Rodolfo Miranda got his Ph.D in Physics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) in 1981 for a work on the role of defects on surfaces under the supervision of Prof. J.M. Rojo. He worked in Munich and Berlin with Gerhard Ertl (NL in Chemistry 2007), before being appointed Full Professor of Condensed Matter Physics at the UAM in 1990. Prof. Miranda has been Vice-chancellor of Research and Scientific Policy (1998-2002) of the UAM, Executive Secretary of the R+D Commission of the Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities (CRUE) (2000-2002) and Director of the Materials Science Institute “Nicolas Cabrera”. He has served on Advisory Committees for different institutions, such as the Surface Science Division of IUVSTA, the Max Planck Institute fur Mikrostruktur Physik or the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). Prof. Miranda is Fellow of the American Physical Society since 2007, Head of the Surface Science Lab of the UAM (LASUAM) and Director of the Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies in Nanoscience (IMDEA-Nanociencia) from February 2007.

Prof. Miranda’s research interests range from low dimensional magnetism or molecular self-organization on surfaces to the mechanisms of epitaxial growth, the growth and properties of graphene or the use of magnetic nanoparticles in nanomedicine. Together with his collaborators, has developed instruments to perform Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (STM), Helium Atom Scattering (HAS) or Angular Resolved Photoemission (ARUPS) in Ultra High Vacuum conditions. Professor Miranda has authored and coauthored more than 270 scientific publications, which have received nearly 10.000 citations. He has supervised more than 40 PhDs and postdoctoral researchers.

Johannes Gierschner received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at the University of Tübingen (UT), Germany, in 2000. After stays at UT, Univ. Mons (UMons), and at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, he joined the Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies - IMDEA Nanociencia- in 2008 as a Senior Research Professor (Ramón y Cajal fellow 2008-13; I3 and IED accredited). In 2014, he habilitated at UT and holds an Adjunct Professor (Privatdozent) position there since then. JG is regular visiting researcher at University of Valencia (since 2014), and at Seoul National University (SNU; since 2008), and held Visiting Professor positions at SNU and UMons (2014/15). His work integrates optical spectroscopy and computational chemistry to elucidate structure-property and -process relationships in conjugated organic materials for optoelectronics and energy conversion.

JG is further dedicated to consolidate the community knowledge through regular insightful, educative reviews and international lecture series in photophysics of organic materials. Moreover, during the last years, he is increasingly committed to 'scientific integrity' seminars for students & researchers.

Academic Family Tree: https://academictree.org/chemistry/peopleinfo.php?pid=897634

Reinhold Wannemacher received his doctoral degree from University of Technology Darmstadt and his “Habilitation” from Johann Wolfgang Goethe- Universität, Frankfurt, Germany.
His scientific work in the areas of Optics and Acoustics was partly performed at The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, IBM Almaden Research Laboratory, San José, CA and Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, The Netherlands. He has been a Guest Professor for Nano-Optics at University of Technology Chemnitz, as well as a member of the Faculty of Physics and Geosciences of the University of Leipzig.

He is the author of about 80 refereed scientific articles.

We are studying the photocatalytic, charge and energy transfer properties of carbon-based nanomaterials (carbon dots, graphene), conjugated organic molecules and metal-organic compounds in close collaboration with the groups of I. Rodriguez, F. Luo, J. Gierschner, J. Cabanillas, J. Sánchez and N. Martin at IMDEA Nanociencia. We employ mainly time-resolved spectroscopy at variable temperatures down to 1.5 K for this purpose.

We study amplified spontaneous emission and lasing and perform low-temperature spectroscopy down to 1.5 K of crystalline and amorphous conjugated organic and hybrid  materials in close collaboration with the groups of Juan Cabanillas and Johannes Gierschner at IMDEA Nanociencia. We also investigate the photophysics  of carbon nanomaterials. 

We investigate fluorescent and electrochemical sensors in close collaboration with the groups of Encarnación Lorenzo and Juan Cabanillas at IMDEA Nanociencia. 

We employ high-frequency ultrasonic waves (20-500MHz) for sensing using coaxial probes and combine ultrasonic vibrations (100 kHz-6 MHz) with force microscopy for imaging and manipulation of friction on the nanoscale.

