Prof. Dr. Rubén D. Costa

Academic Career and Research Areas

Prof. Costa (*1983) research spans from the design and preparation of protein-hybrid materials to the fabrication and optimization of optoelectronic devices for energy applications. The long-term goal is to progress sustainable optoelectronics.

Prof. Costa got his B.Sc/M.Sc in Chemistry from the U. Valencia (Spain) in 2006. His Ph.D. was performed at the U. Valencia (IcMol) where he graduated in 2010, obtaining several national and international awards. From 2011 to 2013, he was Humboldt Fellow at the U. Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) working on nanocarbon-based solar cells. In 2014, he became a Liebig Fellow heading the Hybrid Optoelectronic Materials and Devices Lab at FAU. In 2017, he moved his group at IMDEA Materials (Spain) and he further expanded it to the U. Waseda (Japan) as Associate Professor in 2018. His academic achievements include >180 scientific contributions and >35 awards/fellowships. 

Since 2020, Prof. Costa became full Professor for Biogenic Functional Materials at the TUM.

Awards

  • Top 2% Scientists - Leading Minds in Sciences (2024)
  • Global Youn Academy Member (2023)
  • Horizon Prize of the Dalton Division (2022)
  • RSC Materials Chemistry Division Horizon Prize: Stephanie L Kwolek Award (2021)
  • Scientific Award Ateneo (2021) 

Stephanie Willeit, Alexander Mauz, David Gutiérrez‐Armayor, Joseph Arbash, Jesús Agustín Banda‐Vázquez, Sergio Martí, Pedro B Coto, Rubén D Costa. Ancestral Protein‐Based Lighting. Advanced Materials, 2025, 2420303

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David Gutiérrez-Armayor, Youssef Ationi, Daniel Van Opdenbosch, Cordt Zollfrank, Mattia Nieddu, Rubén D. Costa. Simple Sol-gel Protein Stabilization towards Rainbow & White Lighting Devices. Advanced Materials, 2024, 36, 2311031.

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Marta Patrian, Mattia Nieddu, Jesús A Banda‐Vázquez, David Gutierrez‐Armayor, Gustavo González‐Gaitano, Juan Pablo Fuenzalida‐Werner, Rubén D Costa. Genetically Encoded Oligomerization for Protein-Based Lighting Devices. Advanced Materials, 2023, 33, 2370346.

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Luca M Cavinato, Sarah Wölfl, Alexander Pöthig, Elisa Fresta, Claudio Garino, Julio Fernandez‐Cestau, Claudia Barolo, Rubén D Costa. Multivariate Analysis Identifying [Cu(N^N)(P^P)]+ Design and Device Architecture Enables First‐Class Blue and White Light‐Emitting Electrochemical Cells. Advanced Materials 2022, 34, 2109228.

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Costa RD: Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells. Springer International Publishing AG, 2017.

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