External Advisory Committee

Professor Peter Saalfrank

Institut für Chemie, Universität Potsdam, Germany

Expertise in the line of Chemical Physics of Complex Materials

Honors and Awards

Chair of Theoretical Chemistry, Universität Potsdam (2008-2010); Elected ‘Fachkollegiat’ (Referee Board Member) of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Council, DFG), “Fachkollegium Festkörper-und Oberflächenchemie: Theorie und Modellierung” (Solid State and Surface Chemistry: Theory and Modelling) (2004-2008, 2016-2019)

Research Interests

Theoretical Surface Science, System-bath quantum dynamics, Laser-driven electron dynamics, Theoretical photophysics and chemistry, Electronic structure theory.

Professor Antonio Hernando Grande

Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Expertise in the line of Electronic Properties at the Nanoscale

Honors and Awards

Director of “Instituto de Magnetismo Aplicado” (IMA“Académico Numerario de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales”; Doctor Honoris Causa by the UPV/EHU and by the “Universidad de Cantabria; Gold Medal by the “Real Sociedad Española de Física”; “Miguel Catalán” research award by the Autonomous Community of Madrid; Fellow of the American Physical Society; “Dupont” science award; “Juan de la Cierva” national research award.

Research Interests

Magnetism and related areas. He combines basic research of magnetic materials with projects in applied research.

Professor Francisco J. García Vidal

Department of Theoretical Condensed Matter, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

Expertise in the line of Photonics

Honors and Awards

Director of the IFIMAC- Condensed Matter Physics Center “María de Maeztu Center”; Prof. García Vidal is one of the most prestigious researchers in Photonics in the world. He knows well the reality of research in Spain, and the local boundaries for science and technology, particularly the evaluation systems in both CSIC and the ministry.

Research Interests

Structure and Dynamics of Polymers and Soft Matter; Neutron Techniques and Instrumentation.

Professor Dieter Richter

Jülich Center for Neutron Science (JNSC) and Institute of Complex Systems, Jülich, Germany

Expertise in the line of Polymers and Soft Matter

Honors and Awards

Director of the Institute for Neutron Scattering at the FZJ (1989-2014); Chair at the Materials Physics Department of the University of the Basque Country founded by the Bank of Bilbao Vizcaya (1997); “Staudinger-Durrer Prize of the ETH” (2015); “Walter Hälg Prize” of the European Neutron Scattering Association (2009); “Erwin-Schrödinger Award” (2002); “Max-Planck Award” (1990) among others.