Organisation

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Direction

Direction Team

  • Xavier Obradors - Director
  • Maria Rosa Palacín – Deputy Director
  • Riccardo Rurali – Deputy Director
  • Imma Moros – General Manager
  • Marta Vendrell – Executive Assistant

General Services

Information Technology

  • Joan Figuerola – Head of IT Service
  • Ángel Elbaz – IT Support Staff
  • Javier Rubio – Systems and Users Support
  • Albert Moreno – IT Support Staff
  • José Antonio Gómez – Webmaster

Library & Documentation

  • Alejandro Santos Botana – Librarian & Documentalist

Strategic Managing Unit

  • Jorge Pérez – Project Manager
  • Montse Salas – Project Manager
  • Laura Cabana - Project Manager

Knowledge Transfer Unit

  • Susana Garelik – Technology Transfer Officer
  • Alfonso del Rey - Technology Transfer Officer

Maintenance & Safety

  • Toni Pons – Head of Maintenance
  • Oriol Sabater – Maintenance Support Staff
  • José Manuel Rodriguez – Maintenance Support Staff
  • José Ángel Algar – Maintenance Support Staff
  • Roberto Ibáñez - Maintenance Support Staff
  • Juan José Monis: Maintenance support staff

Communication & Outreach

  • Anna May Masnou – Communication & Outreach Officer

Administration

  • Immaculada Moros – General Manager
  • Rebeca Herrera – Accounting
  • Maribel Contreras – Accounting
  • Anna Fernández – Accounting
  • Mª del Mar Astillero – Accounting
  • María Rivera – Travel
  • Patricia Moragues – Projects
  • José Ángel Burriel – Projects
  • Antonio Miguel Socías – Purchases
  • Joan Renau - Purchases
  • Pietat Sierra Vela – Human Resources
  • Sonia Roldán – Human Resources

Scientific Platform Units

Low temperature and magnetometry lab

  • Bernat Bozzo - Senior Technician
  • Benjamín Martínez – Scientist in charge

Spectroscopic techniques

  • Vega Lloveras – Junior Technician
  • José Vidal – Scientist in charge

Thermal Analysis

  • Roberta Ceravola – Technician
  • Julio Fraile – Technician
  • Amparo Fuertes – Scientist in charge
  • Concepció Rovira – Scientist in charge

BSL-2 Type Biological Laboratory (ICN2/ICMAB)

  • Mario Juárez – Technician
  • Imma Ratera, Anna Roig (ICMAB-CSIC) and José Antonio Garrido (ICN2) – Scientists in charge

Nanoquim Platform

  • Neus Romà – Senior Technician
  • Luigi Morrone – Technician
  • Marta Riba – Technician
  • Teresa Puig – Scientist in charge

Thin films growth

  • Raúl Solanas - Senior Technician
  • Florencio Sánchez – Scientist in charge

X-Ray Diffraction

  • Anna Crespi - Senior Technician
  • Javier Campos - Technician
  • Joan Esquius – Research Assistant
  • Jordi Rius – Scientist in charge

Scanning and transmission electron microscopy

  • Ana Esther Carrillo – Junior Technician
  • Judith Oró – Junior Technician
  • Lluís Balcells – Scientist in charge

Soft materials preparation and characterization

  • Amable Bernabé – Research Assistant
  • David Piña – Technician
  • Ivan Martínez – Junior Technician
  • Nora Ventosa – Scientist in charge

Scanning probe microscopy

  • Andrés Gómez – Senior Technician
  • Maite Simón – Research Assistant
  • Martí Gich – Scientist in charge

Research Units

The scientists at ICMAB are integrated in eight Research Units, which may be formed by one Research Group or more.
More information of the groups and principal investigators (PI) can be found here

1.- ADVANCED STRUCTURAL AND FUNCIONAL CHARACTERIZATION

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

  • Prof. Elies Molins - Research Professor
  • Prof. Carles Miravitlles - Research Professor
  • Prof. Jordi Rius - Research Professor
  • Dr. Xabier Mikel Turrillas – Tenured Scientist at ALBA Synchrotron
  • Joana Martínez – Laboratory Support Staff
  • Dr. Ignasi Mata – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Mónica Benito – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Raúl Espinal – Postdoctoral fellow
  • Yannick Roselló – Master student in collaboration with UIB
  • Imen Tbessi – Visiting Graduate Researcher from Univ. Tunisie

