Organisation

Direction

Direction Team

Xavier Obradors - Director
Maria Rosa Palacín – Vicedirector
Riccardo Rurali – Vicedirector
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

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 service
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

Administration

Immaculada Moros – General Manager
María Rivera – Administrative Staff (Travel)
Rebeca Herrera – Project Support Staff (Accounting)
Pietat Sierra Vela – Administrative Staff (Human Resources)
Patricia Moragues – Administrative Staff (Projects justification)
José Ángel Burriel – Project Support Staff (Projects justification)
Mª del Mar Astillero – Administrative Staff (Accounting)
Antonio Miguel Socías – Administrative Staff (Purchasing)
Jaume Capell – Project Support Staff
Maribel Contreras – Administrative Staff

Scientific Platform Units

Low temperature and magnetometry lab

Bernat Bozzo - Senior Technician

Spectroscopic techniques

Jaume Capell – Project support staff
Vega Lloveras – Junior Technician

Thermal Analysis

Roberta Ceravola – Technician
Julio Fraile - Technician

Nanoquim Platform

Neus Romà – Senior Technician
Luigi Morrone – Technician
Alex Chuquitarqui – Junior Technician
Oriol Sabater – Project Support Staff

Thin films growth

Raúl Solanas - Senior Technician

X-Ray Diffraction

Anna Crespi - Senior Technician
Javier Campos - Technician
Joan Esquius – Research Assistant

Scanning and transmission electron microscopy

Ana Esther Carrillo – Junior Technician
Judith Oró – Junior Technician

Soft materials preparation and characterization

Amable Bernabé – Research Assistant
David Piña – Technician
Ivan Martínez – Junior Technician

Scanning probe microscopy

Andrés Gómez – Senior Technician
Maite Simón – Research Assistant

Research Groups

The scientists at ICMAB are integrated in eight Research Groups, which may, at the same time, encompass other groups:

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