CIAFF-UAM (Centro de Investigación Avanzada en Física Fundamental) is an institution within the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid that fosters cutting-edge research and synergies in many areas of Physical Science
Following the results of the recent elections, Luis Robledo is officially appointed as the new Director of CIAFF, succeeding Jose del Peso in this role.
In the coming days, the new Scientific Secretary, who will replace Samuel Giuliani, will also be announced by the new Director.
The CIAFF warmly congratulates Luis and whishes him a successful and productive term as Director.
Dark matter constitutes the majority of the matter content of the Universe, yet its fundamental properties remain unknown. Its presence is inferred through its gravitational effects on cosmic structures of all scales. Galaxy clusters are the most massive gravitationally bound structures in the Universe, with extremely high dark matter densities, making them ideal environments to probe the nature of dark matter.
Today at 17:00, the election day for the position of Director of CIAFF officially concluded. After counting all the votes, Luis Robledo is provisionally proclaimed as the new Director of CIAFF.
The period for submitting claims against this proclamation will remain open from September 23 to September 26. If no claims are received, the definitive proclamation will take place on October 2.
Ana Cueto, Ramón y Cajal researcher in the Department of Theoretical Physics at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and CIAFF member, has been awarded one of the prestigious Starting Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) for her project "Plusphoton". These highly competitive grants support outstanding early-career researchers in launching their own projects and building independent teams.
The “On-Si” initiative, led by members of the CIAFF Microelectronics research group, has been awarded with the Most Innovative Project Award in the UAM Entrepreneurship Program for Researchers. This accolade was announced on July 9 during a presentation of eight entrepreneurial proposals in the field of Materials and Industrial Processes, held under the umbrella of the "UAM Emprende" initiative.
