Nerea Azcona Aliende

Nerea Azcona Aliende is a pre-doctoral researcher at CIC energiGUNE, specializing in the Electrochemical Energy Storage department within the Electrochemical hydrogen technologies research group. Her work focuses on developing low-cost catalysts for alkaline electrolysers.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
• Master's in New Materials from UPV/EHU and University of Cantabria (UC)

Research interests: Nerea's research spans materials science, electrochemical energy storage, and sensor development. She specializes in nanocatalysts for water electrolysers, textural characterization of materials, and photoluminescence properties.

Academic background: During her degrees, she worked on synthesis and characterization of lanthanide-doped siliceous xerogels for fiber optic sensors at Public University of Navarra (UPNA) and developed silica xerogels functionalized with lanthanides and organic fluorophores for chemical sensors during her master's thesis.