- Research Staff
- Prof. José M. Asua
- Prof. David Mecerreyes
- Prof. Aurelio Mateo-Alonso
- Prof. Jose R. Leiza
- Prof. Juan Luis Delgado
- Prof. Thomas Schäfer
- Prof. Alejandro J. Müller
- Prof. Marcelo Calderón
- Prof. Jose-Ramon Sarasua
- Prof. Ronen Zangi
- Prof. Maria Forsyth
- Prof. María Paulis
- Prof. Radmila Tomovska
- Dr. Haritz Sardon
- Prof. Agurtzane Mugica
- Prof. Amaia Butrón
- Prof. Agustin Etxeberria
- Prof. Manoli Zubitur
- Dr. Ainhoa Lejardi
- Dr. Emiliano Meaurio
- Dr. Nicholas Ballard
- Dr. Aitor Larrañaga
- Dr. Ester Zuza
- Dr. Jaime Martín
- Dr. Miren Aguirre
- Dr. Fernando Ruipérez
- Dr. Jone Muñoz
- Dr. Ana Beloqui Elizazu
- Dr. Sandra Camarero Espinosa
- Dr. Robert Hernández
- Dr. Irune Villaluenga
- Support Staff
- Postdoctoral Researchers
- Dr. Aitor Barquero Salaberria
- Dr. Andere Basterretxea
- Dr. Shaghayegh Hamzehlou
- Dr. Nerea Casado
- Dr. Silvia Collavini
- Dr. Marta Martínez-Abadía
- Dr. Luca Porcarelli
- Dr. Alberto Riaño
- Dr. Coralie Jehanno
- Dr. Maryam Safari
- Dr. Edurne González
- Dr. Leire Sangroniz
- Dr. Rajeev K. Dubey
- Dr. Nikolaos Politakos
- Dr. Nuria Alegret Ramon
- Dr. Liliana C. Tomé
- Dr. Nicolas Jean-Christopher Goujon
- Dr. Eva Sánchez Rexach
- Dr. Edgar Gutiérrez Fernández
- Dr. Oihane Llorente Zabala
- Dr. Saibal Bera
- Dr. Gregorio Guzman Gonzalez
- Dr. Ainara Sangroniz Agudo
- Dr. María Virginia Candal Pazos
- Dr. Antonela Gallastegui
- Dr. Satyajit Das
- Dr. Edurne Gaston Estanga
- Dr. Maria Valle Alvarez
- Dr. Leire Iturriaga Oñarte-Echevarria
- Dr. Tobias Kuhnt
- Dr. Daniel Sanchez de Alcazar
- Dr. Miguel Martín Arroyo
- Dr. Miryam Criado González
- Dr. Alicia de San Luis
- Dr. Mª Soledad Orellano
- PhD Students
- Hegoi Amestoy
- Sebastian M. Dron
- Alvaro Gómez López
- Javier Mateos
- Beñat Olave
- Bertha T. Pérez
- Iliane Rafaniello
- Naroa Sadaba
- Aurélie Destephen
- Sara Marina Barbier
- Nerea Jiménez
- Fermín Elizalde
- Maialen Argaiz
- Jorge Luis Olmedo
- Eider Matxinandiarena
- Marine Lechartier
- Iranzu Barbarin
- Fabian Wenzel
- Marta Alvarez
- Hesham Ahmed Mostafa Abdeldaim
- Maialen Galdeano Fraile
- Félix Hernández Culebras
- Elisabet de Bolòs Sánchez
- David Esporrín Ubieto
- Sheraz Tariq
- Huiyi Wang
- Justine Elgoyhen
- Nicolás María Muñoz
- Adrián Pérez López
- Elena Gabirondo Amenabar
- Soline Vauthier
- Rafael del Olmo Martínez
- Edurne Marín
- Diulia Caroline Quites Rodrigues
- Andrea Melissa Cabrera Espinoza
- Sumi Murali Nair
- Elvis Lopes Brito
- Mehdi Naderi
- Mauro Marongiu
- Nicolas Ramos
- Maria Rosaria Caputo
- Joaquin Almarza Gonzalez
- Maria Angela Motta
- Oliver Wolfgang Etzold
- Jinxiu Zhou
- Ion Olazabal
- Mario Iván Peñas Núñez
- Carlos Bello Alvarez
- Xabier Lopez de Pariza
- Iulia Caraseva
- Oroitz Sanchez
- Elissabetta Zucatti
- Maria Regato Herbella
- Valentina Pirela Wilhelm
- Richard Schönlein
- Mohammed el Amine Hanifa
- Thibault Castagnet
- Ainara Aguirre Mikelarena
- Natalia Stankiewicz
- Jakes Udabe Sanchez
- Wichsuda Tangsongcharoen
- Ousmane Camara
- Kyle Douglas Van Gordon
- Ana Aguzin
