New IBEC group leader a top name in nanomotors
One of the world’s top researchers – and a record-breaker – in the field of nano- and microrobots is coming to Barcelona to continue his career.
The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) welcomes Dr. Samuel Sánchez (Terrassa, 1980), who is taking up a new Group Leader position there this month. He’ll be continuing his work on tiny self-propelling machines that not so long ago were still only fantasy – such as the miniature submarine Proteus, injected into a scientist’s bloodstream in the film Fantastic Voyage – and which are now becoming very much a reality.
Last Friday IBEC was featured on TV3’s lunchtime news in a report about Barcelona’s capacity to attract foreign academics and researchers to the city, and the Barcelona Centre Universitari, which helps newcomers with language, administration, networking and legal issues.