People

Director

Thomas Hermans

Prof. Thomas HERMANS
See contact page

Postdoctoral Researchers

Dr. Marten Leendert Ploeger
Email: marten.ploeger@imdea.org

Dr. Avinash Dhamija
Email: avinash.dhamija@imdea.org

Dr. Alex Blokhuis
Email: alexander.willem@imdea.org

Dr. Alvaro López-Acosta
Email: alvaro.lopez@imdea.org

Dr. Dwight Angelo Bruzon
Email: dwight.bruzon@imdea.org

Dr. Kyeong-Im Hong
Email: kyeongim.hong@imdea.org

Dr. Triza Pal
Email: triza.pal@imdea.org

Dr. Paszkál Papp
Email: paszkal.papp@imdea.org

PhD Researchers

Shana Shirin Valapra
Email: shana-shirin.valapra@etu.unistra.fr

Lunan Yan
Email: lunan.yan@etu.unistra.fr

Technical Team

Dr. Helena Montes-Andrés
Email: helena.montes@imdea.org

Group Alumni

2013

Vincent Maríchez (M2, PhD, Postdoc || 8/4/2013–31/12/2017).

Akihiro Sato (Postdoc || 1/05/13–30/6/2017)

2014

Jorge Leira Iglesias (PhD, Postdoc || 10/2014–10/2018)

Alessandro Sorrenti (Postdoc || 03/2014–03/2017)

Nathan Fuchs (M1 || 03/2014–08/2014)

Sicen Liu (M1 || 03/2014–06/2014)

Hugo Mauhin (L || 05/2014–08/2014)

2015

Sabine Brunklaus (Postdoc || 07/2015–04/2016)

Peter Dunne (Postdoc || 04/2015–06/2018)

Mohamed Raoui (M1 || 02/2015–04/2015)

Sicen Liu (M1 || 03/2015–05/2015)

Sonia Tedjini (M1 || 04/2015–07/2015)

Aghawidya Adipatria (M1 || 03/2015–06/2015)

Guillaume Poss (M2 || 02/2015–06/2015)

Nathan Fuchs (M2 || 10/2014–01/2015)

Matthieu Sigwalt (L || 05/2015–06/2015)

2016

Georges Formon (M1 || 03/2016–06/2016)

David Dolle–Schall (M2 || 01/2016–06/2016)

Maxime Brand (L || 06/2016–07/2016)

Takuji Adachi (Postdoc || 08/2016–06/2019)

Lafayette de Wind (M2)

2017

Mithun Thampi (M2)

Alessandra Tassoni (PhD || 1/3/2017–03/2020)

George Formon (PhD || 10/2017–12/2020)

Nina Matoussevich (Consultant || 07/2017–03/2019)

2018

Serena de Piccoli (PhD || 1/2018–05/2021)

Chunfeng Chen (PhD || 01/2018–07/2021)

Lucas Giachetti (M2 || 02/2018–06/2019)

Emma Thomée (PhD || 09/2018–2021)

2019

Maria Florencia Sacarelli (PhD || 03/2019–07/2022)

Arvind Arun Dev (PhD || 01/2019–…; co-tutelle)

Bruno Lainer (M2 || 09/2019–06/2020)

Anastasiia Sharko (M2, PhD || 09/2019–11/2022, EU project manager 11/2022–09/2023)

Tianheng Xu (PhD || 09/2019–12/2022)

Pablo Roseiro (M2 || 02/2019–06/2019)

Marie Meylacq (M2 || 02/2019–06/2019)

2020

Shamkhal Baybekov (M2 || 01/2020–7/2020)

Bryan Pauwels (M2 || 04/2020–05/2020)

Jennifer Ciesielski (EU project manager || 01/2020–09/2022),

Mohammadreza Zolala (PhD || 10/2020–11/2023)

Álvaro López-Acosta (PhD || 10/2020–11/2023)

2021

Oleksandr Shyshov (Postdoc || 04/2021–10/2021)

Victor Sabanza Gil (M2 || 03/2021-06/2021)

Michaela Schicho (M2, PhD || 01/2018-11/2021)

Dan Iglesias (Postdoc || 01/2021-12/2021)

Ana Mari Fuentes Caparros (Postdoc || 04/2021-12/2021)

Nishant Singh (Postdoc || 05/2018-04/2022)

Jorge S. Valera (postdoc || 03/2021–04/2024)

Joonas Ryssy (visiting PhD || 11/2021–12/2021)

Marten Ploeger* (postdoc, 11/2021–…)

2022

Shana Shirin* (M2 || 01/2022–06/2022, PhD 11/2022–…),

Chuangyue Guo (M2 || 01/2022–06/2022)

Alistair Franz (M1 || 03/2022–06/2022)

Hugo Eichhorn (M1 || 03/2022–06/2022)

Prabhu Dhasaiyan (postdoc || 04/2022–09/2023)

Ramarani Sethy (postdoc || 04/2022–09/2023)

Shuntaro Amano (postdoc || 02/2022–11/2023)

Weiwei Zheng (visiting PhD || 12/2022–12/2023)

Lunan Yan* (PhD || 12/2022–…)

2023

Malak Jaber (M1 || 03/2023­–08/2023)

HaiDang Le (M1 || 03/2023­–08/2023)

Luis Calahorra (visiting PhD || 05/2023–07/2023)

Avinash Dhamija* (postdoc || 01/05/2023–…)

Alex Blokhuis* (postdoc || 3/7/2023–…)

Álvaro López-Acosta (postdoc || 11/2023–01/2025)

2024

Kyeong-Im Hong* (Postdoc || 1/2024–…), 

Dwight Bruzon* (Postdoc || 06/2024–…)

Helena Montes-Andrés* (specialized technician || 07/2024–)

Triza Pal* (postdoc || 11/2024–…)

2025

Paszkál Papp* (postdoc || 01/2025)

Group Photos

June 2021 

From left to right (back):  Ana Mari, Alvaro Acosta-Lopez, Chunfeng Chen, Serena De Piccoli, Dani Iglesias, Jorge S. Valera, Oleksandr

From left to right (front): Victor, Nishant Singh, Shana Shirin Valapra, Michaela Schicho, Anastasiia Sharko, Tianheng Xu, Thomas Hermans

June 2018 

From left to right:  Chunfeng Chen, Georges Formon, Jorge Leira-Iglesias, Thomas Hermans, Serena De Piccoli, Alessandra Tassoni, Lucas Giacchetti, Takuji Adachi, Michaela Schicho

June 2017

From left to right: Mithun Thampi, Akihiro Sato, Vincent Marichez, Takuji Adachi, Peter Dunne, Jorge Leira-Iglesias, Thomas Hermans, Alessandra Tassoni

May 2015

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From left to right: Akihiro Sato, Jorge Leira Iglesias, Alessandro Sorrenti, Mathieu Sigwalt, Nathan Fuchs, Guillaume Poss, Vincent Marichez, Thomas Hermans, Sicen Liu, Sonia Tedjini

April 2014

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From left to right: Thomas Hermans, Nathan Fuchs, Sicen Liu, Alessandro Sorrenti, Akihiro Sato, Vincent Marichez