Leire Ruiz Rubio is associate professor at University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain. Her research is focused on the materials based on organic–inorganic interactions, nanostructured polymer films, 3D/4D printing, and soil/water remediation technologies based on polymers and nanoparticles. Prof. Rubio has published more than 54 articles and supervised 10 master’s theses, 25 bachelor’s theses, and 4 PhD students.
Beñat Artetxe is assistant professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology, UPV/EHU. He obtained his PhD with honors in 2014 from UPV/EHU. As an advisor to graduates and undergraduates in their final projects, he currently supervises two PhD students. Prof. Artetxe has coauthored more than 35 articles, and his research interests include polyoxometalate chemistry and applications (optical, magnetic, biological).
Juan M. Gutiérrez-Zorrilla received his BS degree from the University of Bilbao, Spain, in 1979 and PhD in chemistry from UPV/EHU in 1984. After two short stays at the Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, France, he was promoted to associated professor in 1988. From 1992 to 1993, he was a visiting scientist at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. Since 1999, he is professor of inorganic chemistry at the Faculty of Science and Technology, UPV/EHU. His research is focused on polyoxometalate chemistry.
José L. Vilas is professor at the Physical Chemistry Department, UPV/EHU. He is the head of the Macromolecular Chemistry Group, a highly interdisciplinary research group involved in the state of the art in polymer synthesis, characterization of polymeric materials and early-stage technologies for polymer production, transformation, and recycling. Prof. Vilas’ research is focused on the synthesis of smart polymers, polymers from no-fossil resources, advanced transformation techniques, and 3D/4D printing of polymeric materials. His work includes more than 200 articles and technical papers and 3 patents, and he has supervised 20 PhD students.
