Antoni Forner-Cuenca was born in Alicante, Spain, in 1989. He studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Alicante where he graduated class valedictorian. After briefly working in the chemical industry (at SABIC), Toni decided to return to academia, and in April 2013, started his PhD studies at ETH Zurich (Switzerland) where he worked in the Paul Scherrer Institute to develop advanced materials for fuel cells. Toni completed his PhD at the end of 2016 and received the ETH Medal, an award recognizing outstanding doctoral thesis.
In 2017, Toni joined the Brushett Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow. Over two years, Toni worked on developing next-generation redox flow batteries and advanced porous electrodes. Since February 2019, Toni is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Membrane Materials Processes, at Eindhoven University of Technology.
CAREER
Assistant Professor
Eindhoven University of Technology

February 2019 -

Postdoctoral Fellow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2017 - 2019

Doctor of Sciences, PhD
ETH Zurich , Paul Scherrer Institut

2013-2016

Bachelor & Master of Chemical Engineering
University of Alicante

2007 - 2013 -

Assistant Professor
Eindhoven University of Technology

February 2019 -

Postdoctoral Fellow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2017 - 2019

Doctor of Sciences, PhD
ETH Zurich , Paul Scherrer Institut

2013 - 2016

Bachelor & Master of Chemical Engineering
University of Alicante

2007 - 2013

AWARDS
2022 – ERC Starting Grant
2022 – Nominated as Best Teacher of the Master Program in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry at TU/e
2021 – Young Scientist Award by Hydrogen Europe Research
2020 – Elected Member to the Eindhoven Young Academy of Engineering
2018 – StartMIT Hard Tech Problem & Solution Start-up Award
2018 – Finalist Lopez Loreta
2017 – SNSF Postdoctoral Mobility Award
2017 – Video Science Art MRS Award










