My Curriculum Vitae

• March 2000: Ph.D. in Chemistry obtained from Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain). Grade: excellent (“Sobresaliente cum Laude”); European Ph.D.
  

• 1995 - 1999: Ph.D. thesis (ILL and Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) with the title:
  Structure and dynamics of condensed phases of ethanol.
  

• 1995 - 1999: Ph.D. thesis (ILL and Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) with the title:
  Structure and dynamics of condensed phases of ethanol.
  

• March 1995: “Examen de grado” in Chemical Physics (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). Diploma thesis title: Brownian dynamics of complex systems.
  

• 1989 - 1994: “Licenciatura en Ciencias Químicas”  (M.Sc. in Chemistry) obtained at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid (Spain). Grade: 8.26/10.
  

• Since December 2006:  Staff scientist at Institut Laue-Langevin (Grenoble, France), in the Scientific Computing group.

- Development of data analysis software.

- Development of computer modeling activities at ILL and support to users.

- Personal research combining neutron scattering experiments and computer simulation (classical Molecular Dynamics and ab initio DFT techniques): vibrational properties of disordered, structure and dynamics of molecular liquids, structure and dynamics of confined quantum liquids, dynamics of molecular crystals

• 2004-2006:  Scientist at Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón (CSIC-University of Zaragoza) to work as Spanish instrument responsible of the neutron powder diffractometer D1B, at the Institut Laue-Langevin (Grenoble, France).

- Management of budget and experimental activity corresponding to the Spanish part of the  CRG-D1B.

- Development of a Spanish neutron group at the ILL in order to: i) coordinate the activity of the two French-Spanish CRG’s (D1B and D15), ii) provide better support to Spanish users, and iii) participate in national calls to fund projects aimed at improving those instruments or the access to the facilities.

• 1999 - 2004:  Instrument scientist at the Institut Laue-Langevin (Grenoble, France).

- First responsible of the backscattering spectrometer IN10 between October 2000 and April 2004. Second responsible of IN16 between December 1999 and October 2000 and between April and November 2004.

- Local contact work in several ILL instruments: diffractometers (D4, D1B, D2B, D20, D16) and spectrometers (backscattering: IN10, IN13 and IN16; time of flight: IN4, IN5, and IN6).

- Involved in project to build a new backscattering spectrometer at the ILL using the Phase Space Transformation technique.

- Instrument simulations (using McStas) to optimize the main relevant parameters for the future backscattering spectrometer IN16B and determine the expected gains.

- Update and debug the software to correct and reduce backscattering data at the ILL (SQW code).

• August 1999 - October 1999:  Scientific collaborator at the Institut Laue-Langevin as responsible of the diffractometer for liquids and amorphous materials D4B.

• August 1998 – April 1999:  Military service.

• June 1995 - June 1998:  “Contrat de Formation par la Recherche” at the Institut Laue-Langevin (Grenoble, France).

- Study of the structure and dynamics of the condensed phases of ethanol combining neutron scattering measurements and computer simulations.

- Development of a code to perform classical MD simulations and the required analysis tools to compare simulation data with neutron measurements. Application to molecular liquids.

• June 1994 - June 1995:  Collaboration fellowship from the “Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia” of Spain (Spanish Ministry of Education and Science), to work on the project: “Modeling of the dynamics of polymer melts”

- Development of a code to perform Brownian Dynamics simulations and application to selenium melts.

• Systems:    Experienced user of UNIX, Linux and Windows.

• Languages:  Experienced programmer in Fortran 77.

                             Knowledge of Fortran 90, C and Python.

• Software:   Development of simulation codes and specific tools for data analysis.

- Molecular Dynamics and molecular mechanics packages (DL-POLY, Charmm,Cerius2).
Ab initio DFT techniques and software (VASP).

- Molecular visualization, graphical and mathematical programs (RasMol, Moviemol, XMakemol; gnuplot, ACE/gr; Mathematica).

- McStas (simulation of neutron scattering instruments).

- Experienced user of Latex and good knowledge of HTML.

- Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

• Spanish: Mother tongue.

• English: Fluent (written and spoken).

• French: Fluent (written and spoken).

• Italian: Fluent (written and spoken).

• German: Notions.

• Summer schools and specialized courses followed:

- Introductory course on Neutron Scattering (Interlaken, Switzerland, 1996).

- Higher European Research Course for Users of large Experimental Systems (HERCULES) (Grenoble, France, 1998).

- Formation  à l’utilisation de la bibliothèque MPI (CEA-Grenoble, 21-23 November 2006).

 - Formation Mathematica (Grenoble, France, 28 March 2007).

• Teaching experience:

-  ILL supervisor of a Ph.D. student (Elisa Fabiani, Ph.D. thesis in March 2005).

- Tutorial given on the subject of “Data analysis of quasielastic neutron scattering data” on the Hercules courses 2001, 2002, and 2003.

- Lecture on the subject of “Quasielastic Neutron Scattering” for a doctoral course on Neutron Scattering given at the University of Zaragoza, Spain (25 March 2003).

- Lecture on “Force-fields and Molecular Dynamics simulations”, given as part of the program of the school of the 2nd workshop on Neutrons and Numerical Methods held in Grenoble (14 September 2004).

