Position: Coordinators of the project

Marta G. Rivera-Ferre, Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow at the University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia. She coordinates the research line “Sustainable communities, social innovations and territories” within the group “Societies, policies and inclusive communities” and is the director of the Chair Agroecology and Food Systems. With a multidisciplinary profile in the analysis of the society and environment interactions within agri-food systems, she has a particular interest in alternative agri-food systems and more recently, in the analysis of feminists and commons theories as to be adopted in agri-food research. Member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food and the Journal of Sustainable Development, she has participated as lead author in the UN-lead assessments the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD, 2005-2008) and the of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC, 2010-2014; 2017-2019).

• Degree in Gastronomy and Culinary Arts by Basque Culinary Centre, with the specialization on the vanguard.
• Graduated as a superior technician on Nutrition in Education University. 
• MSc in Pastry developing the final project in El Celler de Can Roca.
• Knowledge in Biotechnology by the University of Leon – Spain.
• Project manager in Technological Development and Innovations area.

Responsible for the area of Food Heritage and Sustainability. Graduated in cuisine, he has worked in several restaurants and confectioneries. He has been a part of El Bulli and he has actively participated in all actions related to it (restaurant, ElBulli workshop, catering, consultancy and writing books). As a founding member of Alícia, he has coordinated studies and publications about cooking techniques, food history and strategies to promote the Catalan food heritage. 

• Degree in Biochemistry by University of Balearic Islands (UIB).
• MSc in Bioinformatics by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).
• PhD in Structural Biology in the Life Science Department at the BSC.

Daniel Guberman studied Physics at the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina). He is approaching the end of his PhD, which he carried at the High Energy Physics (IFAE) Gamma-Ray Astronomy group since 2014. As part of the MAGIC collaboration, he focused his studies on the observations of a supernova remnant, aiming to yield some light in the process of trying to understand the origin of cosmic rays. He has been involved in the construction and testing of a new type of photodetector for gamma-ray astronomy, developing a strong experimental profile.

• Researcher in the Gamma Rays group at IFAE.
• Spokesperson of the  MAGIC collaboration.
• On charge for the construction of the cameras for the largest telescopes of Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the coming new observatory for very-high-energy gamma rays.
• Extensive experience bringing high energy astrophysics to the general public and to make available to young people his knowledge in technology and physics in informative talks.

Joaquim Palacio studied Physics at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Barcelona). He is approaching the end of his PhD, which he carried at the High Energy Physics (IFAE) Gamma-Ray Astronomy group since 2014. As part of the MAGIC collaboration, he focused his studies on indirect dark matter (DM) searches with Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs), the search of an extra-terrestrial gamma-ray signal that could hint the existence of a new particle beyond the current standard model of particle physics. Observational and theoretical arguments have been proposed for the existence of this DM particle, and the MAGIC telescopes are among the current leading experiments that could discover it. He has also been involved in the final construction phase of what will become the largest IACT built on Earth, the Large Size Telescope, that will also search for the DM particle.

John Calsamiglia graduated in Physics from the UAB in 1996. After postgraduate studies in theoretical physics in U. Autónoma de Madrid, in 1997 he joined the Helsinki Institute of Physics to carry out his PhD on the quantum processing capabilities of linear optics. He held postdoc positions in Harvard-Smithsonian CFA & UCONN (on quantum dynamics of Rydberg ensembles), LMU München (on multipartite quantum communication applications and entanglement) and U. of Innsbruck (on quantum spin-gases, and non-classicality measures), where he was assistant professor until 2005. He returned to UAB with a Ramón y Cajal fellowship, where he is a professor with tenure since 2010. His current research interests are centered on quantum statistical inference and non-classicality. He is author of 53 papers, has supervised 4 PhD thesis and has participated in numerous research projects funded by national and European agencies.

Andreu Riera Campeny is and PhD student at the Quantum Information Group (GIQ) from the UAB. He studied his Physics Degree in the same university, and then he moved to Innsbruck (Austria) to study there the MSc. in Theoretical Quantum Physics. He is currently a teaching assistant of the Physics degree at UAB.

Boris got his master’s degree in Paris (Télécom ParisTech), then moved to Barcelona in 2014. He is currently a PhD student in quantum information theory at ICFO. He supervised two students from the Youth and Science Program from La Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera and co-organized the 2nd edition of the international conference for Young Quantum Information Scientists (YQIS) in Barcelona in October 2016.