Vice-president for Scientific Development,
European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF)

 My name is Angel Rubio and I'm a Professor of Condensed Matter Physics at the Departamento de Física de Materiales, Facultad de Químicas, Universidad del País Vasco, and member of the  Unidad de Física de Materiales Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU.

Distinguished Visiting Scientis; and Group Leader ("Theoretical Spectroscopy") at the Fritz Haber Institute der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin 

Research:

My major research interests are in Condensed matter physics and nanoscience. In particular the description and prediction of the electronic structure, spectroscopic and transport properties of nanoscale materials and biological systems. Those studies include studies related to the fundamentals of many body perturbation theory and static as well as time-dependent Density Functional Theory (DFT and TDDFT); with application to a large class of systems from Nanotubes, nanostructures, Biological molecules (photoreceptors), transport in molecular devices.  For further information on these topics visit the page on research topics.

Download my Curriculum Vitae (pdf): Brief CV - Spanish CV.

Contact Information

• Phone: +34-943018292
• Fax: +34-943018390
• Email: Angel.Rubio@ehu.es

Selected Awards and Fellowships

• American Physical Society "Oustanding Referee" (2009)
• Invited Professor (1ere Classe de Professeurs des Universites), Universite Montpellier 2, France (2007).
• XVI Dupont Prize in Nanotechnology, Dupont Spain 2006.
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, Humboldt Foundation, 2005.
• Fellow of the American Physical Society, Division of Materials Science 2004
• Real Spanish Physical Society Prize "Jovenes Investigadores" Madrid. Spain. July, 1992
• Honor Prize for the best Ph.D. Thesis in Physics, University of Valladolid. Spain. June, 1992
• 1st National Prize for Graduated in Physics, October 25, 1989
• Sir Allan Sewell Fellowship, Australia, 2004
• SPS Invitation Fellowship Programs for Research in Japan, 2001
• Salvador de Madariaga Fellow, 2000-1
• Fulbright Fellow, 1992-94

Selected Professional and Synergetic Activities

• Referee for the European Research Council (ERC) (2008-) (Physical and Analytical Sciences Panel)
• Member of theBIFI: Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems  Zaragoza, Spain (2008-)
• ESF Pool of Reviews (2008-)
• Steering Committee and council member of the Marie Curie Series of Events program: Psi-k Training in Computational Nanoscience  (2007-)
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Psi-k: UK Charity Commision (Psi-K-1126308) and member of the Scientific Advisory Board.
• External Advisory Board Member of The center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials, Wake Forest University, North Caroline, USA (2007-)
• UPV/EHU coordinator of the "Doctorate in Materials Science and European Doctorate in Physics and Chemistry of Advanced Materials " (2005-)
•  Spanish representative in the Steering Committee of the ESF Research Networking Program- INTELBIOMAT ("Interdisciplinary Approaches to Functional Electronic and Biological Materials")  (2008-)
• Co-cordinador del Grupo de Trabajo: Nanobiotecnologia de la red NANOSPAIN
• Advisory Board Member and Physical Scientist associated to theITR: Institute for the Theory of Advanced Materials in Information Technology (ITAMIT), University of Minnesota (2003-)

Images

Photos press release DuPont Prize (Oviedo, 25th January 2007):[1] - [2]  
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Photo, Berlin, 2005  
Photo with net, 2007  
Photo with nanotube, 2007  
Othe photos (old webpage )