News

Monday, 13 June 2022

ICREA Prof. María Escudero Escribano joins the ICN2 bringing a new Research Group and an ERC Grant

The ICN2 proudly welcomes a new Group Leader, Prof. María Escudero Escribano, who will join our institute in September 2022 as an ICREA Research Professor. Her arrival at the ICN2 strengthens our institution's involvement in renewable energy research. She has just been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for a project aiming at developing novel techniques for the conversion of methane into renewable fuels, which she will carry out at the ICN2.

Friday, 10 June 2022

ICN2 will host the III Event on Gender Equality of the SOMM alliance

The ICN2 proudly announces that next Friday June 17 the Severo Ochoa - María de Maeztu alliance (SOMMa) will meet at the ICN2 facilities for an open debate around gender issues. The event will include a Keynote speech by Jakob Feldtfos Christensen, Founder and the director of DIVERSIunity, together with a series of parallel discussions around specific topics.

Thursday, 09 June 2022

16 ICN2 members among the Top 5000 Spanish female researchers

CSIC has just published the first edition of the Ranking of Spanish and foreign female researchers working in Spain. This initiative led by CSIC’s Cybermetrics Lab aims to increase the visibility of female researchers and their work.

Wednesday, 08 June 2022

New advanced electron microscopy equipment (METCAM-FIB) delivered at the ALBA Synchrotron

The new Monochromated (Scanning) Transmission Electron Microscope ((S)TEM) with Aberration Correctors –bought as part of the METCAM-FIB project, led by the ICN2 and funded via EDRF-FEDER— will be installed at the nearby ALBA Synchrotron facilities. This equipment and the new Focus Ion Beam (FIB) recently set at the ICN2 will form a platform for advanced and precise microscopy, accessible to both internal and external users.