Our Team

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Multidisciplinary team with combined expertise in the development of miniaturized power sources, immunoassay and analytical systems

Advisory Board

Neus Sabaté

Co-founder and Scientific Advisor

Dr. Sabaté has a long experience in microsystems and smart system integration. She is an ICREA Research Professor focusing her research on paper-based autonomous point-of-care devices.

Juan Pablo Esquivel

Co-founder and Scientific Advisor

Dr. Esquivel has developed several miniaturized power sources concepts over the years. He is a Tenured Scientist at CSIC, where he combines engineering, electrochemistry, paper microfluidics and printed electronics technologies with a product oriented approach.

Sergi Gassó

Co-founder and Business Development Manager

Dr. Gassó has about 15 years experience in the in-vitro Diagnostics (IVD) and Point of Care (PoC) field at an international level, in both R&D Senior and Manager positions. He is the founder and owner of Pragmatic Diagnostics.

Jaume Amat

Co-founder and Financial and Strategy Advisor

Mr. Amat has a long track record in start-ups having been directly involved in creating a number of companies, including more than five, in the biotechnology sector.

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Marc Castellarnau

Managing director

Dr. Castellarnau has long experience in the development of analytical systems, ranging from biosensors to lab-on-a-chip devices, and more recently, in implementing self-powered and autonomous platforms for diagnostics.

Mateu Pla-Roca

CTO

Dr. Pla-Roca holds a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry and has broad interdisciplinary experience in microfabrication, microfluidics, chemical modification of surfaces, inkjet printing, 3D printing and automation of miniaturized immunoassays for biomarker detection.

Irene Gonzalez

Product Development & Quality

Dr. Gonzalez-Valls has a background in Material Science and Organic Chemistry, with an extensive knowledge in materials preparation and characterization, prototyping and reel-to-reel processes.

David Pascual

Product Development Engineer

He holds a BSc in Industrial Electronics and MSc in Production Management. He has long experience in Consumer Electronics and R&D Development Centers like a HW engineer as well as Production Manager in Medical Devices Industries.

Omar Ibrahim

Product development scientist

Dr. Ibrahim has a background in mechanical engineering and holds a PhD in microfluidic electrochemical energy conversion. He has wide experience developing microfluidic systems for electronics cooling, DNA microreactors as well as energy systems such as fuel cells and flow batteries with different reaction chemistries. Currently, he is a product development scientist and a Marie Curie fellow at Fuelium working on developing sustainable battery systems.

Víctor González

Production Technician

Graduated in Chemical engineering in the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). For is final degree project he designed an ethylene oxide production plant. Currently he is working as a production technician in Fuelium.

Sílvia Miquel

Lab Technician

She has graduated in Nanoscience and nanotechnology in the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). In the last year, she specialized in energy nanomaterials and has carried out her final degree project in solid state batteries in the Energy’s Research Institute of Catalonia (IREC).

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