We have a new Doctor at the ICMAB, Docor Qianzhe Zhang, from the Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites Group (NN) at ICMAB, who defended his PhD thesis on Friday, 4 October 2019. His thesis, supervised by Dr. Martí Gich and Dr. Adrián Carretero was entitled "Microstructural Control of Epitaxial α-Quartz Films". Do you know what Qianzhe will miss the most? Continue reading!

Congratulations to Dr. Arpita Saha for successfully defending her PhD Thesis on "Tuning the properties of quantum nanocrystals and magnetic nanoparticles using spherical ligands: carboranes and metallacarboranes". If you want to know more about Arpita and her stay at the ICMAB, read more below!

Dr. Laia Soler, former PhD researcher under the supervision of Prof. Xavier Obradors and Dr. Susagna Ricart (Superconducting and Large Scale Nanostructures group at ICMAB) defended her PhD thesis entitled "Liquid-assisted ultrafast growth of superconducting films derived from chemical solutions" publicly on 1 March 2019 at the ICMAB-CSIC Auditorium. We have interviewed her to know a little bit more about her PhD and her life at the ICMAB!

Dr. Rafael Cichelero, former PhD researcher under the supervision of Dr. Gervasi Herranz (MULFOX group at ICMAB), defended his PhD thesis entitled "Diffractive multifunctional plasmonic systems" publicly on 25 January 2019 at the IMB-CNM-CSIC Auditorium. We have interviewed him to know a little bit more about his PhD!

Congratulations Xavier!

Congratulations to Dr. Francesc Bejarano from the the NANOMOL group for successfully defending hid PhD Thesis on molecular conductors and switches for electronics at ICMAB! Francesc defended his PhD Thesis, supervised by Prof. Concepció Rovira and Dr. Núria Crivillers, on Friday, 26 October 2018.

Dr. Bohores Villarejo defended his PhD thesis on "Synthesis of defect free YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x films over 1µm by CSD using Inkjet Printing" on Friday, 14 September 2018, with great success, surrounded by his friends, family and colleagues! Congratulations!

Dr. Ziliang Li defended his PhD thesis on "Growth and characterization of nanocomposite YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ – BaMO₃ (M = Zr, Hf) thin films from colloidal solutions" on Thursday, 19 July 2018 at 12 pm. Congratulations Ziliang!!

Doctor Juan Antonio Seijas Bellido from the Theory and Simulation Group at ICMAB successfully defended his PhD thesis "Computational studies of thermal transport in functional oxides" last Thursday, 3 October 2019, at at the ICMAB. His supervisors were Dr. Riccardo Rurali (ICMAB) and Dr. Jorge Iñiguez (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST).

Dr. Isabel Fuentes from the Inorganic Materials & Catalysis at ICMAB successfully defended her PhD thesis "Aplicaciones de los metalacarboranos en el campo de la biomedicina y de la energía" supervised by Francesc Teixidor, on Tuesday, 16 July 2019.

Doctor Qiaoming Zhang from the Nanomol Group at ICMAB, defended successfully his PhD thesis on Thursday, 13 June 2019. "I am the first Chinese Doctor of the NANOMOL group", he said, happily after his PhD Defense. Marta Mas-Torrent and Francesca Leonardi, his supervisors, were as proud as one can be! We have interviewed Qiaoming, to know about what he thinks of his PhD at ICMAB. Continue reading!

Dr.Sílvia Illa, former PhD researcher under the supervision of Dr. Jordi Faraudo (Theory and Simulation group at ICMAB) and Dr. Swapans K. Pati (Theoretical Science Unit, JNCASR, India), defended her PhD thesis entitled "Molecular Modelling of Quatsome nanovesicles" publicly on 28 February 2019 at the ICMAB-CSIC Auditorium. We have interviewed her to know a little bit more about her PhD and her life at the ICMAB!

Dr. Adriana Kyvik, former PhD researcher under the supervision of Dr. Imma Ratera (NANOMOL group at ICMAB), defended her PhD thesis entitled "Self-Assembled Monolayers for Biological Applications: Design, Processing, Characterization and Biological Studies" publicly on 25 January 2019 at the ICMAB-CSIC Auditorium. We have interviewed her to know a little bit more about her PhD and her life at the ICMAB!

Dr. Mahdi Chaari defended his PhD Thesis on December 7, 2018, at the Université de Sfax (Tunisia), obtaining the highest mark Mention Très Honorable avec les félicitations du jury. His supervisor from the ICMAB-CSIC, Dr. Rosario Núñez, was very happy for him. The thesis was entitled "Synthesis and characterization of new carborane derivatives for photo-optical and medicinal applications". 

Dr. Mengdi Qian from the Laboratory of Multifunctional Oxides and Complex Structures (MULFOX) successfully defended her PhD thesis on Friday, 16 November. Congratulations!

Dr. Bernat Mundet defended his PhD thesis on "Atomic-scale characterization of structural distortions in perovskite oxide thin films" Monday, 9 October 2018, with great success, surrounded by his friends, family and colleagues! Congratulations! 

The PhD Researcher Bohores Villarejo from the Superconducting Materials and Large Scale Nanostructures (SUMAN) group will defend his PhD thesis on Friday, 14 September, at 11 am at ICMAB. 

Dr. Wenjie Qian defended her PhD thesis on "Preparation and processing of molecular materials with optoelectronic properties" on Tuesday, 17 July 2018 at 11 am. Congratulations Wenjie!

The PhD Researcher Maria Serena Maglione from the NANOMOL group defended her PhD thesis on "Preparation of electroactive self-assembled monolayers for the fabrication of advanced electronic devices" on Friday, 27 April. Her friends and family joined her during the defense of her thesis, which was evaluated by Fabio Biscarini (Universitá di Modena e Reggio Emilia), Arántzazu González (ICMAB) and Emilio Pérez (IMDEA Nanociencia). The thesis supervisors were Marta Mas-Torrent and Concepció Rovira. 

Dr. Ana Pérez defended her PhD Thesis entitled "Nanoscale interpretation of performances in organic solar cells and field effect transistors" on Monday 16 April at 11 am at ICMAB and obtained the highest mark! Congratulations!