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Well acquainted with the use of advanced manufacturing techniques (including cleanroom experience, employment of glove boxes, among others) and several material testing methods, such as SEM, XRD, EDAX, and Raman spectroscopy.

Successful track record in the application for government grants. The last one I wrote in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory received a total award of $740,000 (2008 Lab Research Program).

A lot of my research work has been carried out in collaboration with international partners in countries like Sweden, Denmark, India and Mexico, and thus I am able to perform well in an international teamwork environment.

I want to develop new technologies in the fields of energy production and storage. In particular, I am very interested in novel battery manufacturing approaches that use advanced processing techniques, such as microfabrication and nanotechnology.

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
University of California Irvine,
Graduation Date: Summer 2009
Graduate Advisor: Prof. Marc Madou

B.A. Classical Guitar
Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Alicante (Spain), 2002

Graduate coursework
               Electrochemistry               Control Theory      Digital Logic Design           Thermodynamics               Microfabrication Methods            BioMEMS             Fuel Cells                        Microsystems Design
Biophysics                       Nanoelectronics    Bio-Implants                    Microfluidics

Microfabrication/Characterization Skills
Cleanroom experience:
- Mask design and fabrication
- Standard photoresist processing
- Optic and electronic microscopy; profilometry
- High temperature furnaces
- Electrodeposition and LIGA methods
- Electron Beam Lithography (EBL)
Extensive knowledge of electrochemical techniques (CV, EIS)
Well versed in the use of potentiostats (BioLogic’s VMP3 and Gamry’s Reference 600) and glove boxes.
Wide experience in materials analysis and characterization techniques, including SEM, XRD, EDX, FTIR, BET, Raman spectroscopy and AFM.

Spring 2005 - Current Carbon-MEMS Microbatteries
Dr. Marc Madou, UC Irvine / Dr. Benjamin Park, Carbon Micro Battery Corporation

Worked on the design and fabrication of three-dimensional carbon anodes for Li-ion batteries
Developed and optimized the geometries to increase the total volumetric and specific capacities
Work included the assembly of battery stacks in a glove box and the use of electrochemical techniques to characterize the performance of the electrodes (charge-discharge cycles, EIS, etc.)
Characterization and materials analysis included TGA, XRD, Raman, and extensive use of SEM

Spring 2007 - Current Modeling and fabrication of fractal electrodes for Li-ion batteries
Dr. Marc Madou, UC Irvine / Dr. Partha Mukherjee, Dr. Qinjun Kang, Los Alamos National Lab

Worked on the conceptual development of fractal geometries for battery electrodes
The proposal was awarded with one of the 2008 UC-Lab Research Grants (acceptance rate <8%)
The fractal electrodes are fabricated with combination of top-down and bottom-up manufacturing techniques, including colloid processing, electrodeposition and chemical vapor deposition
I developed the mathematical models that demonstrate that fractal geometries represent the optimal design in battery electrodes.

Spring 2008 - Current Carbon interdigitated nanoelectrodes for biochemical detection
Dr. Marc Madou, UC Irvine / Dr. Lars Montelius, Lund University / Dr. Jenny Emneus, TU Denmark

Worked at Lund University (Sweden) for a period of 9 months (April 2008-December 2008) in a project funded by the European Union with the prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship.
Main tasks included design and fabrication of interdigitated nanoelectrode arrays (using Electron Beam lithography and DUV) and testing using a bi-potentiostat arrangement.
This work demonstrated for the first time that signal amplifications up to a factor of 25 are possible using interdigitated nanoelectrodes made in carbon.
This sensors with enhanced sensitivity will be used in the detection of dopamine for in vitro cell cultures (work in progress at the Technical University of Denmark)

Fall 2007 – Winter 2009 Design and fabrication of a multiplexed potentiostat
Dr. Marc Madou, UC Irvine / Dr. Graciano Dieck Assad, Tecnologico de Monterrey

Developed the electrode design and the testing routine for the electrode array
Reactions were run in a customized multiplexed potentiostat able to activate up to 64 working electrodes simultaneously. The electronic circuit design was finalized at the Tecnologico de Monterrey, and I advised about the specifications and the possible future applications
This project was funded by a grant from UCMEXUS that I presented

Fall 2006 - Fall 2008 Biocompatibility studies of Carbon-MEMS
Dr. Marc Madou, UC Irvine / Dr. Ashutosh Sharma, IIT Kanpur

Worked for three months at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (Sept. 2006 – Dec. 2006) on the fabrication of carbon substrates to be tested as biocompatible materials.
Testing involved the culturing of two different cell lines (fibroblasts and neuronal cells cells)
It was found that the substrates treated with O2 treatment promote differential cell adhesion
FTIR analysis revealed that the functional groups at the surface of the carbon facilitates the adhesion of biomolecules (mostly proteins) that act as extra-cellular matrix for the cells

