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Congratulations to Maria on her first article!
20 Feb 2025

Congratulations to Maria on her first article!

by allan.s.johnson@proton.me | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

Our latest work “Chirped pulse control over the melting of superconductors” has now been published in Physical Review B! Congratulations to Maria Recasens for her first lead author publication. In it we simulate the dynamics of superconductors driven by strong … Continued

Welcome to Carlos Torres to the group
31 Oct 2024

Welcome to Carlos Torres to the group

by allan.s.johnson@proton.me | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

A big welcome to Carlos Torres, who joins our group as postdoc following his PhD at Northwestern University (USA). Carlos will be working on coherent imaging in manganites and other strongly correlated systems.

Our work highlighted in the 2024 Popular Advances Collection
30 Oct 2024

Our work highlighted in the 2024 Popular Advances Collection

by allan.s.johnson@proton.me | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

Happy to share our recent work in Materials Advances has been highlighted in the 2024 Popular Advances Collection! You can find the full collection here: Materials Advances Popular Advances Collection 2024. Link to the article: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/ma/d4ma00154k

Allan Johnson receives a Leonardo Fellowship
18 Sep 2024

Allan Johnson receives a Leonardo Fellowship

by allan.s.johnson@proton.me | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

Allan Johnson, a “Ramón y Cajal” researcher at IMDEA Nanociencia, has been awarded a “Leonardo” grant from the BBVA Foundation. His project, “Imaging and Controlling Ultrafast Quantum Devices,” will help shed light on how next-generation electronic devices—such as “memristors” based … Continued

ERC Starting Grant KnotSeen
16 Sep 2024

ERC Starting Grant KnotSeen

by allan.s.johnson@proton.me | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

Our project KnotSeen – Imaging the Topological Defects of Light-Induced Phase Transitions – has been funded by a European Research Council Starting Grant! With 2.5 million euros we will build a state of the art ultrafast XUV beamline for coherent … Continued

A new method to study stochastic dynamics
4 Sep 2024

A new method to study stochastic dynamics

by allan.s.johnson@proton.me | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

IMDEA Nanoscience has issued a press release covering our new work in Materials Advances! Check it out!

Ricardo Rojas and Ahsan Ali join USQM
1 Apr 2024

Ricardo Rojas and Ahsan Ali join USQM

by allan.s.johnson@proton.me | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

A big welcome to Ricardo Rojas, who joins the USQM team as a postdoc, and to Ahsan Ali, who joins us for his PhD. Ricardo recently finished his PhD at the University of Luxembourg in ultrafast spectroscopy applied to condensed … Continued

Shreya Bachi joins the USQM group
13 Aug 2023

Shreya Bachi joins the USQM group

by allan.s.johnson@proton.me | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

Shreya Bagchi begins her PhD in the group! Shreya undertook her masters in laser science at Pondicherry University, and at IMDEA Nanociencia is studying the application of light-induced phase transitions to nonlinear optics.

Arnab Sarkar joins the USQM group
1 Jun 2023

Arnab Sarkar joins the USQM group

by allan.s.johnson@proton.me | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

Arnab Sarkar joins the USQM group as a postdoctoral fellow from IIT Kanpur, where he studied time crystals in mechanical systems. At IMDEA Arnab will be leading construction of our new ultrafast magnetic spectroscopic capabilities and studying light-induced phase transitions … Continued

Cover of Nature Physics
14 Feb 2023

Cover of Nature Physics

by allan.s.johnson@proton.me | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

Very pleased to announce our recent work on time-resolved imaging of phase transitions is on the cover of the February issue of Nature Physics! Take a look here: https://www.nature.com/nphys/volumes/19/issues/2

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