catalysis and energy storage.









































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