Isabel Rodríguez graduated in Pharmacy from the University of Alcala de Henares and received a PhD in Science from the National University of Singapore in 1999. After her PhD, she worked at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), A*STAR, Singapore. In 2013, she joined IMDEA-Nanoscience as a Senior Research Professor.  She has extensive research experience in the field of micro and nanofabrication technologies applied to polymeric soft materials. Her research primarily focuses on developing functional surfaces often bioinspired, to control interfacial interactions, cell adhesion, wettability, and optical phenomena. Her work finds applications in nano-structured antireflective surfaces, superhydrophobic surfaces, self-cleaning surfaces, and cell instructive topographies with antibacterial properties. Recently, she has also been working on lab-on-chip devices to recreate the tumor microenvironment and study nanomedicines' transport properties.

Emilio M. Pérez obtained his BSc (2000) and MSc (2001) in Chemistry from the Universidad de Salamanca. He then joined the group of Prof. David A. Leigh at the University of Edinburgh (UK) where he obtained his PhD in 2005. He joined the group of Prof. Nazario Martín at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid as a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral fellow in 2005. In December 2008 he joined IMDEA Nanociencia as a Ramón y Cajal researcher. In 2013 he was promoted to Senior Researcher, and since December 2015 he is also Executive Director for Scientific Outreach.

Dr. Pérez has received several awards, including the 2006 IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists, the 2009 RSEQ-Sigma-Aldrich Award for Novel Researchers, and the 2013 Miguel Catalán Award for Scientists <40 yeras old.

Dr. Emilio M. Pérez was awarded the prestigious ERC Starting Grant support for research with the project "MINT" (Mechanically Interlocked Carbon Nanotubes) and in 2018 he has been awarded a ‘Proof of Concept’ grant for his project entitled "PINT" (Ultrastrong Composites through Polymers Interlocked with carbon NanoTubes).

The group has varied interests in the chemistry of low dimensional materials. In particular we are active in: 1) Novel methods for the chemical modification of carbon nanotubes: We have developed methods for the synthesis of rotaxane-type derivatives of SWNTs, the first example of mechanically interlocked derivatives of SWNTs (MINTs, see Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 12681 for a review). MINTs show fundamentally different properties from other types of SWNT derivatives, which might have implications in the reinforcement of polymers (ACS Nano 2016, 10, 8012), catalysis (Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 2671), and sensing. 2) Chemistry of 2D materials: We are developing improved methods for production of ultrathin 2D materials and van der Waals heterostructures through liquid phase exfoliation from their bulk sources (Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 14409). From these suspensions, we build functioning (opto)electronic devices using dielecrophoresis (Nanoscale 2018, 10, 7966). Finally, we are interested in fundamental problems in the chemistry of 2D materials, such as chemoselectivity (Nano Lett. 2016, 16, 355). 3) Fundamental principles of supramolecular chemistry: Lastly, we are very interested in measuring and understanding noncovalent forces, which underlie all the results of the previous two lines. For example, we have developed a method for the determination of association constants of small molecules towards SWNTs and unveiled the different contributions to the stability of the complexes (Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 7008-7014 and  Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 12909-12916). Optical tweezers (OT) are one of the most successful single-molecule force spectroscopy techniques, to the point of Arthur Ashkin being awarded with the Nobel Prize for Physics 2018, for their use to study biophyisics. In these two papers, we use OT to study synthetic supramolecular systems for the first time (Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 6037-6041 and Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 4512).

Daniel Granados obtained his BSc (2001) and MSc (2002) in Physics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain). He then joined the Molecular Beam Epitaxy group at the Instituto de Microelectrónica de Madrid-CSIC (Spain), where he obtained his PhD in 2006 under the supervision of Prof. J.M. García. In 2005 he was visiting scientist at the Nano-Optics group of Prof. Richard J. Warburton at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh (UK). He then joined (2006) the Quantum Information Group of Prof. Andrew J. Shields at Toshiba Research Europe Ltd, Cambridge (UK) as research scientist. During this time he was also visiting scientist and collaborator of the Semiconductor Physics Group, headed by Prof. David Ritchie, at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge (UK).

In September 2009 he joined IMDEA Nanoscience as tenure-track scientist and as main supervisor of the construction and start-up of the Centre of Nanofabrication. In 2014 he obtained a Ramón y Cajal fellow- ship and was tenured and promoted to Senior Researcher and Director of the Centre of Nanofabrication. Since December 2015 he is also Executive Director of Scientific Infrastructure.

