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