Studied Physics at Universitat de Barcelona (UB) in 1997, where also obtained his PhD (European Doctorate and PhD Extraordinary Award) in 2001. He worked as Assistant Professor at UB (2001-2009). From 2009 to 2015 he was ICREA Prof. at Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC. Since 2015 he is ICREA Prof. at Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) and Leader of the Advanced Electron Nanoscopy Group. President of the Spanish Microscopy Society (SME) (2017-2021), Vice-President (2013-2017) and Executive Board Member (2009-2021). Executive Board Member of the International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (IFSM) (2019-2026). Founding member of e-DREAM. Since 2023 Associate Editor of Nano Letters (ACS). Received the FWO Commemorative Medal (Flanders Research Foundation) in 2021, the BIST IGNITE Award in 2018 and awarded with the EU40 Materials Prize in 2014.
Research interests
Explore by means of electron microscopy and related spectroscopies the structure-properties relationships in nanomaterials for physical applications (photonics/plasmonics/phononics/electronics/quantum) adding AI-based methodologies for advanced automated data analysis (deep and machine learning). Understand the behavior of nanomaterials for energy and environmental applications down to the atomic scale and create in-situ and correlative methodologies combining electron microscopy, synchrotron and AI.
Selected publications
- Genc A & Arbiol J 2025, 'Imaging plasmon-mediated chemical reaction dynamics through liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy', Matter, 8 - 8 - 102275.
- Rauret DL, Manjón AG & Arbiol J 2025, 'Advances in in situ and operando TEM From basic catalysis to industry-relevant reactions and future directions', Matter, 8 - 7 - 102139.
- Zhang CY, Yu J, Huang C, Sun GW, Balcells L, Li JY, Qi XD, Yi CZ, Herrero-Martín J, Simonelli L, Fauth F, He R, Pan XB, Li JS, Arbiol J, Zhou JY & Cabot A 2025, 'Metal Doping Activation of Anion-Mediated Electron Transfer in Catalytic Reactions', Journal of the american chemical society, 147 - 8 - 7070 - 7082.
- Liu Y, Zhang HZ, Shapovalov K, Niu RM, Cairney JM, Liao XZ, Roleder K, Majchrowski A, Arbiol J, Ghosez P & Catalan G 2025, 'Vortices and antivortices in antiferroelectric PbZrO3', Nature Materials, 24, 1359-1363.
- Li CH, , Arbiol J & Cabot A et al. 2025, 'Balancing Electronic Spin State via Atomically-Dispersed Heteronuclear Fe-Co Pairs for High-Performance Sodium-Sulfur Batteries', Journal of the american chemical society, 147 - 10 - 8250 - 8259.
- Tang PY & Arbiol J 2025, 'The rise of single-atom catalysts in hematite photoanodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting', Innovation, 6 - 5 -100810.
- Han X, Liu H, Cabot A, & Arbiol J et al. 2025, 'Electron delocalization engineering via hierarchical modulation in single-atom catalysts for highly efficient electrochemical CO2 reduction', Chem.Engin.Journal, 507, 160634
- Zhang CY, Arbiol J, Zhou JY & Cabot A et al. 2025, 'Spin-modulated catalysis in sulfur cathodes for improved performance in lithium-sulfur batteries', Comm.Mat., 6 - 1 - 256.
Selected research activities
- 51 Publications in 2025
- 2 Plenary, 1 Keynote, 4 Invited Talks in Conferences and 2 Invited Seminars
- Executive Board Member at the International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (IFSM)
- Associate Editor of Nano Letters (ACS)