Background
José J. Baldoví is a Distinguished Researcher of Excellence GenT and leads the 2D Smart Materials Lab at the Institute of Molecular Science (ICMol) of the University of Valencia. His research group focuses in the development of efficient theoretical and computational frameworks for the design and modelling of emerging advanced materials from first principles. His interdisciplinary work integrates physics, chemistry and materials science to address challenges in magnonics, spintronics, quantum computing, catalysis and sensing devices. His team is currently formed by 3 postdocs, 7 PhD and 2 MSc students, from 7 different nationalities.
He has published over 96 scientific articles (33 of them since 2024), ~94% in Q1 journals, ~51% as first/corresponding author, 4418 citations, h index = 35, more than 70 invited presentations (including Plenary/Keynote) and seminars. The quality of his research is evidenced by the increasing number of publications in high impact journals (Adv. Mater. (x4), Nature Phys., Nano Lett. (x4), Nature Commun. (x6), Phys. Rev. Lett., JACS (x2), Angew. Chem.) and citations (>660 in 2025), highlighting 14 journal covers and a growing global network of collaborators.
Baldoví has secured over €3M in competitive funding as PI, including a prestigious ERC Starting Grant, as well as national (Proyecto Generación de Conocimiento; Juan de la Cierva Incorporación (2nd in Chemistry panel)) and Valencian grants such as the CIDEGENT and CDEIGENT (1st and 2nd between all panels, respectively). He was Marie Curie Sklodowska Fellow (2017) at Max Planck Institute MPSD (Germany) and has also secured 2 Marie Sklodowska Curie IFs as a supervisor. In 2009 graduated in Chemistry, completing a Master (2012) and a PhD in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2016) in the UVEG, all of them with extraordinary award. His PhD thesis, based on the design and understanding of the physics of molecular nanomagnets, achieved the highest score between all the PhD theses in Chemistry of the UVEG.
His leadership and independence have been widely recognized: Panel Member of the ERC StG (2026), finalist in the prestigious TED Fellowship (2026), Young Researcher ‘Group Leader’ Award of the RSEQ (2025), Emerging Scientific Talent Award of the SCQ (2025), Full member of the Young Academy of Spain (2024), 9 d’Octubre of Xàtiva Award (2024), Rotary Club Xàtiva Award (2023), Science-Technology ‘City of Algemesí’ Award (2022). He is also warrant of the ‘María de Maeztu’ Excellence Unit and coordinator of the 2D materials strategic line at ICMol, Elected President of the Scientists of Excellence of the GenT Programme Society (AccenT), representative of Spain in the management committee in the COST Action SuperQumap. He also holds a Master in Science Communication, mastering the art of communicating complex scientific ideas to wider audiences ('El País con tu Futuro', ‘GenTalks’ or ‘Cátedra Europa’).
Bera, G; Dey, S; Baldoví, JJ; Mas-Garcia, J; Molina-Sánchez, A; Santamaria-Perez, D; Errandonea, D; Sagdeo, A; Turpu, GR; Sathe, VG; Reddy, VR; Meneghini, C
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Orbital-resolved spin-exchange interactions and spin-phonon coupling in CrVO4"
Phys. Rev. Res. 7 2025
| 10.1103/kxbt-1nbq
Dey, S; Baldoví, JJ
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Recent advances in computational modelling of mononuclear actinide single molecule magnets"
Inorg. Chem. Front. 12 2025
| 10.1039/d4qi02326a
Dey, S; Esteras, DL; Baldoví, JJ
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Tailoring the properties of the 2D ferromagnet CrSBr by lanthanide doping"
J. Phys-Mater. 8 2025
| 10.1088/2515-7639/adc3cd
Dey, S; Rivero-Carracedo, G; Shumilin, A; Gonzalez-Ballestero, C; Baldovi, JJ
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Coupling Molecular Spin Qubits with 2D Magnets for Coherent Magnon Manipulation"
Nano Lett. 2025