CMEOS: Crystallography of Magnetic and Electronic Oxides and Surfaces

  • Prof. José Luis García-Muñoz - Research Professor
  • Dr. Xavier Torrelles - Research Scientist
  • Arnau Romaguera – Graduate Researcher
  • Xiaodong Zhang – Graduate Researcher
  • Adrián Crespo Villanueva – Graduate Researcher
  • Cecilia Hernández – Master student
  • Oriol Matarín Sánchez – Master student
  • Dr. Vassil Skumryev – Collaborator (UAB, ICREA)
  • Dr. Javier Herrero Martín – Collaborator (ALBA)

2.- FUNCTIONAL MOLECULAR AND NANOSTRUCTURED INORGANIC MATERIALS

NN: Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites Group

  • Prof. Anna Roig – Research Professor
  • Dr. Martí Gich – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Anna Laromaine – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Carlos Moya – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Agnese Rabissi – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Gustavo Alberto Pasquevich – Visiting Researcher
  • Qianzhe Zhang – Graduate Researcher
  • Irene Anton Sales – Graduate Researcher
  • Yajie Zhang – Graduate Researcher
  • Ma Zheng – Graduate Researcher
  • Soledad Roig – Graduate Researcher
  • Zhongrui Luo – Graduate Researcher
  • Miquel Torras – Graduate Researcher
  • Jan Grezlack – Graduate Researcher
  • Deyaa Mohamed Abol Fotouh – Graduate Researcher
  • Gerrit Bredeck – Master Student
  • Oriol Torrecilla – Master Student
  • María Jesús Sánchez Guisado – Master Student

FUNNANOSURF: Functional Nanomaterials and Surfaces

  • Prof. Núria Aliaga-Alcalde – Research Professor, ICREA
  • Dr. Arántzazu González-Campo – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Wenjie Qian – Graduate Researcher
  • Ezhil Amirthalingam – Graduate Researcher
  • Sandra Giraldo – Graduate Researcher
  • Raúl Díaz-Torres – Graduate Researcher
  • Daniel Riba López – Graduate Researcher
  • Laura Rodríguez Cid – Graduate Researcher
  • Teresa Cardona Lamarca – Graduate Researcher
  • Raquel Gimeno Muñoz – Master Student
  • Pablo Rodríguez – Master Student
  • Niki Joosten – Master Student
  • Josep Esteve – Undergraduate Student

LMI: Inorganic Materials & Catalysis Laboratory

  • Prof. Francesc Teixidor Bombardó – Research Professor
  • Prof. Clara Viñas Teixidor – Research Professor
  • Dr. Rosario Núñez Aguilera – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. José Giner Planas – Tenured Scientist
  • Jordi Cortés Donaire – Research Assistant
  • Dr. Zsolt Kelemen – MSCA Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Albert Ferrer-Ugalde – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Inés Bennour – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Abhishek Saini – Graduate Researcher
  • Ana Begoña Buades – Graduate Researcher
  • Arpita Saha – Graduate Researcher
  • Isabel Fuentes Sempere – Graduate Researcher
  • Isabel Guerrero – Graduate Researcher
  • Miquel Nuez – Graduate Researcher
  • Sohini Sinha – Graduate Researcher
  • Mahdi Chaari – Graduate Researcher
  • Fangchang Tan – Graduate Researcher
  • Lei Gan – Graduate Researcher
  • Joan Soldevila – Graduate Researcher
  • Zhen Li – Graduate Researcher
  • Pol Gimeno Fonquernie – Undergraduate Student

3.- MOLECULAR NANOSCIENCE AND ORGANIC MATERIALS (NANOMOL)

NANOMOL

  • Prof. Jaume Veciana – Research Professor
  • Prof. Concepció Rovira – Research Professor
  • Dr. José Vidal – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Nora Ventosa – Research Scientist
  • Dr. Marta Mas-Torrent – Research Scientist
  • Dr. Imma Ratera – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Núria Crivillers – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Elena Laukhina – CIBER Researcher
  • Dr. Santi Sala – Nanomol Technologies
  • Dr. Lídia Ferrer – Nanomol Technologies
  • Dr. María Belén Gomez – Project Manager
  • Dr. Elisabet González - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Nathaly Veronica Segovia - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Primiano Pio Di Mauro – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Francesca Leonardi - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Luiz Pinto - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Stefano Casalini - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Judith Guasch - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Diego Gutiérrez - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. José Muñoz - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Solène Passemard - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Mariana Köber – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Paula Mayorga - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Judit Morlà – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Tommaso Salzillo - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Raphael Pfattner - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Flonja Liko - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Antonio Campos – Graduate Researcher
  • Jesús Alejandro De Sousa – Graduate Researcher
  • Dolores Bueno – Graduate Researcher
  • Francesc Bejarano – Graduate Researcher
  • Serena Maglione – Graduate Researcher
  • Inés Temiño – Graduate Researcher
  • Adriana Kyvic – Graduate Researcher
  • Qioaming Zhang – Graduate Researcher
  • Eduardo Pérez – Graduate Researcher
  • Guillem Vargas – Graduate Researcher
  • Adrián Tamayo – Graduate Researcher
  • Sílvia Illa – Graduate Researcher
  • Simona Ricci – Graduate Researcher
  • Marc Martínez – Graduate Researcher
  • Angel Campos – Graduate Researcher
  • Nerea González - Graduate Researcher
  • Judit Tomsen – Graduate Researcher
  • Songbai Zhang - Graduate Researcher
  • Jinghai Li – Graduate Researcher
  • Ariadna Boloix – Graduate Researcher
  • Aida Carreño - Graduate Researcher
  • Lídia Ballell – Graduate Researcher
  • Amable Bernabé – Research Assistant
  • Vega Lloveras – Technician
  • María Aguado – Technician
  • David Piña - Tecnician
  • Albert Revuelta – Technician
  • Xavier Rodríguez – Technician
  • Carles Llavina – Technician
  • Ramón González – Technician
  • Arnau Jaumandreu – Technician
  • Carme Gimeno – Project Support Staff

