XXIst International Workshop on Quantum Atomic and Molecular Tunneling Systems (QAMTS24)

Ion Errea is an Associate Professor at the University of the Basque Country and leads the Quantum Theory of Materials group at the Centro de Física de Materiales. His research focusses on the development of theoretical methods for calculating complex properties of solids, such as quantum and anharmonic effects in atomic vibrations and the electron-phonon interaction, and the application of these methods in hydrogen-based superconductors, thermoelectric materials, phase transitions in solids, nanostructures, etc. He is an ERC grantee, research associate at the Donostia International Physics Center, and member of Jakiunde.

Katarzyna Świderek obtained her PhD with honours in 2011 at the Lodz University of Technology (Poland). During her PhD she was funded by an AXIOM - Marie Curie Host Fellowship with a 3-month contract at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ in Leipzig (Germany). After her PhD, she moved to the University of Valencia. In 2015 she was contracted at Universitat Jaume I (UJI) in a project funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) coordinated by UJI and the University of Iowa, USA. At the same time, she received the Polish grant “Iuventus Plus” dedicated to talented young researchers (under 35). In 2017 she spent 6 months at the University of Bath (UK). She returned to Spain where she obtained a 2-year Juan de la Cierva-Incorporation contract, a 3-year JIN contract, and in 2022 Ramon y Cajal fellowship. In 2020 she became a leader of the StopProt project that was funded by the GenT-SEJI 2020 program of the Valencian Regional Government. Her professional activity is focused on theoretical studies of enzymatic catalysis. She is co-author of over 75 research publications. In 2019 she was awarded with GEQC-RSEQ.