Position: Coordinators of the project

• Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Department of Mathematics of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and a researcher affiliated with the Centre for Mathematical Research (CRM). 
• His research focuses on MATHEMATICAL NEUROSCIENCE and DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS.
• His research is based on a genuine immersion in neuroscience problems with the help of experimental experts, followed by the selection of appropriate mathematical tools to model and study specific problems. Currently, he is working on various issues in this interdisciplinary field, consistently developing computational methods, and using and analyzing mathematical tools.

• Half of her studies were done as an Erasmus student before graduating in Physiology and Toxicology at University of Toulouse.
• Studied the neurotoxic effects of chemical substances in aquatic organisms to complete her PhD in Neurosciences (Autonomous University of Barcelona)
• During her thesis, she developed methodologies of detection for chemical risk assessment in living organisms.
• She implements high-throughput automated systems based on video acquisition for the study of behavioural effects in vertebrate and invertebrate species.
• Analytical and behavioural results allow her to assess chemical hazard, decipher toxicological mechanisms and prevent the risk for One Health.

• Eduardo is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Photonics at ICFO, where he detects and manipulates single ions in a crystal to process quantum information.
• Completed a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Physics at the University of Oxford, specialising in particle physics, lasers, and quantum information.
• Worked as a freelance software developer over the vacations from university, developing web automation projects with Python.
• He was born and raised in Madrid in a bilingual Spanish/English household.

• Antonio is currently doing his Ph.D. at ICFO in the group “Photon harvesting in plants and biomolecules.”
• He studies the folding/unfolding of proteins with ultrafast spectroscopy methods combined with molecular dynamics simulations.
• He graduated in Physics at the University of Bologna in 2019.
• His master’s study was based in general relativity and high-energy physics, quantum field theory. He did his final thesis in String theory phenomenology. He graduated in Theoretical Physics in 2021.
• After graduation he worked for four months as Data Analysts in an IT company and then as a Mathematics and Physics teacher in a high school for one year.

• Currently she is a PhD-student in Theoretical Quantum Nano-Photonics at ICFO led by Prof. Darrick Chang. Her research is focused on atom-light interactions, optical traps, decoherence in quantum states.
• Former Research Engineer at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Munich. Projects on tensor network states, skilled in Python programming.
• BSc in Physics from the University of Athens.
• MSc in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics in the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich.
• Degree in High School Education in Mathematics and Physics from the Technical University in Munich. Teaching experience in high schools and universities.

• Currently, she is a Ph.D. student at ICFO focusing on quantum sensing in the Atomic Quantum Optics Group.
• She studied physics in the University of Granada, Spain where she developed a passion for optics.
• She did her Erasmus studies in France to study further about optics. Moreover, she completed an internship in Portugal where she learnt about photonics crystals.
• She continued her studies at the University of Southampton (UK), where she earned her MSc in Optical Fibers and Photonics Engineering.

• Joined ICFO as a Ph.D. student where he works on storing photons in solid-state quantum memories.
• Did Physics Bachelor and Master at the Technical University Darmstadt in Germany.
• After work he does parkour/gymnastics and occasionally play bass.
• At BIYSC he helps preparing, testing and supervising the quantum key distribution experiment.

• B.Sc. in Genetics at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, M.Sc. in Molecular Biotechnology at Universitat de Barcelona
• Postdoctoral Fellow at the Synthetic Biology Laboratory
• My research is dedicated to the development of advanced therapeutic strategies for Congenital Muscular Dystrophy Type 1A, optimizing both viral and non-viral delivery systems to achieve efficient gene replacement. In parallel, I am working in a project aimed at creating a novel in vivo CAR-T cell immunotherapy platform, using engineered viral vectors for targeted modulation of immune responses.

• Outreach Project Manager at ICFO, part of the Outreach team led by Dr Lydia Sanmartí-Vila.
• Organizing ICFO outreach activities and managing the CARLA project, the 360 CARLA follow up project, the ´Be an ICFOnian for a Day´ program, and the Barcelona International Youth Science Challenge (BIYSC).
• Joint Ph.D. in Chemistry and Spectroscopy between Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Ireland, and the University of Amsterdam (UvA), the Netherlands.
• MSc in Translational Research in Molecular Biology and Genetics by Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), Greece.
• Bachelor degree of Pharmacy by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece.

Involved in the field of Atomic Physics, Quantum liquids and gases Research.