The information society is experiencing a global challenge, with the amount of information to be stored, transmitted or processed growing continuously every year. Quantum technologies are expected to become crucial to address this challenge, with the second quantum revolution blasting off. The Quantum nano-Devices Group (QnDG) was created in 2015 with the purpose of contributing to this revolution. It focuses on micro and nanofabrication of electronic and photonic hybrid devices for quantum information technologies. A solid-state approach is fostered towards the realization of single photon emitters (SPEs), cavity quantum electrodynamics (CQED), single photon detectors (SPDs), random number generators (RNDs) and physically unclonable functions (PUFs). The Quantum Nano Devices Group also collaborates tightly with the Centre of Astrobiology (CAB-INTA-CSIC) in the development of Kinetic Inductance Superconducting Detectors (KIDs) for space exploration. KIDs are expected to become the next generation technologies for the forthcoming missions in the GHz to THz bands. Recently (2018) we have also started working together on the development of hybrid superconducting devices for quantum technologies mixing traditional superconductors with low dimensional quantum confined materials. The group as a long tradition on the development of novel micro and nanofabrication techniques, with emphasis on the tailoring and engineering of low dimensional material via direct nano-patterning methods.

Álvaro Somoza studied Chemistry at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid where he did his Ph.D., under the direction of Prof. Carmen Carreño, focused on the total synthesis of Rubiginones. He then joined the group of Prof. Eric Kool at Stanford University. There he worked on a project focused on using modified oligonucleotides to study the role of sterics and hydrogen bonding interactions in RNA interference. Later, he moved to Barcelona to work with Dr. Ramón Eritja at the IRB, where he started a project devoted to the study of the interactions between RNA strands and the protein involved in RNA interference. In 2009, he joined IMDEA Nanociencia and was promoted to Senior Scientist in 2015.

The research of Dr. Somoza is focused on the preparation of modified oligonucleotides and function alization of nanoparticles for different biomedical applications, such as the detection and treatment of Uveal Melanoma, Pancreatic and Breast Cancer and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Particularly, modified nucleic acids are conjugated to nanoparticles for the regulation and detection of relevant genes and microRNAs involved in those diseases. Some of the sensing systems aim to work with ex vivo samples (RNA extracts) without the need of any equipment. Here, a change in the colour of a solution will confirm the presence of the disease.

For the treatment of the diseases, the nanostructures are also functionalized with different drugs and targeting molecules to improve their efficacy as nanomedicines. In this case, the aim is also to build robust and selective systems that can be translated to in vivo experiments.

http://www.nanobioimdea.com

Juan Cabanillas–Gonzalez graduated in Physics at Universidade de Santiago de Compostela in 1999. He got a PhD in Physics from Imperial College London working with photophysics of conjugated polymers with Prof. Donal Bradley. In 2003 he started a post-doctoral stage at Politecnico di Milano with Prof. Guglielmo Lanzani. In 2009 he was appointed Ramon y Cajal fellow at IMDEA Nanociencia. 

The group investigates the use of time-resolved spectroscopy (transient absorption and time-resolved photoluminescence) for the understanding and optimization of fundamental processes in organic-based devices. Additionally we fabricate and characterize devices such as polymer laser resonators, polymer waveguides or photodectors. Currently, our research is focused on these topics:

• Conjugated polymers for photonics: relation between structure and light amplification properties. We study the optical gain and stimulated emission properties of conjugated polymers with femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. We focus on chemical structures designed to promote optical gain upon reducing inter-chain interactions. Examples are conjugated polyrotaxanes with cyclodextrin rings surrounding the backbone, conjugated molecules with bulky side-chain substituents or polymers with self-threading side-chains.

• Exciton dynamics in conjugated polymer blends. Host: guest conjugated polymer mixtures coupled by Förster resonance energy transfer are suitable candidates as optical gain medium in laser cavities. Promotion of polymer miscibility and hindrance of loss mechanisms like exciton-exciton annihilation or polaron absorption are crucial for outstanding light amplifying properties. We aim at promoting energy transfer and guest radiative decay rates upon structure and morphology optimization through control of different parameters, (e.g. molecular weights, side-chain substitution, solvents for film processing).

