Aurelio Gallardo is a postdoctoral researcher whose work focuses on the theoretical characterization of low dimensional nanostructures. Among his work, two main topics could be highlighted, the characterization of chemical reactions occurring on the surfaces of solids and the theoretical characterization of the imaging mechanism of the scanning probe microscopy (SPM).Dr. Aurelio Gallardo has joined the Group of David Ecija with the aim of combining the computational tools he is bringing to IMDEA with the top-of-the-line experimental work developed by the group of Nanoarchitectonics on Surfaces. This synergy intends to contribute to the development of the computational tools at use, thanks to the possibility of bidirectional feedback between the experimental and theoretical efforts, while contributing to the designing of the experiments to perform and the interpretation of the obtained results.
Research Lines
Aurelio Gallardo is a postdoctoral researcher whose work focuses on the theoretical characterization of low dimensional nanostructures, in close collaboration with various experimental teams.
He obtained his bachelor’s degree in physics at the University of Granada, where he also obtained his master's degree with the specialty in theoretical and experimental approach to nanostructured materials. During these studies, he started to work with DFT approaches to study 2D materials, under the supervision of Dr. Blanca Biel.
Later, he obtained his PhD in physics at the Charles university in Prague (Czech Republic) with a work on the Theoretical study of charge states in molecular nanostructures on surfaces, performing his research at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (FZU of the CAS), under the supervision of Prof. Pavel Jelínek.
After his studies, he joined the group of David Écija at IMDEA Nanociencia in 2022, in 2023 he was granted a “Juan de la Cierva” postdoctoral fellowship to continue his work in the mentioned group and MSCA-IDEAL postdoctoral scholarship.
Relevant publications
K. Biswas, J. Janeiro, A. Gallardo, M. Lozano, A. Barragán, B. Álvarez, D. Soler-Polo, O. Stetsovych, A. Pinar Solé, K. Lauwaet, J. M. Gallego, D. Pérez, R. Miranda, J. I Urgel, P. Jelínek, D. Peña, D. Écija; Designing highly delocalized solitons by harnessing the structural parity of π-conjugated polymers, Nature Synthesis https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-024-00665-8 (2024)
N. Oinonen, A. Yakutovich, A. Gallardo, M. Ondráček, P. Hapala, O. Krejčí; Advancing scanning probe microscopy simulations: A decade of development in probe-particle models. Computer Physics Communications, 109341 (2024).B. Mallada†, A. Gallardo†, M. Lamanec†, B. de la Torre, V. Špirko, P. Hobza, P. Jelinek; Real-space imaging of anisotropic charge of -hole by means of Kelvin probe force microscopy. Science, 374, 863-867, (2021).
