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

  • Dr. Jorge Pérez – Head of the Unit
  • Montse Salas – Managing Officer

Knowledge Transfer Unit

  • Susana Garelik – Head of the Unit
  • Guillermo de Andrés: Marketing

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 – Head of the Unit

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

  • Jaume Capell – Junior Technician
  • Vega Lloveras – Junior Technician
  • Rosario Núñez – Scientists in charge
  • 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) (under construction)

  • 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
  • Oriol Sabater – Project Support Staff
  • 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 Groups

The scientists at ICMAB are integrated in eight Research Groups, which may, at the same time, encompass other groups.
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
  • Joana Martínez – Laboratory Support Staff
  • Dr. Ignasi Mata – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Mónica Benito – Postdoctoral Researcher

 

CMEOS: Crystallography of Magnetic and Electronic Oxides and Surfaces

  • Prof. José Luis García-Muñoz - Research Professor
  • Dr. Javier Torrelles - Research Scientist
  • Arnau Romaguera – Graduate Researcher

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. Anna May Masnou – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Laura Asturias – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Laura González – Graduate 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
  • Deyaa Mohamed Abol Fotouh – Graduate Researcher
  • Iván Dario Gómez Robayo – Graduate Researcher
  • Jana Segmehl – Graduate Researcher 

FUNNANOSURF: Functional Nanomaterials and Surfaces

  • Prof. Núria Aliaga-Alcalde – Research Professor, ICREA
  • Dr. Arántzazu González-Campo – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Wenjie Qian – Graduate Researcher
  • Sandra Giraldo – Graduate Researcher
  • Ezhil Amirthalingam – Graduate Researcher
  • Raúl Díaz-Torres – Graduate Researcher

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
  • Abhishek Saini – Graduate Researcher
  • Ana Begoña Buades – Graduate Researcher
  • Arpita Saha – Graduate Researcher
  • Elena Oleshkevich – Graduate Researcher
  • Flavia Tan – Graduate Researcher
  • Isabel Fuentes Sempere – Graduate Researcher
  • Mahdi Chaari – Graduate Researcher

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. Elena Laukhina – CIBER Researcher
  • Dr. Vladimir Laukhin – ICREA Researcher
  • Dr. Santi Sala – CIBER researcher
  • Dr. María Belén Gomez – Project Manager
  • Dr. Núria Crivillers – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Sergi Galindo - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Elisabet González - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Nathaly Veronica Segovia - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Natascia Grimaldi – 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. Lidia Ferrer - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. José Muñoz - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Soelene Passemard - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Primiano Di Mauro - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Paula Mayorga - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Lijia Chen - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Antonio Campos – PhD Researcher
  • Antonio Ardizzone – 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
  • Silvia Illa – Graduate Researcher
  • Simona Ricci – Graduate Researcher
  • Amable Bernabé – Research Assistant
  • Vega Lloveras – Senior Technician
  • Lourdes Ferreras – Senior Technician
  • María Aguado – Senior Technician
  • Arnau Jaumandreu – Senior 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
  • Núria Bagués – 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
  • Ana Pérez – Graduate Researcher
  • Percy Rogger Palacios – Graduate Researcher

LASER: Laser Processing Group

  • Dr. Ángel Pérez del Pino – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Eniko Gyorgy - – Tenured Scientist

NANOPTO: Nanostructure Materials for Optoelectronics and Energy Generation 

  • Prof. Pablo O. Vaccaro – Research Professor, ICREA
  • Prof. Alejandro R. Goñi – Research Professor, ICREA
  • Dr. Maria Isabel Alonso – Research Scientist
  • Dr. Miquel Garriga – Research Scientist
  • Dr. Mariano Campoy-Quiles – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Agustín Mihi – Ramón y Cajal Scientist
  • Dr. Antonio Sánchez-Díaz – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Juan Luis Garcia-Pomar – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • André C. Moreira Espinha
  • Damià Peró – Graduate Researcher
  • Bernhard Dörling – Graduate Researcher
  • Camilla Dore – Graduate Researcher
  • Osnat Zapata – Graduate Researcher
  • Cristiano Matricardi – Graduate Researcher
  • Enrique Pascual – Graduate Researcher
  • Xabier Rodriguez – Graduate Researcher
  • Pau Molet – Graduate Researcher
  • Laura Corcoles – Graduate Researcher

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 – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Dino Tonti – Tenured Scientist
  • Dr. Alexandre Ponrouch – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Ana Mª López – Ramón y Cajal Scientist
  • Dr. Javier Moral – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Stefania Sandoval – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Deyana Stoytcheva – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Roberta Verrelli – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Gil Gonçalves – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. María Soria – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Estela Pérez – Graduate Researcher
  • Anna Segarra – Graduate Researcher
  • Núria Portolés – Graduate Researcher
  • Ashley P. Black – Graduate Researcher
  • Manuel Ortigosa – Graduate Researcher
  • Enrique Irisarri – Graduate Researcher
  • Pedro López – 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. Jaume Gàzquez – Ramón y Cajal Scientist
  • Dr. Mariona Coll – Ramón y Cajal Scientist
  • Dr. Cornelia Pop – Postdoctoral Researcher       
  • Dr. Flavio Pino – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dr. Roger Guzmán – Postdoctoral Researcher   
  • Dr. Joffre Gutiérrez – 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
  • 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               
  • Jukka Malinen – Lab Engineer                    

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. Hugo Aramberri – Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Andrea Schiaffino – Graduate Researcher
  • Juan Antonio Seijas – Graduate Researcher
  • Prof. Luciano Colombo – Graduate Researcher
  • Aleandro Antidormi – Graduate Researcher 

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