Organisation

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

CMEOS: Crystallography of Magnetic and Electronic Oxides and Surfaces

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

2.- SMART MOLECULAR INORGANIC AND HYBRID 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

LMI: Inorganic Materials & Catalysis Laboratory

Prof. Francesc Teixidor - Research Professor
Prof. Clara Viñas Teixidor - Research Professor
Dr. Rosario Núñez Aguilera - Research Scientist
Dr. José Giner Planas - Tenured Scientist
Jordi Cortés - Laboratory Technician
Dr. Zsolt Kelemen - Postdoctoral Marie Curie Researcher
Dr. Albert Ferrer Ugalde - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Amirali Yazdi - Postdoctoral Researcher
Ana Begoña Buades - PhD Researcher
Isabel Guerrero Troyano - PhD Researcher
Jewel Ann Maria Xavier - PhD Researcher
Joan Soldevila - PhD Researcher
Lei Gan - PhD Researcher
Miquel Nuez I Martínez - PhD Researcher
Sohini Sinha - PhD Researcher
Zhen Li - PhD 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. Elena Laukhina - CIBER Researcher
Dr. Marta Mas-Torrent - Research Scientist
Dr. Imma Ratera - Tenured Scientist
Dr. Núria Crivillers - Tenured Scientist
Dr. Mª Pilar Elías - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Elisabet González - CIBER- Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Judith Guasch - Ramon y Cajal Researcher
Dr. Mariana Köber - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Francesca Leonardi - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Primariano di Mauro - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Paula Mayorga - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. José Muñoz - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Raphael Pfattner - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Tommaso Salzillo - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Nathaly Segovia - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Jufdit Morlá - Postdoctoral Researcher
Ariadna Boloix - PhD Researcher
Dolores Bueno - PhD Researcher
Aída Carreño - PhD Researcher
Nerea González - PhD Researcher
Jinghai Li - PhD Researcher
Marc Martínez - PhD Researcher
Eduardo Pérez - PhD Researcher
Simona Ricci - PhD Researcher
Jesus Alejandro de Sousa Rodriguez - PhD Researcher
Adrián Tamayo - PhD Researcher
Inés Temiño - PhD Researcher
Judit Tomsen - PhD Researcher
Guillem Vargas - PhD Researcher
Qioaming Zhang - PhD Researcher
Songbai Zhang - PhD Researcher
Lidia Ballell - PhD Researcher
Roberto Fabião Santos Abreu - PhD Researcher
José Ignacio Catalan - PhD Researcher
Ángel Campos - PhD Researcher
Amable Bernabé - Technical Staff
Ramón González - Technical Staff
Arnau Jaumandreu - Technical Staff
David Piña - Technical Staff
Dr. Vega Lloveras - Technical Staff
Albert Revuelta - Technical Staff
Xavier Rodríguez - Technical Staff

4.- MAGNETIC MATERIALS AND FUNCTIONAL OXIDES

MULFOX: Laboratory of Multifunctional Thin Films and Complex Structures

Prof. Josep Fontcuberta - Research Professor
Dr. Lourdes Fàbrega - Tenured Scientist
Dr. Florencio Sánchez - Tenured Scientist
Dr. Gervasi Herranz - Tenured Scientist
Dr. Vassil Skumryev - ICREA Research Professor – UAB
Dr. Mikko Kataja - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Ferran Macià - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Ignasi Fina - Postdoctoral Researcher (Ramon y Cajal)
Tingfeng Song - PhD Researcher
Yunwei Sheng - PhD Researcher
Xiao Long - PhD Researcher
Milena Sulzbach - PhD Researcher
Mathieu Mirjolet - PhD Researcher
Yu Chen - PhD Researcher
Saul Estandía - PhD Researcher
Jiahui Jia - PhD 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
Sergi Martín - PhD Researcher
Mónica Bernal - PhD Researcher
Víctor Fuentes - PhD Researcher

5.- NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS FOR OPTOLECTRONICS AND ENERGY HARVESTING

LASER: Laser Processing Group

Dr. Ángel Pérez del Pino - Tenured Scientist
Dr. Enikö György - Tenured Scientist
Dr. Yasmín Esqueda - Postdoctoral Researcher
Pablo García Lebière - PhD Researcher
Maroua Omezzine - MSc Student
Guillem Domènech Domingo - MSc Student
Seyed Komarizadeh - MSc Student
Nil Ponsa i Campanyà - Undergraduate Student
Shima Fasahat - Undergraduate Student
Eudald Vehí Lorente - Undergraduate Student
Nabil Abomalilek Rubio - Undergraduate Student