- Lecture on “Fundamentals on Inelastic Neutron Scattering and examples”, in the International Summer School on Neutron Techniques in Molecular Magnetism held in Jaca, Spain (31 August – 9 September 2006).

- Lecture on “Dynamics of supercooled liquids and glasses”, as part of the Ph.D. program at the Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble (12 June 2007).

• Work in professional organizations:  

- College 6 secretary at the ILL between June 2000 and June 2002.

- Member of the board of the Spanish neutron scattering association (SETN) since October 2002.

- Member of the ISIS panel FAP-2 (Disordered Materials) since June 2006. 

• Organization of schools and conferences:

- Member of the organizing committee of the 2nd meeting of the Spanish neutron scattering association, SETN (Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, 20-22 September 2004).

- Member of the organizing committee of the 2nd workshop “Neutrons and Numerical Methods”, N2M2 (Grenoble, 15-18 September 2004) and guest editor of the conference proceedings (special issue in Chemical Physics).

- Member of the organizing committee of the international summer school on Neutron Techniques in Molecular Magnetism (Jaca, 31 August-9 September 2006).

- Member of the organizing committee of the 3rd meeting of the Spanish neutron scattering association, SETN (Jaca, 10-13 September 2006)

• Spain-ILL 20th anniversary; Madrid (Spain), 28 November 2007: “Disorder and glassy dynamics in simple alcohols”.

• Accelrys Science Forum; Paris (France), 18 October 2007: “Computer simulation and neutron scattering: adding value to experimental data”.

• E-MRS 2007 Fall Meeting; Warsaw (Poland), 17-21 September 2007: “Modeling the structure and dynamics of glasses using ab initio and classical computer simulations”.

• 4th European Conference on Neutron Scattering; Lund (Sweden), 25-29 June 2007: “Understanding the structure and dynamics of disordered systems: Symbiosis between neutrons and simulations”.

• Scienomics seminar series; Paris (France), 23 April 2006: “Molecular modeling and neutron scattering – how to get more out of the data”.

• XI International Conference on the Physics of Non Crystalline Solids; Rodhes (Greece), 29 October – 2 November 2006: “Structure and dynamics of vitreous B2O3 and alkali borates”.

• III Meeting of the Spanish Society of Neutron Techniques; Jaca (Spain), 10-13 September 2006: “D1B: presente y futuro”.

• 8th International Workshop on Non-Crystalline Solids; Gijón (Spain), 20-23 June 2006: “Structure and dynamics of non-crystalline materials at the ILL”.

• Invited seminar at Donostia International Physics Center; San Sebastián (Spain), 16 June 2006: “Structure and dynamics of vitreous B2O3 and alkali borates: neutron scattering and computer simulations”.

• II jornada sobre la aplicación de instrumentación avanzada en Ingeniería de Materiales y Fabricación: Exploración de la materia mediante neutrones; Pamplona (Spain), 4 May 2006: “Neutron diffraction and Spanish facilities at the ILL”.

• Invited seminar at Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio (CSIC); Madrid (Spain), 14 January 2005: “Future and projects for the French-Spanish CRG instrument D1B at the ILL”.

• II Reunión Nacional de SETN y XV simposium del GEC; Puerto de la Cruz (Spain), 20-25 September 2004: “Presentation of the CRG instrument D1B”.

• 7th International Conference on Quasielastic Neutron Scattering; Arcachon (France), 1-4 September 2004: “Unconventional density dependence of the stochastic dynamics in 2-methylpyridine”.

• Invited seminar at Centre de Recherche sur la Matière Divisée (CNRS-Université de Orleans); Orleans (France), 18 May 2004: “Study of disorder effects on glassy dynamics”

• Joint VITESS and McStas training course and workshop; ISIS (UK), 5-6 February 2004: “A new backscattering spectrometer at the ILL: design and simulations”.

• I jornada científico-tecnológica sobre la aplicación de instrumentación avanzada en ciencia e ingeniería de materiales: Exploración de la materia mediante neutrones; Pamplona (Spain), 26 March 2003: “Quasielastic Neutron Scattering: applications in condensed and soft matter science and in biology”.

• Invited seminar at Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón (CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza); Zaragoza (Spain) 25 March 2003: “Quasielastic Neutron Scattering: applications in condensed and soft matter science and in biology”.

• Reunión Nacional de Usuarios de Técnicas de Neutrones; San Sebastián (Spain), 3-4 October 2002: “Quasielastic Neutron Scattering on hydrogen-bonded liquids”.

• ESF exploratory workshop on “Bridging the gap between model systems and real systems in molecular science”; Chamonix (France), 26-28 September 2002: “Microscopic dynamics and relaxation in a molecular glass-former”.

• 4th symposium on SiO2 and advanced dielectrics; Sardagna (Italy), 16-18 September 2002: “Neutron scattering studies of vitreous silica dynamics”.

• 6th International Conference on Quasielastic Neutron Scattering; Potsdam (Germany), 4-7 September 2002: “Microscopic dynamics within a reentrant liquid binary mixture”.

• SINS-II Workshop; Grenoble (France), 20-22 March 2002: “Simulation of the backscattering spectrometer IN16 and future renewal”.

• UK Neutron and Muon Users' Meeting; Grenoble (France), 10-11 January 2002: “Condensed phases of ethanol: comparing MD with Inelastic Neutron Scattering measurements”.