Alejandro Cortés Villena was born in Nerja (Malaga) on September 23rd, 1995.

He earned his degree in Chemistry at the University of Almeria in 2017 and subsequently moved to Valencia to perform his interuniversity Master’s degree in Sustainable Chemistry at the Polytechnic University of Valencia during the period of 2017-2018.

After that, he joined the PRG of the Institute of Molecular Science, with a view to obtaining his Doctorate’s degree, supported by an FPI grant to perform research related to photoactive semiconductor nanomaterials.