Position: Coordinators of the project

• 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.

Marta Gil studies Physics and Mathematics at the UAB and is currently carrying out the bachelor’s Thesis in the Quantum Information Group at UAB. She has participated in the Youth and Science Program from La Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera, staying in research centers such as the Perimeter Institute in Canada and the Genomic Regulation Center in Barcelona.

Ivan is a PhD student in Quantum Information Theory group in ICFO. Originally, he is from Montenegro. He got his Physics degree from University of Belgrade and obtained his master’s degree from Polytechnic University of Catalunya. His research interests involve foundations of quantum theory, Bell nonlocality and quantum computing. In his native country he organized several science camps for high-school students.Ivan is a PhD student in Quantum Information Theory group in ICFO. Originally, he is from Montenegro. He got his Physics degree from University of Belgrade and obtained his master’s degree from Polytechnic University of Catalunya. His research interests involve foundations of quantum theory, Bell nonlocality and quantum computing. In his native country he organized several science camps for high-school students.

Zahra is a physicist. Her professional path started a long time ago, when she started to learn about the physics of elementary particles (high energy physics). After that, she got involved to work on a project about black holes, holographic screens and gravity. Currently, she am a PhD student in quantum information theory group at ICFO.

Martí Berenguer studies Physics at the UAB. He is currently carrying out the bachelor’s Thesis in the High Energy Physics Institute (IFAE) at UAB, and next course he will be taking the Master in Astrophysics, Particle Physics and Cosmology at Universitat de Barcelona.

Xavier is physics master student at the Claude Bernard University, Lyon. He is currently working on his master thesis in Quantum Information Theory at ICFO in Dr. Antonio Acín’s group. He discovered this field last year while doing an internship in Nicolas Brunner’s group at the University of Geneva. His main interests are on non-locality, many body systems and machine learning.