Education

Miguel Sánchez de la Fuente is an organic chemist who earned his B.Sc. in Chemistry
from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). He completed his Master's degree in
Organic Chemistry in Madrid, carrying out his final project at Synthelia Organics S.L.,
where he worked in flow chemistry. He later began his Ph.D. in Organic Materials
Chemistry within the Pores in Materials: Polymers and Metals group, under the
supervision of Prof. Rubén Mas-Ballesté at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. During
this period, he worked on the design of covalent organic functional materials for catalytic
applications. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2025.

Research

Miguel received a fellowship from the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (FPI 2020),
which enabled him to begin his research in the field of Covalent Organic Materials
(COMs). His work focused on the design and synthesis of functional building blocks,
inspired by traditional molecular catalysts, for use as precursors in the construction of
covalent frameworks with heterogeneous catalytic activity. The projects in which Miguel
was involved included the characterization of these materials (CTFs, PAFs, and CMPs)
and their application in photocatalytic, asymmetric, and electrocatalytic transformations.
During his Ph.D., Miguel completed a three-month internship at Oregon State University
(USA) in the group of Prof. Kyriakos Stylianou, where he worked on the application of
COMs in photocatalytic hydrogen production and biomass valorization. In November
2025, Miguel joined the Innovative Polymers Group at Polymat, where he is currently
conducting research on the synthesis of monomers and the development of conductive
polymers for energy storage applications.

Polymers for Bioelectronics

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