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. Alejandro R. Goñi - ICREA Research Professor
Dr. Agustín Mihi - Tenured Scientist
Dr. Sebastián Reparaz - Tenured Scientist
Dr. Valentina Belova - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Laura Ciammaruchi - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Bernhard Dörling - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Denise Estrada Wiese - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Juan Luis Garcia-Pomar - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Aleksandr Perevedentsev - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Luis Alberto Pérez - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Leonardo Scarabelli - Postdoctoral Researcher
Ivan Álvarez Corzo - Project Researcher
Rana Adel Mohamed - PhD Researcher
Camilla Dore - PhD Researcher
Adrián Francisco López - PhD Researcher
Martí Gibert Roca - PhD Researcher
Mayte Gómez-Castaño - PhD Researcher
Albert Harillo - PhD Researcher
Jinhui Hu - PhD Researcher
José Piers Jurado - PhD Researcher
Minghua Kong - PhD Researcher
Cristiano Matricardi - PhD Researcher
Pau Molet - PhD Researcher
Enrique Pascual San José - PhD Researcher
Xabier Rodriguez Martínez - PhD Researcher
Kai Xu - PhD Researcher
Osnat Zapata-Arteaga - PhD Researcher
Fatma Abdallah Noureldin - MSc Student
Miquel Casademont - MSc Student
Carmen del Pino - MSc Student
David Vila-Liarte - MSc Student
Alex Jimenez Arguijo - Undergraduate Student
Paula Pàmies Puig - Undergraduate 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 - Research Scientist
Dr. Dino Tonti - Tenured Scientist
Dr. Ana Mª López - Ramón y Cajal Researcher
Dr. Alexandre Ponrouch - Tenured Scientist
Julio Fraile - Technical Staff
Dr. Stefania Sandoval - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Deyana Stoytcheva - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Roberta Verrelli - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. María Soria - Postdoctoral Researcher
Elena Marchante - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Romain Dugas - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Ashley Black - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Damien Monti - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Rafael Trocoli - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Amirali Yazdi - Postdoctoral Researcher
Núria García Portoles - PhD Researcher
Enrique Irisarri - PhD Researcher
Laura Rodríguez - PhD Researcher
Alejandro Borrás - PhD Researcher
Eulalia Pujades - PhD Researcher
Marina Llenas - PhD Researcher
Martà Kubovics - PhD Researcher
Laura Fuentes - PhD Researcher
Albert Rosado Morente - PhD Researcher
Jhonatan Ricardo Guarín Romero - PhD Researcher
Juan Forero - PhD Researcher
Wenhai Wang - PhD Researcher
Raphaelle Houdeville - PhD Researcher
Ona Segura - MSc Student
Celia Martínez - MSc Student
Dr. Dejan Kepic - Visiting Researcher

7.- SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS AND LARGE SCALE NANOSTRUCTURES

SUMAN: Superconducting Materials and Large Scale Nanostructures

Prof. Teresa Puig - Research Professor
Prof. Xavier Obradors - Research Professor
Dr. Narcís Mestres - Research Scientist
Dr. Xavier Granados - Tenured Scientist
Dr. Anna Palau - Tenured Scientist
Dr. Susagna Ricart - Tenured Scientist
Dr. Mariona Coll - Tenured Scientist
Dr. Joffre Gutiérrez - Tenured Scientist
Dr. Jaume Gázquez - Ramón y Cajal Researcher
Dr. Cornelia Pop - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Max Sieger - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Albert Queraltó - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Kapil Gupta - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Flavio Pino - Postdoctoral Researcher
Laia Soler - PhD Researcher
Alex Stangl - PhD Researcher
Ferran Vallés - PhD Researcher
Silvia Rasi - PhD Researcher
Júlia Jareño - PhD Researcher
Juri Banchewski - PhD Researcher
Alejandro Fernández - PhD Researcher
Pengmei Yu - PhD Researcher
Hailin Wang - PhD Researcher
Artur Romanov - PhD Researcher
Pedro Barusco - PhD Researcher
Adrià Pacheco - PhD Researcher
Pamela Machado - PhD Researcher
Jordi Alcalà - PhD Researcher
Diana García - PhD Researcher
Lavinia Saltarelli - PhD Researcher
Guilherme Telles - PhD Researcher
Natalia Chamorro - PhD Researcher
Pol Sallès - PhD Researcher
Mariona de Palau - Lab Engineer
Joshua Bailo - Lab Technician
Dr. Mar Tristany - Project Manager

8.- MATERIALS THEORY AND SIMULATION

LEEM: Laboratory of Electronic Structure of Materials

Prof. Enric Canadell - Research Professor
Dr. Alberto García - Research Scientist
Dr. Riccardo Rurali - Tenured Scientist
Dr. Massimiliano Stengel - ICREA Research Professor
Dr. Miquel Royo - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Madhura Marathe - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Konstanze Hahn - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Konstantin Shapovalov - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Fernán Saiz - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Miquel López-Suárez - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Pol Torres - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Alexander Edström - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Emanuele Bosoni - Postdoctoral Researcher
Matteo Springolo - PhD Researcher
Asier Zabalo - PhD Researcher
Andrea Schiaffino - PhD Researcher
Juan Antonio Seijas - PhD Researcher
Vladimir Dikan - PhD Researcher

SOFTMATTER: Soft Matter Theory Group

Dr. Jordi Faraudo - Tenured Scientist
Dr. David Malaspina - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Yamila García- Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Ivana Malvacio - Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher
Sílvia Illa Tuset - PhD researcher

9.- FUNCTIONAL SURFACES AND INTERFACES

SURFACES: Group of Physical Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces

Dr. Esther Barrena - Tenured Scientist
Prof. Carmen Ocal - Research Professor
Dr. Albert Verdaguer - Tenured Scientist
Dr. Elzbieta Pach - Postdoctoral Researcher
Percy Rogger Palacios - PhD Researcher
Adara Babuji - PhD Researcher
Francesco Silvestri - PhD Researcher

FUNNANOSURF: Functional Nanomaterials and Surfaces

Dr. Núria Aliaga-Alcalde - ICREA Research Professor
Dr. Arántzazu González-Campo - Ramón y Cajal Researcher
Sandra Giraldo - PhD Researcher
Laura Rodríguez-Cid - PhD Researcher
Daniel Riba López - PhD Researcher
Teresa Cardona - PhD Researcher
Raquel Gimeno Muñoz - MSc Student
Ona Segura - MSc Student
Jordi González Clusellas - Undergraduate Student
Dr. Beltzane Garcia-Cirera - Project Manager