The Communication & Outreach Unit at ICMAB was established in 2017 to promote the research activity and highlight the impact of the work carried out by the ICMAB community.
Our Mission & Responsibilities
We work to:
🔹 Support researchers in sharing their findings with the general public and media.
🔹 Enhance ICMAB’s online presence through its website, social media, newsletters, and press releases.
🔹 Strengthen national and international recognition of ICMAB.
🔹 Organize outreach activities to foster scientific vocations, promote scientific culture, and increase media and industry visibility.
🔹 Communicate the importance of frontier research in Materials Science.
🔹 Assist research groups in attracting talented future researchers.
🔹 Improve internal communication within ICMAB staff, ensuring efficient information flow.
🔹 Align communication strategies with the institute’s mission for impactful dissemination.
Our Services
We offer a wide range of communication and outreach services, including:
🔹External Communication: website management, press & media relations, social media, and newsletters.
🔹 Internal Communication: fostering engagement and collaboration within ICMAB.
🔹 Public Relations & Protocol: strengthening institutional relationships.
🔹Corporate Image & Merchandising: ensuring brand consistency.
🔹Event Organization: outreach, educational, and scientific events.
🔹Communication Materials: photos, videos, news, banners, and more.
All these efforts align with the strategic communication plan of the center and with the Severo Ochoa Excellence Certificate, ensuring a coherent and impactful dissemination of ICMAB’s mission and achievements.
Meet the Team
The Communication & Outreach Unit is made up of four dedicated members. In the photo, from left to right: Anna Drou Roget (Outreach Activities), Oriol Roig Vilaseca (Event Management), Anna May Masnou (Head of the Unit) and Carla Costa Gadea (Design & Visual Communication). Daniel Rodríguez Urbano (Project Communication Manager at the Nanoparticles & Nanocomposites Group) also gives us a hand now and then.
We are here to support you with communication, outreach, event organization, and design-related needs. Feel free to contact us anytime at
Education & Outreach
ICMAB is dedicated to making its research widely accessible, fostering a greater understanding of science in society, and inspiring the next generation of scientists.
We actively promote scientific research at local, national, and international levels through a strategic outreach program. By leveraging the expertise of our staff, we ensure our research is both valued and easily accessible. Our goal is to create opportunities for learners of all ages to engage with science through hands-on activities and educational initiatives.
Our outreach and community engagement efforts are deeply integrated with our broader mission, ensuring that our research reaches and resonates with diverse audiences.
Through social media and scientific communication, our researchers and students share valuable insights, benefiting the local community and beyond.
Beyond working with schools, we provide policy briefings, deliver public talks, contribute to debates on emerging issues in nanotechnology and materials science, and host family-friendly outreach activities—all aimed at making science more approachable and impactful.
Events for students
ICMAB is committed to promoting careers in materials science and nanotechnology, inspiring the next generation of researchers, and encouraging students to pursue these fields. Through a variety of programs, we bring science to the classroom and spark curiosity among young learners:
- Programa Magnet - Fundació Bofill
- Programa FAIG - Ajuntament de Barcelona
- Un investigador a la teva aula (A researcher in your classroom)
- Joves i Ciència - Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera
- Programa Argó - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- Bojos per la Física - Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera
- ESCOLAB - Ajuntament de Barcelona
Events for teachers
In addition, ICMAB actively supports secondary education teachers by providing access to the latest research in materials science and nanotechnology. We participate in specialized programs designed to enhance teaching and bring cutting-edge discoveries into the classroom:
- Programa Magnet - Fundació Bofill
- Professors i Ciència - Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera
- Seminari Permanent de Física i Química - CESIRE
By fostering collaboration between researchers, students, and educators, we aim to make science education more engaging, relevant, and impactful.
Outreach projects and events
We participate and organize many science outreach projects all year round:
- YouMaker: this is how science is made (FECYT)
- Mathereos: supermaterials of the future (FECYT)
- Mahteroes: The Box Escape Room (FECYT)
- Festa de la Ciència Barcelona - Ajuntament de Barcelona
- Science Week - FCRI and CSIC
- European Researcher's Night - EU
- 10alamenos9 Nanoscience Festival - UB
- Pint of Science in Barcelona and other cities near ICMAB
- Madame Châtelet i les seves seguidores a Instagram (FGCSIC)
International Day events
We organize events and activities for some international days related to our work and the community, such as:
- February 11 – International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- February 28 - Rare Disease Day
- April 23 – Sant Jordi
- June 5 - World Environment Day
- May 9 - Europe Day
- September - Mobility Week
- September (Last Friday) - European Researcher's Night
- October 9 - International Nanotechnology Day
- October - Open Science Week
Events at ICMAB
ICMAB is a vibrant and dynamic research hub, with activities happening year-round. From our Anniversary Party in June to our Christmas celebration in December, we foster a strong sense of community.
Throughout the year, we host workshops, courses, and seminars, welcome school visits and students, and engage with researchers and professionals from the innovation and technology sectors. Many of our events are hybrid, allowing both in-person and online participation, ensuring broader accessibility. Attendees often receive certificates of attendance, and we provide useful links and resources to enhance learning.
To encourage networking and informal discussions, we also offer coffee and cookies, creating a welcoming and collaborative atmosphere. These interactions provide valuable opportunities to share knowledge, showcase our research, and establish new collaborations with scientists and industry leaders.
Scientific Events
One of ICMAB's key missions is to enhance scientific literacy in society, fostering critical thinking that leads to better decision-making.
To achieve this, we organize a variety of events open to the scientific community and anyone with an interest in science, providing opportunities for learning, discussion, and engagement with cutting-edge research.
At ICMAB, there is always something happening, creating an inspiring environment for discovery, learning, and innovation.
Seminars
- ICMAB Periodical Lecture: these seminars are held every 2 Mondays at 12 pm at the Institute. Invited speakers (from across the globe) provide information on a topic of interest, and seek collaboration among the ICMAB researchers.
- Invited Seminars: ICMAB researchers invite renowned speakers to give a talk, if they are visiting Barcelona, or if the topic is of outstanding interest for the Institute.
Scientific workshops within the ICMAB
Researchers organize scientific workshops and technical meetings to enhance the knowledge and collaboration between them. These workshops and meetings are organized in the framework of the Severo Ochoa project.
Scientific Schools and Meetings for Early Stage Researchers
We are committed to our young researchers, and thus organize events in which they can increase their knowledge, acquire different skills and present their research results, in inspiring and multidisciplinary atmospheres.
Communication & Outreach Unit
Address:
ICMAB-CSIC
C/ dels Til·lers s/n
Campus UAB
08193 Bellaterra
Catalunya
Spain
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