- Pierre Luca Stigliano
- Nora Almandoz Garmendia
- Laura Ballester Bayarri
- Antton Ibarbia Iribar
- Tijs Lap
- Sara Pavo Beldarrain
- Ander González de Txabarri
- Ainhoa Fernández Tena
- Roció López Domene
- Tansu Abbasoglu
- Ana Trajcheva
- Giulia Vozzolo
- Ulyana Semenenko
- Aleksandar Sladojevic
- Jacopo Teotonico
- Usue Aspiazu Iturbe
- Bruno Espuche
- Pablo Muñumer Camacho
- Giza Baliabide Estrategia– HRS4R
Dr. Irune Villaluenga
Research Staff
Dr. Irune Villaluenga
Research Staff
Centro Joxe Mari Korta
Avenida de Tolosa, 72
20018 Donostia-San Sebastián
Spain
email: irune.villaluenga@polymat.eu
Tel:+34 943 01 87 30
Education
Dr. Irune Villaluenga earned her BS in Chemistry from the University of the Basque Country (2005) and her PhD was developed at Tecnalia Research & Innovation (Spain) and at the University of the Basque Country (2010). During the mentioned PhD, she spent 2 months at Stockholm University (Sweden) under the supervision of Prof. Lennart Bergstrom and 3 months at Institute for Environmental Management Technology (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST, Japan) under the supervision of Dr. Nobuaki Negishi. Her thesis work was focused on design of new hybrid coatings based on polymers and inorganic nanoparticles for photocatalytic applications. In 2011, she moved to CIC Energigune (Spain) as Postdoctoral Researcher to develop new hybrid electrolytes for battery applications under the supervision of Prof. Michel Armand. In 2013, she moved to Berkeley (CA, USA) to work at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and at the University of California, Berkeley as Postdoctoral Researcher under the supervision of Prof. Nitash P. Balsara. She developed new single-ion hybrid block copolymer electrolytes for lithium-metal batteries. In 2017, she was promoted to Project Scientist at LBNL. In 2018, she joined at Blue Current (a start-up in California, USA) as Senior Battery Materials Scientist where her work was focused on design and development of new electrolytes, battery assembly and testing, and scaling prototype devices for solid-state lithium-ion batteries and lithium-metal batteries. Currently, she works at POLYMAT-UPV/EHU as an Emakiker and Ikerbasque Research Fellow, and besides, she works as a Solid-State Battery Consultant in California (USA).
Honors and awards
2020. Gipuzkoa Fellow
2020. Ikerbasque Research Fellow
2018. EMAKIKER Fellowship POLYMAT
2015. Best Paper Prize in Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
(STAM)
2006. Fundacion Iñaki Goenaga Fellowship
Research
Her main research line is focused on the design of innovative solid nanostructured hybrid macromolecular battery materials. She is interested in the creation of new processes of assembly that enable the formation of 100% dense membranes where the distribution of inorganic and organic phases presents nanoscale homogeneity in order to improve battery performance. She is also interested in electrochemical and safety studies for battery applications.
Hybrid Materials for Energy Group