Governing Bodies

Along with the restructuration of the research, the governance and strategic actions have been updated with the Severo Ochoa mention of Excellence. They include:

Direction team

The elections at ICMAB on October 2016 renewed the Director, Xavier Obradors, and the Executive Board, formed by Maria Rosa Palacín and Riccardo Rurali (Vicedirectors), Imma Moros (Managing Director) andMarta Vendrell (Executive Assistant).

Strategic Managing Unit

The Strategic Managing Unit at ICMAB is responsible for the implementation of the funding obtained by the Institute. It plays a key role supporting our researchers in the preparation, submission and reporting of local, national and European grants. In close collaboration with ICMAB’s governing bodies and the other available Units, it promotes a continuous development strategy to position ICMAB as one of the leading European Research Centers in Materials Science.

Among its main objectives, the Unit is responsible for the constant search for new funding opportunities focusing on the strategic and innovation objectives of our Severo Ochoa FUNMAT award with the aim of enhancing ICMAB's scientific excellence, with an open-minded approach to detect new opportunities for our researchers. In 2016 the Unit was formed by Jorge Pérez and Montse Salas.

Institute Board

The Institute Board is formed by the Director, the Vicedirectors, the Managing Director, the Heads of the Department, the Staff representatives and the Graduate researchers’ representative. The meetings of the Institue Board are held twice a year.

The Direction Team:

Xavier Obradors – Director
M. Rosa Palacín – Vicedirector
Riccardo Rurali – Vicedirector
Imma Moros – Managing Director

Heads of Department:

José Luis García – Head of Department Crystallography of Magnetic and Electronic Oxides and Surfaces
Francesc Teixidor – Head of Department Functional Molecular and Nanostructured Inorganic Materials
Jaume Veciana – Head of Department Molecular Nanoscience and Organic Materials (NANOMOL)
Elies Molins – Head of Department Crystallography
Isabel Alonso – Head of Department Nanostructured Materials for Optoelectronics and Energy Harvesting
Amparo Fuertes – Head of Department Solid State Chemistry
Teresa Puig – Head of Department Superconducting Materials and Large Scale Nanostructures
Alberto García – Head of Department Theory and Simulation

Staff and Graduate Researchers representatives:

Ana Fernández – Staff representative
José Vidal – Staff representative
Juan Carlos González – Graduate Researcher representative

Scientific Executive Board (SEB)

The Scientific Executive Board, formed by 10 members, including:

The Direction team:

Xavier Obradors - Director
M. Rosa Palacín - Vicedirector
Riccardo Rurali - Vicedirector

The Strategic Managing Unit:

Jorge Pérez
Montse Salas

The Research Line coordinators:

Mariano Campoy-Quiles - RL1 | Sustainable Energy Conversion and Storage Systems
Teresa Puig - RL2 | Superconductors for Power Applications
Josep Fontcuberta - RL3 | Oxide Electronics
Marta Mas-Torrent - RL4 | Molecular Electronics
Immaculada Ratera - RL5 | Multifunctional Nanostructured Biomaterials

Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)

The Scientific Advisoy Board (SAB) is an international committee in charge of the evaluation of the Severo Ochoa Project implementation. It is formed by 12 international members, 11 of which are non-Spanish, and 5 of which are women (42 %). The members are: