Ricardo Garcia

Instituto de Ciencia de Materials de Madrid (CSIC), Spain

Ricardo Garcia is a Professor of nanoscience and nanotechnology at the Instituto de Ciencia de Materials de Madrid (CSIC).  His scientific activity is focused on the development of  force microscopy methods for studying  soft materials and solid-liquid interfaces. In the late 90s, he contributed to the development of  tapping mode AFM.  More recently, his research is focused on three problems:  development of multifrequency methods, in particular, bimodal AFM for high-resolution mapping of soft matter;  designing 3D-AFMs for imaging at atomic scale solid-liquid interfaces and advancing nanomechanical property  mapping of living cells. Some of his inventions are commercialized. RG is a top 0.1 % scientist according to the most comprehensive, rigorous and recent study on scientific impact (J.P.A. Ioannidis, 2022). RG has received several prizes, the most recent is the ‘Best Scientific Career Prize (2022)’ given by the Regional Government of Madrid.