![]() SPEAKER PROFILE *** Keynote Speaker *** |
![]() Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i Morral Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, School of Engineering, EPFL. Institute of Physics, School of Basic Sciences, EPFL, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland Switzerland |
Abstract
Bio
Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i Morral is a Full Professor in Materials Science and Engineering and in Physics and the President of EPFL. Anna studied physics at the University of Barcelona. She then moved to Paris where she obtained a PhD in Materials Science from Ecole Polytehcnique (France). She performed a postdoc at CalTech with Prof. Harry Atwater, with whom she also co-founded the start-up company Aonex Technologies. After a brief period as CNRS researcher at Ecole Polytechnique, she moved to TU Munich as a group leader. Among the awards she has received are the Marie Curie Excellence Grant, ERC Starting Grant, the SNSF-backup schemes Consolidator Grant, the UPC prize ‘dona enginyera’ the International Prize of FEDEPE and the EPS Emy Noether prize.