PhD Student – Organic Chemistry

E-mail: Maria.Juarez(at)uclm.es

María Juárez was born in Las Vegas (Toledo, Spain) in 2001. She obtained her Chemistry Degree in 2024 at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM).

During the last year of her degree, she carried out her Final Degree Project under the supervision of Prof. Miguel Ángel Arranz Monge, entitled “Assembly of an Experimental Setup for the Study of the Pockels Effect in Hydrogels”.

In September 2024, she joined the MSOC Nanochemistry research group (UCLM-IRICA) to pursue a Master’s Degree in Chemistry Research, carrying out her Master’s thesis entitled “Synthesis of Hydrogels for Potential Applications in Hydraulic Actuators” under the supervision of Dr. Ester Vázquez Fernández-Pacheco. She completed her Master’s degree in 2025.

In 2026, she began her Ph.D. in Sustainable Chemistry under the supervision of Dr. Ester Vázquez Fernández-Pacheco and Dr. Andrés Salomón Vázquez Fernández-Pacheco. Her thesis, entitled “Synthesis and Characterization of Smart Materials for Hydraulic Actuator Applications”, focuses on the development of smart materials for soft robotics and hydraulic actuation. She is currently a research staff member at MSOC Nanochemistry (UCLM-IRICA).