• Fabrication and characterization of polymer waveguides and laser resonators by soft nanoimprint lithography. We use soft nanoimprint lithography to transfer periodic patterns onto flexible substrates subsequently coated with conjugated polymer. Upon choosing the appropriate pitch for the periodic pattern we can achieve confinement of the emission in the conjugated polymer film and amplification of the optical cavity modes. This research line is carried out in collaboration with the group of Nanostructured Functional Surfaces at IMDEA Nanociencia.

• Fluorescent chemosensors. We investigate the use of fluorescence, amplified spontaneous emission and laser action in cavity resonators as transduction signal for sensing analytes with high sensitivity in the gas or liquid phase. For this purpose we exploit the luminescent properties of electron-rich conjugated polymers and organic dyes and their tendency to undergo fluorescence quenching in the presence of analytes with large electron affinity.

• "Host Exciton Confinement for Enhanced Förster-Transfer-Blend Gain Media Yielding Highly Efficient Yellow-Green Lasers". Zhang, Q., Liu, J., Wei, Q., Guo, X., Xu, Y., Xia, R., Xie, L., Qian, Y., Sun, C., Lüer, L., Cabanillas-Gonzalez, J., Bradley, D.D.C., Huang, W. (2018) Advanced Functional Materials, 28 (17), art. no. 1705824. DOI: 1002/adfm.201705824. Open Access
• “Role of Amorphous and Aggregate Phases on Field-Induced Exciton Dissociation in a Conjugated Polymer”, Marta M. Mróz et col. Phys. Review B 87, 035201 (11pp) (2013)
• “Pump-Probe Spectroscopy in Organic Semiconductors: Monitoring Fundamental Processes of Relevance in Optoelectronics” J. Cabanillas- Gonzalez et col. Adv. Mat. (2011), 23, 5468-5485
• “Photoinduced Transient Stark Spectroscopy in Organic Semiconductors: a Method for Charge Mobility Determination in the Picosecond Regime”, J. Cabanillas-Gonzalez et col. Phys. Rev. Lett. 96,  106601 (4pp) (2006)

https://juancabanillas.wixsite.com/research

Francisco Guinea obtained his BSc (1975) in Physics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and the Phd at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (1980) . He obtained a Fullbright Fellowship and worked at the University of California, Santa Barbara, during the years 1982-1984. He became Assistant Professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 1985, and Senior Researcher at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas in 1987. He has been visiting Professor at the University of Michigan, 1991-1992, and visiting Researcher at the University of California San Diego, 1997, and Boston University, 2004-2005. He has stayed for shorter periods at a number of institutions worldwide, like IBM Rüschlikon, Kernforschunganlage Jülich, DIPC, San Sebastián, ICTP, Trieste, ENS, Par ́s, and many more. He joined Imdea Nanoscience in January 2005.

F. G. has published over 400 scientific papers, with an h-index of 75 and more than 50 papers with over 100 citations. He has received a number of awards, including the biannual National Prize for Physics (Spain), and the Gold Medal of the Spanish Physical Society.

The group has varied interests intheoretical condensed matter physics and materials science. In particular, we focus on:

1. Novel properties and devices of graphene. Electronic and structural properties.
2. Optical and structural properties of two dimensional semiconductors, like transition metal dichalco- genides and black phosphorus.
3. Two dimensional superconductivity.

Francisco J. Terán obtained his PhD in Physics (November 2001) at Université Joseph Fourier in Grenoble (France) under supervision of Prof. Marek Potemski. Then, Dr. Teran realized different postdoctoral stays at the Quantum Transport group at the University of Nothingham working with Prof. Laurence Eaves, back to Grenoble High Magnetic Field Lab CNRS-MPI/FKF, SemicUAM group at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid working with Prof. José Manuel Calleja (Juan de la Cierva fellow). On March 2007, Dr. Teran joined IK4-Gaiker Technological Center as Senior researcher (2008 Torres Quevedo fellowship). On April 2009, Dr. Terán joined IMDEA Nanociencia (2012-2017 as a Ramón y Cajal fellowship) to strength the research line on magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications. From 2010 to 2013, Dr. Teran led the AFM Service. Since 2012, Dr. Teran is leading the Hyperthermia Lab and since 2014 the Advanced Instrumentation Service.

