Eduard Llobet obtained a PhD from the UPC (1997) and then completed a one-year postdoc at the University of Warwick (UK). Since 2006, he has been the head of the MINOS Research Group at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, working on nanomaterials and microsystems for gas sensing. In 2009, he became a full professor. From 2010 to 2014, he was the director of the Centre for Research in Materials Engineering and Micro/Nano Systems, a center that brings together researchers in physics, chemistry, materials, nanoscience and microsystems. He is the president of the Spanish Network of Microsystems and Nanotechnology (IBERNAM) . He has led over 40 regional, national and international projects. He was a founder of the spinoffs Green Smart Data and NanoChronia. He received the ICREA Academia awards in 2012, 2018 and 2023.