Dr. Huang and Mr. Moreno
Dr. Huang and Mr. Moreno
New ICFOnians
New researchers have joined ICFO.
October 06, 2009
Two Visiting Scientist, Dr. Chunfu Huang and Mr. Yasser Jeronimo Moreno; four Postdoctoral Researchers, Dr. Udo Weigel, Dr. Gergely Szirmai, Dr. Edina Szirmai and Dr. Séverine Philippe; one Research Engineer, Dr. Johann Osmond; four PhD Students, Mr. Alejandro Zamora, Mrs. Mónica Marro Sánchez and Mrs. Parisa Farzam and Mr. Ignacio Martínez Sánchez; two Students, Mr. David Benedetti and Mr. Sebastian Strobl; and two new members of the Administration area, Dr. Sinéad Kennedy and Dr. Marta García-Matos; have joined ICFO.
Dr. Chunfu Huang is a Visiting Scientist from the Graduate School of Nankai University in Taijin, China. He joins the group led by Prof. Lluis Torner to collaborate with Dr. Yaroslav Kartashov on optical solitons.
Mr. Yasser Moreno is a PhD Student at CICESE/UNAM, Mexico. He is going to spend six months at ICFO in the group led by Prof. Juan P. Torres. The project dilucidates how much entanglement is lost and how much is able to be preserved when a pair of entangled photons propagates in monomode optical fibers, the backbone of present day communication systems.
Dr. Udo Weigel obtained his PhD from RKU/Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics at Heidelberg, Germany in 2003. Since then he has carried out his research on particle optics both at academic institutions and private companies. Now Dr. Weigel joins the group led by Prof. Turgut Durduran as a Research Fellow and will work on an international project involving neuro-intensive care of newborn babies. The project is partially funded by the Fundació CELLEX Barcelona.
Dr. Gergely Szirmai received his PhD in Physics from Loránd Eötvös University in Budapest, Hungary in 2004. He joins the group led by Prof. Maciej Lewenstein as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the ERC-funded Quantum Gauge Theories and Ultracold Atoms (QUAGATUA) project. Dr. Szirmai will also work on ultracold atomic gases in optical cavities and coupling of ultracold matter to nanomechanical systems.
Dr. Edina Szirmai obtained her PhD degree in Physics from Loránd Eötvös University in Budapest, Hungary in 2007. She joins the group led by Prof. Maciej Lewenstein as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the ERC-funded Quantum Gauge Theories and Ultracold Atoms (QUAGATUA) project. Besides, Dr. Szirmai will use her experience in condensed matter physics to work on fermionic systems with large spins applying particular bosonization methods in 1D.
Dr. Séverine Philippe earned her PhD degree from Trinity College, Dublin with a thesis dissertation on Polarization Effects in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOAs). Next, she worked on fiber lasers and new designs for low noise SOAs, both at Trinity College and Dublin City University. At ICFO she will be working on 3D-Imaging of Neuronal Function in Experimental Stroke Models in the group led by Prof. Turgut Durduran.
Dr. Johann Osmond holds a PhD in Physics from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy. He joins the NanoPhotonics Lab at ICFO as a Research Engineer, developing advanced nanofabrication processes and training users on fabrication and characterization techniques.
Mr. Ignacio Martínez Sánchez graduated in Physics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. During his stay at ICFO he will obtain an MSc in Photonics at the group led by Prof. Dmitri Petrov. The main goal of his project is the experimental study of noise sources in biological systems -DNA molecules and red blood cells, in particular-, using optical trapping systems.
Mr. Alejandro Zamora holds an MSc in Astrophysics, Particle Physics and Cosmology from the Universitat de Barcelona. He is joining the group led by Prof. Maciej Lewenstein, as a PhD Student in the ERC-funded Quantum Gauge Theories and Ultracold Atoms (QUAGATUA) project.
Ms. Mónica Marro Sánchez obtained her MSc in Photonics degree in Barcelona in 2009. During her studies at ICFO as a PhD student with financial support from the Fundació CELLEX Barcelona, she will apply new statistical techniques in noisy data processing and electrodynamic phenomena as Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering in Raman microspectroscopy of human cells in the group led by Prof. Dmitri Petrov.
Ms. Parisa Farzam has completed her MSc project on Temporal and Spectral Characterization of Near-IR Femtosecond Optical Parametric Oscillator Pulses with ICFO/ICREA Dr. Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh and ICFO Dr. Lukasz Kornaszewski. She will now proceed with her PhD on Metabolic Imaging of Murine Cancer Models in the group led by Prof. Turgut Durduran.
Mr. David Benedetti is an Erasmus student from the University of Padua, Italy, who will work on new types of optical fibre sensors for harsh environments and infrared spectral region. He will be part of the group led by Prof. Valerio Pruneri.
Mr. Sebastian Strobl is a Student from the University of Applied Sciences at Regensburg, Germany. He will work on a practical implementation of HHG enhancement in the group led by Prof. Jens Biegert.
Dr. Sinéad Kennedy was awarded a BSc in Chemistry from University College Cork, Ireland in 1998 and received her PhD in Surface Chemistry from the University of Reading, UK in 2002. Over the past 5 years Dr. Kennedy has been involved in more than 20 European (EU) research projects. She has recently joined ICFO where she will be responsible for Strategic Projects within the Knowledge and Technology Transfer (KTT) office.