| 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c01937
Henríquez-Guerra, E; Ruiz, AM; Galbiati, M; Cortés-Flores, A; Brown, D; Zamora-Amo, E; Almonte, L; Shumilin, A; Salvador-Sánchez, J; Pérez-Rodríguez, A; Orue, I; Cantarero, A; Castellanos-Gomez, A; Mompeán, F; Garcia-Hernandez, M; Navarro-Moratalla, E; Diez, E; Amado, M; Baldoví, JJ; Calvo, MR
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Strain Engineering of Magnetoresistance and Magnetic Anisotropy in CrSBr"
Adv. Mater. 2025
| 10.1002/adma.202506695
Kumar, GS; Ruiz, AM; Garcia-Oliver, J; Xin, Y; Baldoví, JJ; Shatruk, M
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Opening the Hysteresis Loop in Ferromagnetic Fe3GeTe2 Nanosheets Through Functionalization with TCNQ Molecules"
Angew. Chem.-Int. Edit. 64 2025
| 10.1002/anie.202412425
Langston, LJ; Ruiz, AM; Boix-Constant, C; Manas-Valero, S; Coronado, E; Baldovi, JJ; Liu, ZX; Musfeldt, JL
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Pressure-induced structural phase transitions in CrSBr"
npj Quantum Mater. 10 2025
| 10.1038/s41535-025-00767-2
Lápez-Alcalá , D; Baldoví, JJ
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Magnetic proximity effect in biphenylene monolayer from first-principles"
J. Mater. Chem. C 13 2025
| 10.1039/d4tc04702h
López-Alcalá, D; Hu, ZQ; Baldoví, JJ
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Graphendofullerene: a novel molecular two-dimensional ferromagnet"
Chem. Sci. 2025
| 10.1039/d5sc01278c
Marino, M; Rivero-Carracedo, G; Rybakov, A; Baldoví, JJ; Fratesi, G
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Chemical tuning of magnons in NiO(001) by Fe-phthalocyanine adsorption"
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 27 2025
| 10.1039/d4cp04547e
Pratt, FL; López-Alcalá, D; Garcia-Lopez, V; Clemente-León, M; Baldoví, JJ; Coronado, E
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Properties of the frustrated spin 1/2 kagome material Cu3(HOTP)2"
Phys. Rev. Res. 7 2025
| 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.023007
Ranhili, JN; Khadka, S; Li, JJ; Cenker, J; Ruiz, AM; Shumilin, A; Baldovi, JJ; Shen, K; Fedurin, M; Palmer, M; Chica, DG; Byaruhanga, P; Chen, S; Xu, XD; Roy, X; Freelon, B
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Ultrafast-induced coherent acoustic phonons in the two-dimensional magnet CrSBr"
Struct. Dyn.-US 12 2025
| 10.1063/4.0000266
Sánchez-Barquilla, R; Vega, FM; Ruiz, AM; Jo, NH; Herrera, E; Baldoví, JJ; Ochi, M; Arita, R; Bud'ko, SL; Canfield, PC; Guillamón, I; Suderow, H
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Electronic band structure from quasiparticle interference and Landau quantization in WTe2"
Phys. Rev. B 112 2025
| 10.1103/7xnv-8wvt
Scepanovic, S; López-Alcalá, D; Baldoví, JJ; Vahl, A; Hassanien, A
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Atomic Scale Visualization of Vibrational Modes in Armchair Graphene Nanoribbon"
Phys. Status Solidi-Rapid Res. Lett. 2025
| 10.1002/pssr.202500203
Silva, ASD; Hartert, A; Oestreicher, V; Romero, J; Jaramillo-Hernández, C; Muris, LJJ; Thorez, G; Vieira, BJC; Ducourthial, G; Fiocco, A; Legendre, S; Huck-Iriart, C; Mizrahi, M; López-Alcalá, D; Freiberg, ATS; Mayrhofer, KJJ; Waerenborgh, JC; Baldovi, JJ; Cherevko, S; Varela, M; Thiele, S; Lloret, V; Abellán, G
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Scalable synthesis of NiFe-layered double hydroxide for efficient anion exchange membrane electrolysis"
Nat. Commun. 16 2025
| 10.1038/s41467-025-61356-2
Townsend, WJV; López-Alcalá, D; Bird, MA; Jordan, JW; Rance, GA; Biskupek, J; Kaiser, U; Baldovi, JJ; Walsh, DA; Johnson, LR; Khlobystov, AN; Newton, GN
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The role of carbon catalyst coatings in the electrochemical water splitting reaction"
Nat. Commun. 16 2025
| 10.1038/s41467-025-59740-z
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