Elena Hernández Sánchez

I graduated in Physics at Universidad de Granada in 2015, then I studied a Master in Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. I carried out my Master’s final project about synthesis and characterization of single- and multi- core magnetic nanoparticles at the Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC) under the supervision of Prof. María del Puerto Morales. I published my first paper as a result of this research. I started my Ph.D. studies at Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha in 2016. I carry out my thesis concerning the synthesis and characterization of magnetic nanostructures for energy and magnetic sensor applications at the Instituto Regional de Investigación Científica Aplicada (IRICA, Ciudad Real) and the Instituto de Nanociencia, Nanotecnología y Materiales Moleculares (INAMOL, Toledo). I have performed pre-doctoral stays at the University of Liverpool under the supervision of Prof. Liam O’Brien and at the University of Cagliari under the supervision of Prof. Carlo Ricci. I have attended European School on Magnetism 2019 organized by The European Magnetism Association.

Since 2016, I have participated in several research lines about magnetic nanoparticles, studying the interparticle interactions and superspin glass behavior of dense random assemblies of particles, and magnetic thin films, working on the synthesis and studying the magnetization reversal processes involved and the uniaxial magnetic anisotropy. Moreover, I have learned synthesis techniques as magnetron sputtering and vapor phase deposition, and a wide range of characterization techniques: x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, magneto-optical microscopy, atomic force microscopy and SQUID magnetometry.

My scientific output includes 11 publications in international peer-review journals (Q1) and 12 communications, some of them in international conferences (EMR-S Spring Meeting 2018, France; International Conference on Fine Particles Magnetism 2019, Spain; Joint European Magnetic Symposia 2020).