Sergio O. Valenzuela#
| Membership Number: | 6139 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | https://icn2.cat/en/physics-and-engineering-of-nanodevices-group |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-4632-8891 |
| Twitter: | @S_O_Valenzuela |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2008 - present Research Professor, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008 - present Group Leader, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008 - 2012 Associate Professor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008 - 2011 Research Affiliate, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Cambridge, MA, USA)
- 2005 - 2008 Research Scientist, Research Laboratory of Electronics and Nuclear Science and Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Cambridge, MA, USA)
- 2004 - 2005 Research Associate, Department of Physics, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, USA)
- 2002 - 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, USA)
- 2000 - 2001 Lecturer, University of Buenos Aires
- 1995 - 2000 Teaching Assistant, University of Buenos Aires
Fields of Scholarship
- Superconductivity
- Nanotechnology
- Materials science and nano materials
- Quantum transport
- Quantum computing
- Spintronics and magnetism
- Low dimensional systems and interfaces
- Topological insulators
Honours and Awards
- 2012 ERC Grant (Consolidator Level) PE3
- 2009 IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in the Field of Magnetism (The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics)
- 2007 ICREA Research Professorship
- 2002 J. J. Giambiagi Prize
