Postdoctoral Associates

02/2022 – present: Silvia Damerio (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow starting from 09/2023)
01/2023 – 04/2023: Martín Testa Anta (Juan de la Cierva Fellow – withdrawn)
03/2023 – present: Jesús Alejandro de Sousa

PhD Students
09/2021 – present: Stefano Fedel
03/2023 – present: Matteo Fettizio
03/2021 – 12/2022: Martín Testa Anta (discontinued due to the Juan de la Cierva fellowship award)

MSc/BSc Finishing Thesis

09/2022 – 01/2023: Júlia Mateu Comas – University of Barcelona / ICMAB-CSIC
11/2021 – 08/2022: Leo Salgado Chane-Pane – Autonomous University of Barcelona /ICMAB-CSIC
10/2021 – 06/2022: Teodor Parella [JAE Intro Fellow] – Autonomous University of Barcelona /ICMAB-CSIC

MSc-BSc Projects/Internships

09/2022-01/2023: Iker Barragán Martin – UB/ICMAB-CSIC
09/2022-02/2023: Loes Fransen, ICMAB-CSIC (visiting from TU Eindhoven)

ONGOING PhD Thesis (Gervasi Herranz):

1. Jiahui Jia, Supervised by G. Herranz/M. Pruneda (CIN2), defense expected for 2023
2. Alejandro Sánchez Miñarro, Supervised by G. Herranz, defense expected for 2025
3. Ondrej Novak, Supervised by G. Herranz/M. Veis (Charles Univ. Prague), defense expected for 2025
4. Fereshteh Masoudinia, Supervised by G. Herranz and Gyanendra Singh, defense expected for 2026

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING (since 2017, supervised by. Gervasi Herranz):

2017-20 Dr. Mikko Kataja (coming from Aalto University, Finland). Postdoctoral contract (2017-18) and Marie-Sklodowska Fellow (2018-20). Current postion: Optical Engineer / OptoFidelity Oy (company in Finland). Supervisor: Gervasi Herranz

2021-  Dr. Gyanendra Singh (coming from ESPCI-Paris Tech and Chalmers University, Sweden). Beatriu de Pinós Fellow. Supervisor: Gervasi Herranz

2023- Dr. Janine Gückelhorn (coming from Walther-Meissner-Institute, Germany). Postdoc Fellow financed by the project Heavy Element-Free Green Electronics (HEGEL), Reference:  TED2021-129857B-I00. Supervisor: Gervasi Herranz

BACHELOR THESES (since 2017):

1. Llorenç Benaches Magraner, UABDegree on Physics. Supervisor: G. Herranz January 2023
2. Ariadna Soro Álvarez. UAB. Mathematics & Physics. Sup.: M. Kataja/ G. Herranz June 2018
3. Jordi Rubio Serrano. UAB. Degree on Physics. Supervisor: G. Herranz; July 2019
4. Òscar Díaz Duran. UAB. Degree on Physics. Supervisor: G. Herranz; July 2019
5. Xavier Domingo Soldado. UAB. Degree on Physics. Supervisor: G. Herranz; July 2019
6. Guillem Müller Rigat. UAB. Degree on Physics. Sup.: M. Kataja/G. Herranz; July 2019
7. Genís Guillem Mimó. UAB. Degree on Physics&Chemistry. Sup.:/G. Herranz; July 2020

INTERSHIPS, PhD students (since 2017):

1. Lluís Nocete Pladevall, JAE Intro 2023, from UAB University, April-September 2023
2. Mathis Desseaux, from University of Montpellier, April-June 2023
3. Ayan Banerjee, Master in Quantum Science and Technology, University of Barcelona, Jan 2023- June 2023
4. Quentin Minon, Polytech. Nantes (France), June-July 2022 
5. Anna Fritschen. TU Darmstadt, Germany, Supervisor: G. Herranz; January-April 2017
6. Ondrej Nowak. Charles Univrsity in Prague, Czech Republic Supervisor: G. Herranz, September 2019

ONGOING PhD Thesis (Gervasi Herranz):

• Mario Villa Navas
  Supervised by J. Gazquez
  defense expected for 2026

BACHELOR THESES (since 2017):

• Bernat Mundet Bolòs
  UAB Degree on Physics
  Supervisor: J. Gazquez
  October 2018

ONGOING PHD THESES

Manel Mas (since october 2020)
Subject of PhD thesis: Electrothermal modeling and physics of the transition of Transition Edge Sensors (TES)

Postdoctoral Associates

Sept 2025- Present: Pol Salles “Strain engineering in complex oxide membranes for green hydrogen production”

PhD Students
Date of reading: Estimated end 2027: Longyi Fan (CSC Fellowship) “Complex oxide membranes: Heterointegration”
Date of reading: Estimated February 2027: Karla Mena (DOC-FAM MSCA EU Fellowship) Multiferroic nanocomposites for multi-energy harvesting
Date of reading: Estimated end 2026: Martí Ramis Garcia (FPI Fellowship) Complex oxide membranes for multienergy harvesting
Date of reading: 25/07/2023: Pamela Machado da Silva (FPI Fellowship) All-oxide photovoltaics by low cost fabrication methods.
Date of reading: 24/04/2023: Pol Sallés Perramon (InPhinit La Caixa Fellowship) Free-standing oxide perovskites.

MSc/BSc Finishing Thesis

02/2025 – 07/2025: Olivier  Albrich-Sales, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France. "Solution-based synthesis of SrMnO3 Sacrificial-Layers for Freestanding Oxide Membranes".
02/2024 – 06/2024: Lisa den Toom: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. "Preparation and characterization of CoFe2O4-BiFe0.9Co0.1O3 multilayer system for multi-source energy harvesting".
09/2022 – 12/2022: Rik Heinemmann. Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. "Setting up an ALD-reactor for the deposition of Fe2O3".
11/2022-05/2023: Alex Frebel. Darmstadt Tech. University, Germany (Erasmus+).
Date of Reading: 07/2022: Student: Eva Dominguez, UB, Spain. Development of ALD processes of oxide semiconductors. Supervisor: Dr. Mariona Coll, Pol, Sallés. UB.
09/2020-06/2021: Ramon Morera, UAB, Spain. "On the synthesis of complex oxide p-type transparent electrodes".