Miguel Anaya completed his thesis in the ICMS Multifunctional Optical Materials Group, under the supervision of Hernán Míguez, research professor at the ICMS. The topic was the optical design of materials and devices based on metal halide perovskites, which was recognized as the best experimental thesis by GEFES (RSEF) and won two second prizes and a cicCartuja Award (in 2015, 2016 and 2017 respectively). These are some of the milestones achieved, but not the only ones, in his outstanding career.

In his study, he demonstrated the first photonic structures compatible with metal halide perovskites and, with them, they manufactured solar cells with custom color. In addition, he was a pioneer in the optical modeling of perovskite solar cells.

Miguel is now a Principal Investigator at the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge (Department of Physics), where he researches new generation optoelectronic devices. In addition, it accepts applications from master’s and doctoral students.

The career of this young researcher is one of those examples that shed light in the midst of the current context in which we live, demonstrating that with resources, enthusiasm and desire, one can go very far.

Miguel Anaya together with his thesis directors