4.- MAGNETIC MATERIALS AND FUNCTIONAL OXIDES

MULFOX: Laboratory of Multifunctional Thin Films and Complex Structures

  • Prof. Josep Fontcuberta – Research Professor
  • Dr. Lourdes Fábrega – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Florencio Sánchez – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Gervasi Herranz – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Ferran Macià – Ramón y Cajal Scientist
  • Dr. Ignasi Fina – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Nahuel Statuto – Graduate Researcher
  • Mathieu Mirjolet – Graduate Researcher
  • Yu Chen – Graduate Researcher
  • Jike Lyu – Graduate Researcher
  • Rafael Cichelero – Graduate Researcher
  • Mengdi Qian – Graduate Researcher
  • Liu Fanmao – Graduate Researcher
  • Blai Casals – Graduate Researcher
  • Mateusz Ścigaj – Graduate Researcher
  • Matheus Gamino – Graduate Researcher
  • Antonio Marcos Helgueira de Andrade – Graduate Researcher

ACNM: Advanced Characterisation and Nanostructured Materials

  • Prof. Benjamín Martínez – Research Professor
  • Dr. Lluís Balcells - Research Scientist
  • Dr. Felip Sandiumenge – Research Scientist
  • Dr. Carlos Frontera – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Alberto Pomar - Tenured Scientist
  • Laura López – Graduate Researcher
  • Sergi Martín Rio – Graduate Researcher
  • Víctor Fuentes – Graduate Researcher
  • Monica Bernal – Graduate Researcher

5.- NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS FOR OPTOLECTRONICS AND ENERGY HARVESTING

SURFACES: Group of Physical Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces

  • Dr. Esther Barrena – Tenured Scientist, CSIC
  • Prof. Carmen Ocal – Research Professor
  • Dr. Albert Verdaguer – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Elzbieta Pach – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Ana Pérez – Graduate Researcher
  • Laura López – Graduate Researcher
  • Rogger Palacios Rivera – Graduate Researcher
  • Adara Babuji – Graduate Researcher
  • Francesco Silvestri – Graduate Researcher

LASER: Laser Processing Group

  • Dr. Ángel Pérez del Pino – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Eniko Gyorgy – Tenured Scientist
  • Pablo García Lebière – Graduate Researcher
  • Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Ramadan – Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Afroditi Koutsogianni – Erasmus Visiting Researcher
  • Joaquim Gispert Montserrat – Undergraduate Student
  • Miquel Minguillon Rosa – Undergraduate Student

NANOPTO: Nanostructure Materials for Optoelectronics and Energy Generation 

  • Dr. Maria Isabel Alonso – Research Scientist
  • Dr. Mariano Campoy-Quiles – Research Scientist
  • Dr. Miquel Garriga – Research Scientist
  • Dr. Agustín Mihi – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Juan Sebastián Reparaz – Tenured Scientist
  • Prof. Alejandro R. Goñi – Research Professor, ICREA
  • Prof. Pablo O. Vaccaro – Research Professor, ICREA
  • Dr. Bernhard Dörling – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Juan Luis Garcia-Pomar – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Aleksandr Perevedentsev – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Luis Alberto Pérez – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Aurélien F. Viterisi – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Camilla Dore – Graduate Researcher
  • Osnat Zapata Arteaga – Graduate Researcher
  • Cristiano Matricardi – Graduate Researcher
  • Enrique Pascual San José – Graduate Researcher
  • Xabier Rodríguez Martínez – Graduate Researcher
  • Pau Molet Bachs – Graduate Researcher
  • Adrián Francisco López – Graduate Researcher
  • Martí Gibert Roca – Graduate Researcher
  • María Teresa Gómez Castaño – Graduate Researcher
  • Albert Harillo Baños – Graduate Researcher
  • Jinhui Hu – Graduate Researcher
  • José Piers Jurado – Graduate Researcher
  • Minghua Kong – Graduate Researcher
  • Rana Adel Abdelaliem Mohamed – Graduate Researcher
  • Kai Xu – Graduate Researcher
  • David Vila Liarte – Master Student
  • Miquel Casademont Viñas – Bachelor Student
  • Ipek Efe – Bachelor Student
  • Alex Jimenez Arguijo – Bachelor Student
  • Paula Pàmies Puig – Bachelor Student
  • David Ricart Fort – Bachelor Student
  • Marc Serra Peralta – Bachelor Student