Dr. Marta García-Matos graduated in Physics at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 1998 and received her PhD in Mathematical Logic from the University of Helsinki, Finland in 2005. Her task at ICFO’s Outreach unit involves projects of scientific divulgation.
Dr. Chunfu Huang is a Visiting Scientist from the Graduate School of Nankai University in Taijin, China. He joins the group led by Prof. Lluis Torner to collaborate with Dr. Yaroslav Kartashov on optical solitons.
Mr. Yasser Moreno is a PhD Student at CICESE/UNAM, Mexico. He is going to spend six months at ICFO in the group led by Prof. Juan P. Torres. The project dilucidates how much entanglement is lost and how much is able to be preserved when a pair of entangled photons propagates in monomode optical fibers, the backbone of present day communication systems.
Dr. Udo Weigel obtained his PhD from RKU/Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics at Heidelberg, Germany in 2003. Since then he has carried out his research on particle optics both at academic institutions and private companies. Now Dr. Weigel joins the group led by Prof. Turgut Durduran as a Research Fellow and will work on an international project involving neuro-intensive care of newborn babies. The project is partially funded by the Fundació CELLEX Barcelona.
Dr. Gergely Szirmai received his PhD in Physics from Loránd Eötvös University in Budapest, Hungary in 2004. He joins the group led by Prof. Maciej Lewenstein as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the ERC-funded Quantum Gauge Theories and Ultracold Atoms (QUAGATUA) project. Dr. Szirmai will also work on ultracold atomic gases in optical cavities and coupling of ultracold matter to nanomechanical systems.
Dr. Edina Szirmai obtained her PhD degree in Physics from Loránd Eötvös University in Budapest, Hungary in 2007. She joins the group led by Prof. Maciej Lewenstein as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the ERC-funded Quantum Gauge Theories and Ultracold Atoms (QUAGATUA) project. Besides, Dr. Szirmai will use her experience in condensed matter physics to work on fermionic systems with large spins applying particular bosonization methods in 1D.
Dr. Séverine Philippe earned her PhD degree from Trinity College, Dublin with a thesis dissertation on Polarization Effects in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOAs). Next, she worked on fiber lasers and new designs for low noise SOAs, both at Trinity College and Dublin City University. At ICFO she will be working on 3D-Imaging of Neuronal Function in Experimental Stroke Models in the group led by Prof. Turgut Durduran.
Dr. Johann Osmond holds a PhD in Physics from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy. He joins the NanoPhotonics Lab at ICFO as a Research Engineer, developing advanced nanofabrication processes and training users on fabrication and characterization techniques.
Mr. Ignacio Martínez Sánchez graduated in Physics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. During his stay at ICFO he will obtain an MSc in Photonics at the group led by Prof. Dmitri Petrov. The main goal of his project is the experimental study of noise sources in biological systems -DNA molecules and red blood cells, in particular-, using optical trapping systems.
Mr. Alejandro Zamora holds an MSc in Astrophysics, Particle Physics and Cosmology from the Universitat de Barcelona. He is joining the group led by Prof. Maciej Lewenstein, as a PhD Student in the ERC-funded Quantum Gauge Theories and Ultracold Atoms (QUAGATUA) project.
Ms. Mónica Marro Sánchez obtained her MSc in Photonics degree in Barcelona in 2009. During her studies at ICFO as a PhD student with financial support from the Fundació CELLEX Barcelona, she will apply new statistical techniques in noisy data processing and electrodynamic phenomena as Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering in Raman microspectroscopy of human cells in the group led by Prof. Dmitri Petrov.
Ms. Parisa Farzam has completed her MSc project on Temporal and Spectral Characterization of Near-IR Femtosecond Optical Parametric Oscillator Pulses with ICFO/ICREA Dr. Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh and ICFO Dr. Lukasz Kornaszewski. She will now proceed with her PhD on Metabolic Imaging of Murine Cancer Models in the group led by Prof. Turgut Durduran.
Mr. David Benedetti is an Erasmus student from the University of Padua, Italy, who will work on new types of optical fibre sensors for harsh environments and infrared spectral region. He will be part of the group led by Prof. Valerio Pruneri.
Mr. Sebastian Strobl is a Student from the University of Applied Sciences at Regensburg, Germany. He will work on a practical implementation of HHG enhancement in the group led by Prof. Jens Biegert.
Dr. Sinéad Kennedy was awarded a BSc in Chemistry from University College Cork, Ireland in 1998 and received her PhD in Surface Chemistry from the University of Reading, UK in 2002. Over the past 5 years Dr. Kennedy has been involved in more than 20 European (EU) research projects. She has recently joined ICFO where she will be responsible for Strategic Projects within the Knowledge and Technology Transfer (KTT) office.
Dr. Marta García-Matos graduated in Physics at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 1998 and received her PhD in Mathematical Logic from the University of Helsinki, Finland in 2005. Her task at ICFO’s Outreach unit involves projects of scientific divulgation.
Dr. Weigel, Dr. Szirmai, Dr. Szirmai and Dr. Philippe
Dr. Johann Osmond
Mr. Martínez, Mr. Zamora, Mrs. Marro and Mrs. Farzam
Mr. Benedetti and Mr. Strobl
Dr. Kennedy and Dr. García-Matos