Prof. Hernán Míguez (Buenos Aires, 1971), Bachelor degree and PhD in Physics (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2000), is CSIC Research Professor at the Institute of Materials Science of Seville (ICMS), where he leads the Multifunctional Materials Group (http://mom.icmse.csic.es/).
He has been a European Research Council (ERC) Principal Investigator between 2012 and 2017. He received the Research Group of Excellence 2013 award (City Council of Seville) and the "Real Sociedad Española de Física-Fundación BBVA 2017" Prize in the modality of “Physics, Innovation and Technology”, which acknowledged “his ability to convert fundamental research results into technological and industrial applications”. He is listed in the World’s Top 2% Scientists 2022 ranking of Stanford University in the Domain of “Applied Sciences” field of “Nanoscience and Nanotechnology”, subfield of “Enabling and Strategic Technologies”. In 2023, he was awarded the Margarita Salas Medal, in recognition of his Excellence in the Training of Young Researchers. Prof. Míguez is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the journal Advanced Optical Materials (Wiley), one of the most prestigious of his field (ranked 20/265 in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Scimago). He has been appointed funded Visiting Fellowships at Macquarie (2017) and San Martin (2018) Universities.
