Manuela Garnica graduated in Physics in 2008 and obtained her M.Sc. in Nanoscience and Molecular Nanotechnology in 2010 at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. During her Ph.D. (2010-2013) she developed her research at the Surface Science Laboratory in the UAM under the supervision of Amadeo L. Vázquez de Parga and Rodolfo Miranda and she also spent three months in Zurich at the Empa laboratories. After a brief postdoc in Madrid, she moved to Germany in 2014 where she was working as Marie Curie fellow at the Technical University of Munich. In February 2018, she joined IMDEA Nanociencia as Junior Leader "La Caixa" fellow. Her research is focused on the synthesis of 2D materials on solid surfaces and the investigation of their fundamental structural, electronic and magnetic properties by means of scanning probe microscopies.

Position: Assistant Research Prof. (tenure track)

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Amadeo L. Vázquez de Parga obtained his PhD in Physics in 1992 at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). He carried out a postdoc stay at IBM Research Laboratory in Zürich (Switzerland) working on the characterization of the light emitted by the tunneling junction in a Scanning Tunneling Microscope. From 1999 is Associated Professor in the Condensed Matter Physics Department at UAM, from 2008 Associated Research Professor at IMDEA Nanociencia and from 2013 Researcher at the Condensed Matter Physcis Center (IFIMAC). During 2002 and 2003 was visiting researcher at Radbaoud University, Nijmegen (The Netherlands), working on spin-polarized STM experiments. During his career, Amadeo has made short research stays at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, California (1990), Max-Planck Institute in Halle, Germany (2000), Gakushuin University, Tokio, Japan (2004) and Chiba University, Chiba, Japan (2015).

Position: Associated Research Professor

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Fabián Calleja studied physics in the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, where he obtained his BSc in 2001 and MSc in 2002. He then joined the Surfaces Laboratory of the same university to study by means of UHV-STM the problem of the atomic identification on metal oxide surfaces, the quantum size effects in the thermal stability of atomically flat thin films, and the local electronic structure of metal-supported graphene, obtaining his phD in 2007. Then he joined the Laboratory of Nanostructures at Surfaces of the Federal Politechnical School of Lausanne (EPFL) as a post-doctoral researcher, where he studied the influence of hydrogen in low energy inelastic tunneling processes on STM experiments performed at cryogenic temperatures and the interpretation of atomic resolution STM images acquired on metal supported graphene systems. In 2011 he joined IMDEA Nanociencia, where he is currently hired as a researcher. His current research activity is focused on the electronic properties of metal supported graphene layers and its modifications by interaction with either organic molecules or heavy metal atoms, studied by means of UHV-STM at low temperatures and under external magnetic fields.

Position: Assistant Research Prof. (tenure track)

Phone: +34 912998845

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Cosme Gonzalez Ayani studied physics at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). Afterwards, he obtained a master's degree in nanoscience and molecular nanotechnology in the same university. Currently, he is doing his PHD in condense matter physics at IMDEA Nanociencia, focusing his research in superconductivity.

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Marc G. Cuxart graduated in Physics at the University of Barcelona (2013), and obtained his MSc (ALBA Synchrotron, 2014) and PhD in Physics (Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2019) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. After his doctoral studies, he moved to the Technical University of Munich, where he was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual fellowship (2019) to work as postdoctoral scientist. In 2022, he joined IMDEA Nanociencia after obtaining a COFUND Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowship. His research focuses on the creation and study of low-dimensional materials, such as atomically thin layers or molecular nanostructures. By utilizing scanning tunneling microscopy and synchrotron-based spectroscopies, he aims to correlate microscopic with macroscopic observables to achieve fundamental understanding of quantum electronic, magnetic and chemical phenomena occurring at the atomic level.

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Joan Ripoll studied Physics and Mathematics at the University of Oviedo. Afterwards, he obtained a master’s degree in “Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics” at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Currently, he is doing his PhD in Condensed Matter Physics, Nanoscience and Biophysics at IMDEA Nanociencia, focusing his research in new 2D materials based on transition metal dichalcogenides.

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Iván Martínez studied physics at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He obtained a Master degree in ”Advanced materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics” in the same university. After that he was working in CSIC in “Visual optic and biophotonic lab” for one year. Currently he is a PhD student at IMDEA Nanociencia.

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Alireza Amiri graduated in Material science at Azad university, Iran in 2014 and afterward started to work in several companies such as Iran National Steel Industrial Group and POUYANCO on producing industrial parts. Then, he did his Master's in nanoscience and nanotechnology in Spain at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, in 2021.  He started to work on his thesis under the supervision of Pro. Felix Zamora on 2D materials and his thesis was titled "Coating Woven, Non-woven Polypropylene with 2D Inks". After finishing his master, he continued his investigations on 2D materials for one year more. In September 2022, he has started his Ph.D. on synthesizing and functionalizing TMDs by Scanning tunneling microscopy under the supervision of Dr. Manuela Garnica at IMDEA nanociencia.

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