Director

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
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