The study of the influence of intrinsic (size, chemical composition) and extrinsic (biological matrix, field conditions, aggregation, concentration, viscosity, etc..) parameters on the AC magnetic response (including magnetic heating) of magnetic nanoparticles.
The study of the influence of biological matrices and fluids on the AC magnetic response of magnetic nanoparticles.
The use of magnetic nanoparticles as magnetic transducer for sensing molecular markers in biological fluids.
Heating losses of iron oxide nanoparticles activated by magnetic or optical means physical mechanisms related to photothermal response of magnetic nanoparticles.
The development and validation of instrumentation for advanced magnetic measurements (https://sites.google.com/site/servinsimdeanano/home).

· "Unraveling viscosity effects on the hysteresis losses of magnetic nanocubes" D. Cabrera, A. Lak, T. Yoshida, M.E. Materia, D. Ortega, F. Ludwig, P. Guardia, A. Sathya, T. Pellegrino, and F. J. Teran. Nanoscale 9, 5094 (2017).

· "Elucidation of the physico-chemical properties ruling the colloidal stability of iron oxide nanoparticles under physiological conditions"A. Aires, D. Cabrera, L. C. Alonso-Pardo, A. L. Cortajarena and F. J. Teran. Chem.Nano.Mat.3,183 (2017). Front Cover.

· "Nanoparticle-based hyperthermia distinctly impacts ROS production, Ki-67, TOP2A, TPX2- expression and apoptosis induction in pancreatic cancer" R. Ludwig, F.J.Teran, U. Teichgraeber, and I. Hilger.Int.J. Nanomedicine 12, 1009 (2017).

· " Effects of inter- and intra-aggregate magnetic dipolar interactions on the magnetic heating efficiency of iron oxide nanoparticles" J. G. Ovejero, D. Cabrera, J. Carrey, T. Valdivielso, G. Salas and F. J. Teran. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 10954 (2016).

· “Controlled synthesis of uniform magnetite nanocrystals with high-quality properties for biomedical applications” G. Salas, et al. J. Mater.Chem. 22, 21065 (2012).

·   "Unraveling viscosity effects on the hysteresis losses of magnetic nanocubes"           D. Cabrera, A. Lak, T. Yoshida, M.E. Materia, D. Ortega, F. Ludwig, P. Guardia, A. Sathya, T. Pellegrino, and F. J. Teran. Nanoscale 9, 5094 (2017).

·  "Elucidation of the physico-chemical properties ruling the colloidal stability of iron oxide nanoparticles under physiological conditions"A. Aires, D. Cabrera, L. C. Alonso-Pardo, A. L. Cortajarena and F. J. Teran.  Chem.Nano.Mat.3,183 (2017). Front Cover.

·  "Nanoparticle-based hyperthermia distinctly impacts ROS production, Ki-67, TOP2A, TPX2- expression and apoptosis induction in pancreatic cancer" R. Ludwig, F.J.Teran, U. Teichgraeber, and I. Hilger.Int.J. Nanomedicine 12, 1009 (2017).

·  " Effects of inter- and intra-aggregate magnetic dipolar interactions on the magnetic heating efficiency of iron oxide nanoparticles" J. G. Ovejero, D. Cabrera, J. Carrey, T. Valdivielso, G. Salas and F. J. Teran. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 10954  (2016).

·  “Controlled synthesis of uniform magnetite nanocrystals with high-quality properties for biomedical applications” G. Salas, et al. J. Mater.Chem. 22, 21065 (2012).

Borja Ibarra (BSs in Biochemistry) obtained his PhD. in Molecular Biology from Universidad Autónoma Madrid in 2001. He made the ‘leap’ to molecular biophysics as a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Carlos Bustamante lab at UC Berkeley (USA) where he learned to generate, analyze and interpret single molecule data on complex, multi-state biological systems. Back in Spain in 2007, he applied single molecule manipulation methods as optical tweezers at the CNB-CSIC (Madrid) to study biological molecular motors at single molecule level. He joined the Nanobiosystems research line at IMDEA Nanociencia in 2010, where he started the Molecular Motors Nanomanipulation Lab.