6.- SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY

SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY

  • Prof. Amparo Fuertes – Research Professor
  • Prof. M. Rosa Palacín – Research Professor
  • Prof. Nieves Casañ-Pastor – Research Professor
  • Prof. Concepción Domingo – Research Professor
  • Dr. Gerard Tobias – Reserach Scientist
  • Dr. Dino Tonti – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Ana Mª López – Ramón y Cajal Scientist
  • Dr. Ashley P. Black – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Romain Dugas – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Gil Gonçalves – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Elena Marchante – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Damien Monti – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Javier Moral – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Alexandre Ponrouch – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Stefania Sandoval – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. María Soria – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Deyana Stoytcheva – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Rafael Trocoli – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Roberta Verrelli – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Alejandro Borrás – Graduate Researcher
  • Juan D. Forero – Graduate Researcher
  • Enrique Irisarri – Graduate Researcher
  • Marina Llenas – Graduate Researcher
  • Estela Pérez – Graduate Researcher
  • Núria Portolés – Graduate Researcher
  • Eulàlia Pujades – Graduate Researcher
  • Anna Segarra – Graduate Researcher
  • Wenhai Wang – Graduate Researcher

7.- SUMAN

SUMAN: Superconducting Materials and Large Scale Nanostructures

  • Prof. Teresa Puig – Research Professor
  • Prof. Xavier Obradors – Research Professor
  • Dr. Xavier Granados – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Narcís Mestres – Research Scientist
  • Dr. Anna Palau – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Susagna Ricart – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Mariona Coll – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Joffre Gutiérrez – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Jaume Gàzquez – Ramón y Cajal Scientist
  • Dr. Cornelia Pop – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Max Sieger – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Flavio Pino – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Mar Tristany – Project Manager
  • Dr. Elena Bartolomé – Associated Scientist
  • Juan Carlos González – Graduate Researcher
  • Ferran Vallés – Graduate Researcher
  • Laia Soler – Graduate Researcher
  • Bohores Villarejo – Graduate Researcher
  • Júlia Jareño – Graduate Researcher
  • Bernat Mundet – Graduate Researcher
  • Alexander Stangl – Graduate Researcher
  • Ziliang Li – Graduate Researcher
  • Juri Banchewski – Graduate Researcher
  • Alejandro Fernandez – Graduate Researcher
  • Artur Romanov – Graduate Researcher   
  • Pedro Barusco – Graduate Researcher
  • Adrià Pacheco – Graduate Researcher
  • PengMei Yu – Graduate Researcher
  • Hailin Wang – Graduate Researcher
  • Jordi Martínez – Graduate Researcher
  • Natalia Chamorro – Graduate Researcher
  • Alba Garzón – Graduate Researcher
  • Sílvia Rasi – Graduate Researcher
  • Mariona de Palau – Senior Technician
  • Joshua Bailo – Junior Technician              

8.- THEORY AND SIMULATION

THEORY AND SIMULATION

  • Prof. Enric Canadell – Research Professor
  • Prof. Massimiliano Stengel – Research Professor, ICREA
  • Dr. Alberto García – Research Scientist
  • Dr. Jordi Faraudo – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Riccardo Rurali – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Miquel Royo – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Fernan Saiz Poyatos – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Pradeep Madhura Marathe – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Miquel Lopez Suarez – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Pol Torres Alvarez – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Regina Konstanze Hahn – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Yamila Garcia Martinez – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. David César Malaspina – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Konstantin Shapovalov – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Andrea Schiaffino – Graduate Researcher
  • Juan Antonio Seijas – Graduate Researcher
  • Matteo Springolo – Graduate Researcher
  • Sílvia Illa Tuset – Graduate Researcher
  • Vladimir Dikan – Graduate Researcher
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