His independence starts in 2010 as a Ramón y Cajal researcher, first in Catalan Water Research Institute (ICRA) and since 2012 in Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC). He has published over 120 papers (with more than 2700 citations and H-index 30), part of the jury of Bachelor, Master and PhD defences; and evaluation committees for ANEP and international organizations as well as reviewer for over 25 journals. Last but not least, Dr. Poater has collected funding by nearly 1 million euros, including among other projects the recent JIN of Spanish MINECO, and the European CIG.