Following my degree in Chemistry, I completed my PhD at the Institut Químic de Sarrià in Barcelona in 2004 under the supervision of Prof. Santi Nonell. During that time, I studied the photophysical properties of phenalenone derivatives, with particular emphasis on singlet oxygen photosensitization, using a range of spectroscopic techniques. ​In 2005 I moved to the laboratory of Prof. Johan Hofkens at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, to learn single-molecule and super-resolution fluorescence microscopy. I investigated the photophysical properties of different molecules such as perylene diimide dendrimers and a range of fluorescent proteins. My most representative result from that period was the single-molecule characterization of the photoswitching properties of the fluorescent protein Dronpa and its mutants. Importantly, we showed how the thorough understanding of photophysics can help optimize super-resolution imaging (Flors et al, J. Am Chem. Soc. 2007). Having gained expertise in a new technique with great potential, I moved to the University of Edinburgh in 2008 to begin my independent research career, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and The Royal Society. I started a new research program to develop methodology for super-resolution imaging of DNA based on single-molecule localization (Flors et al, ChemPhysChem 2009; Curr. Op. Chem. Biol. 2011). In February 2012 I moved to IMDEA Nanociencia with a Ramón y Cajal fellowship, and I am now Research Professor.

At IMDEA Nanociencia I continue working on the improvement of super-resolution fluorescence microscopy methods, most recently combining them with atomic force microscopy. In parallel to the super-resolution work, I am also interested in the photosensitizing properties of fluorescent proteins and their applications in advanced microscopy and phototherapy.

Prof. David Écija is an expert in condensed matter physics, surface and molecular nanoscience. He received a PhD degree in Physics from UAM, with a work on self-assembly of nanostructures on surfaces. He was awarded a Marie Curie Intra European Fellowship and moved to Prof. Barth ́s group at the Technical University of Munich, where he carried out a four-year stay working on functional molecular nanoarchitectures on surfaces. In January 2014 he joined IMDEA Nanociencia as Researcher and “Ramon y Cajal” fellow to develop nanomaterials on surfaces. Notably, he is the recipient of the ERC 2018 Consolidator Grant (ELECNANO). Since May 2019, he is Research Professor at IMDEA Nanociencia (tenured).

Our group is focused on the visualization and understanding of physico-chemical processes on surfaces, including three main lines of research: 

• Design of surface-confined metal-organic materials. Our main interest is to rationalize the coordination chemistry of functional metals on surfaces, creating unique architectures with advanced functionalities for sensing, catalysis, light emission, nanomagnetism and quantum information.  

• On-surface synthesis of functional nanomaterials. We focus on the exploration of unprecedented chemical reactions aiming at the design of novel 1D or 2D soft materials, envisioning impact in optoelectronics, carbon magnetism and quantum information.

• Nanocatalysts for energy applications. We pursue the on-surface design and atomistic characterization of metal-oxide, metal-organic or purely organic nanocatalysts of relevance for energy related applications, like water splitting or CO₂ reduction.

Dr Paolo Perna is Senior Researcher and coordinator of the “SpinOrbitronics” research line at IMDEA Nanociencia, and is responsible of Laboratorio de Nanomagnetismo (Red+Lab282). Dr. Perna holds two PhD titles, in Physics and in Material Science (2008). From 2019, he is certified as Full Professor of Theoretical Physics of Matter and Associate Professor of Experimental Physics of Matter by Italian ASN (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale). He holds Certification I3 [I3/2021/1021, total score 10/10) by Ministerio de Universidades, Spain.

https://sites.google.com/site/spinorbitronics/

Julio Camarero received his PhD in physics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 1999. He then worked at Institut Neel-CNRS France (Marie- Curie Fellow and scientific contracts) before returning to UAM in 2003 as Ramon y Cajal research fellow. JC is currently Associate Professor of the Condensed Matter Physics Department. In 2008 he joined IMDEA Nanoscience as Associated Senior Scientist, leading the Nanomagnetism Program. JC has coordinated National Regional and European projects and has published more than 80 peer-reviewed papers (> 1600 cites, h-index: 22) 11 book chapters, 4 invited papers, and 1 EU patent. 25 invited talks at international conferences (150 other conference presentations). JC is a frequently invited scientist in different Synchrotron Radiation Facilities.

