Group description
The researcher will be hosted in the active research group of “Computer Simulations of Interfaces”, which is part of the formally established group of “Supramolecular chemistry and nanochemistry”, at the Department of Chemical Physics of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. This is a multidisciplinary group with research lines on colloidal experimental science, lead by Prof. Andrés Guerrero-Martínez, and computer simulation of interfaces, lead by Prof. Luis G. MacDowell. This blend of experimental colloidal science and computer simulations provides great opportunities for multidisciplinary collaboration as shown from the publication of two articles in Science in the last few years. Currently the group features among the top groups in the Universidad Complutense, with Excellent qualification'. This provides priority allocation of resources in university internal calls.
The research leader of the team, Prof. Luis G. MacDowell, has over 20 years experience in the study of interfacial phenomena. He has published about 100 papers on the field, and has an h=37 factor. The team usually consists of a few students, as well as a large network of international collaborators. This allows for a dedicated supervision of research work. For example, the last PhD student, Pablo Llombart accomplished his thesis with two publications in Science, and others in Science Advances, Nature Communications and Physical Review Letters.