Massimiliano Murgia, a graduate student from University of Cagliari, stayed in our labs working as an Erasmus+ traineeship from March to June. He got hands-on experience on SQUID magnetometry, X-ray diffraction and gas-phase synthesis of nanoparticles.
He is heading back to UNICA to pursue his Master studies. Good luck Massi, we hope to see you soon back in La Mancha as a PhD student.

Mikael spent two research stays with us in 2014 and 2015 studying superspin glass behavior in random nanoparticle compacts (+ riding the hills in the Guadiana riverside). His thesis was co-supervised by Per Nordblad, Roland Mathieu and Jose A. De Toro, all in the picture.
He now intends to pursue a postdoc career in neutron scattering.
Congratulations, Mikael!

Elena has been hired with funds from the national NANOESENS projects. She will pursue a doctoral degree on the topic of novel magnetic nanostructures by working alternate years in our IRICA and INAMOL labs.
Welcome to La Mancha, Elena!