We are pleased to announce the provisional proclamation of candidacies for the position of Director of the CIAFF:

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Elections for the management of the CIAFF are hereby called. For this purpose, the provisional electoral roll and electoral calendar are published.

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Ana Cueto, Ramón y Cajal researcher at the UAM Department of Theoretical Physics and member of CIAFF, has been interviewed by Celia González for the STEMinist4future channel.

In the interview, Ana discusses her research in experimental particle physics at the Large Hadron Collider, her scientific career, and the role of women in science.

You can watch the interview on YouTube:

A popular science article detailing the scientific objectives, initiatives and training activities of the CIAFF has been published in the journal Encuentros Multidisciplinares.

The article provides an overview of the history of the CIAFF center, highlighting the main research interests across its four core areas: Astrophysics and Cosmology, Experimental Particle Physics, Quantum Technologies, and Nuclear Physics.

From November 2024, Miguel de Icaza has started working at CIAFF as new postdoctoral researched in the Astrophysics and Cosmology group.

CIAFF member Alexander Knebe has been appointed as the new director of the Department of Theoretical Physics at UAM, taking over from Ángeles Díaz Beltrán. The CIAFF warmly congratulates Alexander and extends best wishes for a productive and successful term ahead in his new role.

The CIAFF Astrophysics Group is participating in an outreach event on astronomical observations organized by "21 Distritos".