Short biography
Sergio O. Valenzuela is an ICREA Prof. at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2). He leads the Physics and Engineering of Nanodevices group, which focuses on quantum transport, spintronics and thermoelectricity in quantum and topological materials. He has pioneered nonlocal devices to study the spin Hall effect, thermopiles to isolate the magnon drag in ferromagnets and implemented novel qubit control and spectroscopy methods. Prof. Valenzuela received a PhD in Physics at the University of Buenos Aires and held research positions at Harvard University and MIT. He is recipient of the Giambiagi and IUPAP Young Scientist Prizes, a ERC Consolidator Grant and is a 2022 elected member of the Academia Europaea and 2022 APS Fellow. He is also Principal Investigator of the Graphene Flagship and Grantor of the ICN2 “Severo Ochoa” Centre of Excellence Project.
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