Francisco Javier Manjón received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Universitat de València (Spain) in 1999. This was followed by a postdoctoral research stay at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart (Germany) thanks to a Marie Curie Fellowship of the European Union. In 2001, he joined the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) in Spain as Assistant Professor of the Applied Physics Department. Since 2007, he has been the main researcher of the group for the study of materials under extreme pressure and temperature conditions (EXTREMAT) at the Instituto para el Diseño y la Fabricación Automatizada (IDF) of UPV. His research interests include the experimental and theoretical study of structural, vibrational, electronic, and chemical properties of materials both under normal and extreme temperature and pressure conditions with special emphasis on minerals and materials for optoelectronic applications. Since 2017, he has been a full professor of Applied Physics at UPV, and since 2020, he has been the coordinator of the High-Pressure Spanish Network (MALTA Consolider Team). In 2023 and 2024, he developed the theory of multicenter bonding, which describes the origin and formation mechanisms of electron-rich and electron-deficient multicenter bonds in molecules and solids.
