Curriculum Vitae

DATE: July 2004

CITIZENSHIP: Spain

POSITION: Assistant Professor - Physics Department - UCF Orlando, Florida

EDUCATION:

Feb. 2001: Ph.D., University of Barcelona. Magnetic Quantum Tunneling.

Sept. 1996: Pedagogic Aptitude Certificate for Teaching. University of Barcelona.

Sept. 1996: B.S., University of Barcelona. Solid State Physics.

AWARDS:

Dec. 2003: Prize. Best Thesis of the University of Barcelona in 2001. Claustro de Doctores of University of Barcelona.

Apr. 2002: Spanish Government Post-doctoral Fellowship.

Oct. 2001: Extraordinary Doctoral Thesis Prize. University of Barcelona

Sept. 1996: Special graduate Fellowship. University of Barcelona.

RESEARCH AND PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2002 - 2004: Research Scientist. Physics Department - New York University

2000 - 2002: Assistant Professor. Physics Department - University of Barcelona.

1997 - 2000: Pre-doctoral Fellow. Physics Department - University of Barcelona.

1995 - 1997: Undergraduate Fellow. Physics Department - University of Barcelona.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1998 - 2002: Undergraduate Quantum Physics and Modern Physics Lab. General Physics in Biology. University of Barcelona

1997: Undergraduate Quantum Physics Lab. University of Barcelona

PATENTS:

J. Tejada, E. M. Chudnovsky, E. del Barco and J. M. Hernandez.
Projection of a magnetic qubit and universal logic quantum gate for a magnetic quantum computer. University of Barcelona.

A. D. Kent, E. del Barco and B. Ozyilmaz.
High speed low power magnetic devices based on current induced spin-momentum transfer.
New York University.

INVITED TALKS:

APS March Meeting 2004 - Montreal. Origin and symmetry of MQT in Mn12-based SMMs

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION: (during my stay at New York University)

MMM-2004 - Jacksonville FL. PITs between Quantum Superposition High-Spin States in SMMs

APS March Meeting 2004 - Montreal TX. Quantum Superposition of High-Spin States in SMM Ni4

QAMTS 2003 - Gainesville FL. Quantum splittings distribution in Mn12-acetate SMM

APS March Meeting 2003 - Austin TX. Symmetry of Quantum tunneling in Mn12-acetate SMM

MRS Fall Meeting 2002 - Boston MA. Quantum splittings distribution in Mn12-acetate SMM

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

2003 - Junior Member of the Committee of Human Rights of the New York Science Society

2004 - Science-Ficcion Novel: Punto Omega. 584 pages - spanish. Published by Editorial Equipo Sirius, Madrid - Spain.