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Our team

Senior experts in science, business and EU funding

Our team combines science, business and innovation. We look at every project from the scientific, social and business side at once.

Executive management and senior team

Five members of our team hold a PhD.

Mario Aznar
Mario AznarCEO · Director of European Funding
Antonio Ruiz
Antonio RuizDirector of National Funding
Mariluz Martínez, PhD
Mariluz Martínez, PhDTechnical Director
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Mariluz holds a PhD in Nanotechnology and a degree in Chemistry from the University of Valencia. Her career sits where frontier science meets European research funding.

She has hands-on experience in micro- and nanofabrication, photonics and advanced materials, gained in cleanrooms and high-tech environments in academia and industry, including well-known international companies. She also has a proven record in winning competitive funding and in strategic R&D and innovation consulting.

She knows the European regulatory and innovation framework from the inside. She has taken part in international working groups on standardisation and scientific positioning, and she evaluates Horizon Europe proposals as an expert for the European Commission. She has led institutional initiatives and represented organisations in multidisciplinary and international forums, building key alliances and driving deep-tech areas such as nanotechnology and advanced medical technologies.

At MATICAL she is Technical Director and leads the European projects and innovation strategy team. She combines her scientific and technical view with business development to win funding from European R&D programmes, coordinate international consortia and support technology transfer and the scale-up of initiatives with high industrial impact.

Amelia Suárez, PhD
Amelia Suárez, PhDStrategist, technologist and scientist · Innovation funding
Laura Muñoz, PhD
Laura Muñoz, PhDInnovation funding · Scientific project management · Project QA · Training
Ana Miguel, PhD
Ana Miguel, PhDInnovation funding · Scientific project management · Project QA · Training
Paula Jiménez, PhD
Paula Jiménez, PhDInnovation funding · Scientific project management · Project QA · Training
Iván Rivero
Iván RiveroInnovation funding · Business strategy · Financial planning
Pedro Salazar
Pedro SalazarInnovation funding · Technology transfer
Janna Slabbekoorn
Janna SlabbekoornProject management · RRI
Ellen de Waal
Ellen de WaalStrategic communications
Clara Barquín
Clara BarquínPublic procurement · Tendering

What the team brings to your project

Scientists who became innovation managers
Experts in funding programmes
Project managers
Experts in business development
Consultants with a large network of contacts

External advisors

Specialists we bring in for health technology, data protection and digital strategy.

Karine Seymour
Karine SeymourHealth technologies, health industry and health data
Ricard Martínez
Ricard MartínezData protection officer · Legal and ethical affairs
Juan Antonio Castro
Juan Antonio CastroICT, digital transformation and business strategy

How we work with clients and colleagues

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Honesty and integrity

We communicate openly and build trust with clients and colleagues.

Professionalism

We bring dedication to every project and deliver high-quality work.

Clear communication

We explain complex ideas clearly and briefly, so teams understand each other.

Talk to the team

Send us three things. We tell you if the project fits a call and what it takes to prepare it.

  1. Your idea in a few lines
  2. The call or programme you have in mind
  3. Your deadline, if you have one
Mario Aznar
Mario AznarCEO · Director of European Funding+34 624 048 221info@matical.com
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