Gervasi Herranz

Researcher at the Barcelona Institute of Materials Science (ICMAB), Multifunctional Oxide and Complex Structures Laboratory (MULFOX). Physics degree from the University of Barcelona and PhD from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, basing his doctoral thesis at the Barcelona Institute of Materials Science. Then, from 2004 to 2008, he was postdoctoral researcher at the CNRS-Thales joint research laboratory, the scientific director of which, Prof. Albert Fert, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2007. Since 2008 he has worked at the Barcelona Institute of Materials Science, studying the physical (electronic and optical) properties of nanomaterials, especially low-dimensional electronic systems (quantum wells) and photonic crystal structures. His current interests lie principally in the use of these properties for application in neuromorphic computation and in the development of new optical materials that exploit concepts of topology applied to photonic structures.