About Me
J. Fernández-Rossier leads the group of Theory of Quantum Nanostructures at INL (Braga, Portugal) since 2011. He obtained a Diploma (1994) and a PhD (1999) on Physics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He then spend 2 years (99-01) as a postdoctoral researcher at the Physics Department of the University of California San Diego and 18 months (01-03) at the Physics Department of the University of Texas at Austin. In 2003 he obtained a "Ramón y Cajal" assistant professor position in the Universidad de Alicante (UA). He was promoted to a permanent position in 2008, to associate professor (professor titular) in 2009, and to full professor in 2025. Since 2011 he is on special leave from the UA and he holds a tenured staff researcher position at the INL (Braga, Portugal). He has graduated 10 PhD students, coauthored more than 170 papers, coordinated several European and national research projects. His research interests include 2D materials, on-surface atomic scale magnetism, nanographenes, scanning tunnel microscopies, quantum sensing and quantum computing.