Amadeo L. Vázquez de Parga obtained his PhD in 1992 at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM). He carried out a postdoc stay at IBM Research Laboratory in Rüschlikon (Switzerland) in photoluminescence excited by the STM. From 2019 Prof. Vázquez de Parga is Full Professor in Condensed Matter Physics at the UAM and from 2008 Associated Researcher Professor at IMDEA Nanociencia. In 2002-2003 was visiting researcher at the Radboud University, Nijmegen (The Netherlands), working on spin polarized STM and in 2018 in the group of M. Fuhrer at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low Energy Electronic Technologies FLEET, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Short research stays at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, California (1990), Max Planck Institute in Halle (Germany) (2000) and at University of Gakushuin, Tokio (Japan) (2004) and Chiba University, Chiba Japan (2015) in the group of Prof. T.K. Yamada.

Fernando Martín graduated in Chemistry, specialty Quantum Chemistry, in 1984 and Physics, specialty Theoretical Physics, in 1986 at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He received his PhD degree at the same university in 1986. Then, he completed postdoctoral studies at the University of Bordeaux I (1988), the Université de Paris VI (1989-1990) and the University of Chicago (1995-1996).

He has been Associate Professor from 1993 to 2005 and since then Full Professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He is member of IMDEA Nanociencia since 2010. He has published more than 430 articles, among them several in the journals Science (4) Nature (2), Chemical Reviews (1), Nature Chemistry (2), Nature Physics (2), Nature Photonics (1), Nature Communications (4), Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (3), Physical Review Letters (31), Angewandte Chemie (2), Journal of the American Chemical Society (3), ACS Nano (1), Advanced Materials (1), Small (1), and Nano Letters (1) as well as several reviews and book chapters.

In 2000, he was awarded the National Research Prize Rey Juan Carlos I. In 2010, the prize of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry in Chemical Physics and in 2011, the Advanced Grant from the European Research Council XCHEM. He was awarded with the King Jaime I Prize on Basis Research in 2017.

He has been PrincipaI Investigator of more than 20 grants.

He has chaired several European networks and has been the Spanish representative in the Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Division of the European Physical Society. He has supervised 16 doctoral and 14 master theses, and is currently Chair of the “Cátedra UAM-Fujitsu” on Scientific Computing and Big Data.

• Our work consists in the theoretical study of the dynamics in isolated quantum systems, from the smallest ones, such as in the interaction of atoms or small molecules with ultrashort laser pulses, to medium-sized systems, such as fullerenes and biomolecules, or extended systems, as in the interaction of molecules with metallic surfaces.

• Our aim is to produce theoretical predictions and interpretations that can lead to a better understanding of these systems, as well as to propose new experimental situations. For that we use state-of-the-art theoretical tools, both home-made and standard: from full-dimensional grid calculations for the hydrogen molecular ion to density functional theory for large molecules on metallic surfaces. In particular our work focuses on (i) the modeling of photoexcitation and photoionization processes in atomic and molecular systems induced by synchrotron radiation and ultrashort laser pulses with femto- and attosecond dura- tion, and (ii) the study of materials and nano-objects composed of molecular systems, aggregates and fullerenes, isolated or deposited on metallic and nonmetallic surfaces.

• "Attosecond coupled electron and nuclear dynamics in dissociative ionization of H 2", L. Cattaneo, J. Vos, RY. Bello, A. Palacios, S. Heuser, L. Pedrelli, M. Lucchini, C. Cirelli, F. Martín, U. Keller. Nature Physics 14, pages 733–738 (2018)
• "Reconstruction and control of a time-dependent two-electron wave packet", C.Ott, A.Kaldun, L.Argenti, P.Raith, K.Meyer, M.Laux, Y. Zhang, A. Blättermann, S. Hagstotz, T. Ding, R.Heck, J.Madroñero, F. Martín and T. Pfeifer. Nature 516, pages 374–378 (2014)
• “Electron localization following attosecond molecular photoionization” G. Sansone, et col. Nature 465, pages 763- 766 (2010)
• “Single photon induced symmetry breaking of H2 dissociation” F. Martín et col. Science 315, pages 629-630 (2007)
• “Complete photo-induced breakup of the H2 molecule as a probe of molecular electron correlation” W. Vanroose, et col. Science 310, pages 1787-1789 (2005)

https://campusys.qui.uam.es/