Curriculum Vitae

Profesional Experience

2013-2022  Head of the Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

2012-          Catedrático de Universidad, Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

1995-2012  Profesor Titular, Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (permanent since 2000).

1994-1995  Marie Curie Fellowship at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

1992-1994  Assistant Professor at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

1990-1992  Posdoctoral Fellowship from the Spanish Ministery of Education and Science.

1985-1990  Doctoral Fellowship at the Physics Department of the National Comision of Atomic Energy (Argentina).

Education

 1989     Received PhD in Physics from the Buenos Aires University, Argentina. Thesis director Dr. Mariana Weissmann.

 1984     Received a diploma (degree) in Physics from the Buenos Aires University, Argentina.
 

Teaching Experience

Undergraduate teaching: classical mechanics, thermodynamics, quantum theory of solids, statistical mechanics, superconductivity.

Posgraduate teaching: Introduction to quantum transport in normal and superconducting systems, Field theoretical techniques in condensed matter physics
 

PhD Thesis direction

2025 Nico Ackermann, "Parity Dynamics and Quantum State Control in Andreev Qubits" (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

2023 Miguel Alvarado Herrero, "Superconducting Transport in 1D and 2D Topological Nanostructures" (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

2022  Samuel Díaz Escribano, "Realistic Description of Topological Hybrid Semiconductor, Superconductor and Ferromagnetic-Insulator Systems" (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, co-directed with E. Prada).

2018 Rubén Seoane Souto, "Quench Dynamics in Interacting and Superconducting Nanojunctions" (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, co-directed with A. Martín-Rodero).

2012  Pablo Burset Atienza, "Superconducting Proximity Effect in Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes" (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid).

2012  Shirley Gómez Paez, "Electronic Transport in Unconventional Superconductors" (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, co-directed with W. Herrera).

2006  Laura de la Vega Velazquez, "Electronic Transport in Atomic Size Contacts and Atomic Chains" (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, co-directed with A. Martín-Rodero).

2004  Enrique Vecino, "Proximity Effect and Electron Transport in Hybrid Nanostructures" (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, co-directed with A. Martín-Rodero).

1999  Juan Carlos Cuevas, "Electronic Transport in Nanocontacts" (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, co-directed with A. Martín-Rodero).


Orientation of postdoctoral researchers

2021-2023  Gorm Steffensen

2017-2022  Sunghun Park

2017-2018  Ville Kauppila

2013-2016  Fernando Dominguez

2011-2013  Bernd Braunecker

2008-2010  Remí Avriller

2005-2007  Sebastián Bergeret

2004-2005  Raphael Duprat

Master Thesis direction

2021  Francisco Jesús Matute , Fernandez-Cañadas, Master thesis on Interaction effects in the subgap spectrum of Rashba nanowire Josephson junctions (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid).

2018  Miguel Alvarado Herrero, Master thesis on Josephson effect through quantum dots with topological superconducting leads (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid).

2017  Samuel Díaz Escribano, Master thesis on effect of the electrostatic environment on Majorana nanowires (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, co-directed with E. Prada).

2017  Francisco Martín Nieto, Master thesis on wavematching approach to transport in Majorana nanowires (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, co-directed with E. Prada).

2013  Rubén Seoane Souto, Master thesis on transport in molecular junctions with electron-phonon interactions (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, co-directed with A. Martín-Rodero and R. Monreal).

2012 Francesco Mazza, Master thesis on carbon nanotube cross junctions for electron entanglement detection from Cooper pair splitters (Universitá di Milano, co-directed with B. Braunecker).

2011 Diego González Olivares, Master thesis on quasiparticle trapping in Andreev bound states (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid).

1990  G. Simonelli,  graduation project on transport and localization in 1D systems with correlated disorder (Universidad de Buenos Aires, co-directed with M. Weissmann).


Fluent in English. Also familiar with French.