Fall 2003 - Spring 2004 Design and Setup of a Metal Sheet Bending Testing Tool
Dr. Joaquim Ciurana, University of Girona

Undergraduate Research Program funded by a fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Education
Work included experiment design, testing, and hands on skills on traditional manufacturing techniques such as metal machining and soldering

[J1] G. Turon Teixidor, R. Gorkin, P. Tripathi, G. Bisht, M. Kulkarni, T. Maiti, T. Battacharyya, J. Subramaniam, A. Sharma, B. Park, M. Madou,“Carbon-MEMS as a substratum for cell growth”, Journal of Biomedical Materials, 3, 034116 (2008)

[J2] G. Turon Teixidor, R. Zaouk, B. Park, M. Madou, “Fabrication and characterization of three-dimensional carbon electrodes for lithium-ion batteries”, Journal of Power Sources, 183(2), 730-740 (2008)

[J3] L. H. Skjolding, G. Turon Teixidor, J. Emnéus, L. Montelius, ”Negative UV–NIL (NUV–NIL) – A mix-and-match NIL and UV strategy for realisation of nano- and micrometre structures”, Microelectronic Engineering, in press (2009)

[J4] G. Turon Teixidor, B. Park, P. Mukherjee, Q. Kang, M. Madou, “Modeling Fractal Electrodes for Li-Ion Batteries”, Electrochimica Acta, submitted (2009)

[J5] G. Turon Teixidor, L. H. Skjolding, L. Montelius, J. Emnéus, M. Madou, “Interdigitated Nanoelectrode Arrays in Carbon”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, manuscript (2009)

[B1] R. Martinez Duarte, G. Turon Teixidor, P. Mukherjee, M. Madou,“Perspectives of Microfabrication and C-MEMS for Microfluidic Applications”, Springer, manuscript (2009)

[P1] C. Wang, R. Zaouk, B. Park, G. Turon Teixidor, F. G. Jornet, M. Madou, Recent developments in C-MEMS technologies for Li-Ion Microbatteries, Nanotech-Montreux 2005, Montreux, Switzerland

[P2] C. Wang, R. Zaouk, B. Park, K. Malladi, F. G. Jornet, G. Turon Teixidor, M. Madou, Carbon-MEMS/NEMS and its applications in energy miniaturization and biosensing (B5.3) ICNDST&ADC Joint Conference 2006, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

[P3] G. Turon Teixidor, C. Wang, M. Madou, “Fabrication of 3D carbon microelectrodes for Li-Ion battery applications", Proceedings of the NSTI 2006 Conference, May 7-11 2006, Boston, MA, USA

[P1] G. Turon Teixidor, M. Kulkarni, P. Tripathi, J. Subramaniam, A. Sharma and M. Madou, “Carbon Micro-arrays as a Substrate for Patterned Cell Growth”, MRS Fall Meeting, Nov. 27–29, Boston, MA, 2007

[P2] G. Turon Teixidor, P. Mukherjee, M. Madou, “Modeling of Fractal Electrodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries”, 214th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Oct. 12-17, Honolulu, HI, 2008

[P3] G. Turon Teixidor, P. Mukherjee, B. Park, M Madou, “Theoretical Evaluation of Fractal-like Electrode Characteristics for Litium-Ion Batteries”, 215th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, May 24-29, San Francisco, CA, 2009

[P4] G. Turon Teixidor, L. H. Skjolding, J. Emnéus, L. Montelius, M. Madou, “Fabrication and testing of nanometer-size interdigitated carbon electrode arrays”, 215th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, May 24-29, San Francisco, CA, 2009

[PD1] Conformal deposition of carbon particles on three dimensional microstructures, UC Case No. 2007-541

Balsells Fellowship Award
Balsells Foundation and Generalitat de Catalunya (2004)

Graduate Research Assistantship
University of California, Irvine (2005-2006)

Tech Coast Angels Seed Financing Invitational Wild Card Winner
University of California, Irvine, Business Plan Competition (2006)

Marie Curie Project Assistantship
Lund University (May 2008 – December 2008)

2002-Current    Catalan Association of Industrial Engineers (student member)
2005-Current    American Society of Mechanical Engineers (student member)
2007-Current    Materials Research Society (student member)

Co-chair of the 3rd Indo-US Workshop on Fabrionics
Irvine, June 28th and 29th, 2009. More than 50 participants in this workshop will discuss advanced and futuristic manufacturing techniques to enable sustained leadership in research and high value manufacturing.

Referee of the following journals
Sensors and Actuators B
Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Language skills
Catalan: native language
Spanish: native language
English: high proficiency
French: intermediate level