Pablo Ares is Associate Professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and Group Leader at its Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC). His research focuses on low-dimensional systems, with particular attention to graphene and other two-dimensional (2D) materials, using and developing advanced scanning probe microscopy techniques. His main interests include atomic force microscopy (AFM), nanoscience, nanotechnology, and the nanoscale characterization of materials and interfaces. 

Before joining UAM, he worked for more than a decade in industry at Nanotec Electrónica, an AFM instrumentation company, where he contributed to the development of scanning probe microscopy technology. In 2014, he moved to the Department of Condensed Matter Physics at the UAM, where in 2017 he obtained his Ph.D. He then joined the Graphene Group at the University of Manchester as MSCA Fellow. In 2020, he returned to the UAM, first as Assistant Professor, later as Ramón y Cajal Fellow, and he has been Associate Professor since 2026. He is currently Principal Investigator of the ERC Starting Grant project HeaT2Defects, which aims to understand heat transport in 2D materials at the nanoscale, focusing on the role of individual defects, ripples and stacking configurations. His work combines experimental nanometrology, advanced AFM methods, and 2D materials physics.