Projects

EU projects:

  • “SOgraphMEM” FLAG-ERA JTC 2019 (2020-2023). 7 partners: IMDEA Nanoscience (Coordination, ES), UMPHY CNRS/THALES (FR), SOLEIL (FR), PGI Juelich (DE), TU Dresden (DE), ALBA (ES), UC Louvain (BE). Project’s Coordinator: Dr. Paolo Perna. Total budget: 1.1 M€. Funded.
  • “Tailoring Spin-Orbit effects in Graphene for spin-orbitronic applications (SOgraphene)” FLAG-ERA JTC (2015-2018). 4 partners: IMDEA Nanoscience (Coordination, Spain), Dr. Vincent Cros & Prof. Albert Fert group at UMPHY CNRS/THALES (France), Dr. Nicolas Jaouen at Soleil Syncrothron (France), Dr. Konstantin Zvezdin at Istituto P.M. srl (Italy). Project’s coordinator: Prof. Rodolfo Miranda. Dr. Paolo Perna (Resp. Magneto-transport and of the sample’s fabrication WPs). Total budget: 1.2 M€ (825k€ funded).
  • “Towards an active bypass for neural reconnection (ByAXON)” FETOPEN-RIA-2016 Call H2020-FETOPEN-1-2016-2017 No. 737116 (2017-2020). Participants: IMDEA (coordination, Spain), SISSA (Italy), SERVICIO DE SALUD DE CASTILLA LA MANCHA (Spain), CNRS (France), Mfd-diagnostics GmbH (Germany). P.I.: Prof. R. Miranda; Dr. Paolo Perna (Resp. Magneto-transport). Funded by EU, total budget: 3.7 M€.
  • “Towards Oxide-Based Electronics (TO-BE)” MPNS COST Action MP1308 chaired by Dr. Fabio Miletto Granozio (CNR, Italy). (2015-2018). Dr. Paolo Perna: Researcher.
  • “A full device for artificial photosynthesis (A-LEAF)” H2020-FETPROACT-01-2016-RIA (2017-2020). 13 partner institutions from 8 different countries. Coordinator: Prof. J. R. Galán-Mascarós (Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Spain). Total Budget: € 7.98 M€
  • "Unlocking research potential for multifunctional advanced materials and nanoscale phenomena (MAMA)" funded by the EU: FP7-REGPOT-2010-1 nº 264098 (2010-2014), Participants: 11 EU partners. Coordinator: Dr. Mario Cuoco, CNR-SPIN, Italy; IMDEA P.I.: Dr. Paolo Perna & Prof. Rodolfo Miranda, EU contribution: 2.4 M€.
  • “LSMO based magnetoresistive sensors (MRLSMO)” Cooperation project PICS (2012-2015) financed by the French National Scientific Research Council (CNRS) between CNRS-GREYC (UMR 6072) in Caen, France & IMDEA Nanoscience; P.I.: Dr. Laurence Méchin, GREYC; Dr. Paolo Perna, IMDEA Nanociencia. CNRS contribution: 21.6k€.
  • “Ordered hetero and Nano-structures with Epitaxial Dielectrics for magnetic and electronics Applications (ONDA)” FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IRSES, nº 247518, 2011-2014 EU Marie Curie Action. EU contribution: 201.6 k€.

National & Regional projects:

  • “NOVEL FUNCTIONALITIES DRIVEN BY SPIN-ORBIT INTERACTIONS (FUN-SOC)” Coordinated project MINECO Ref.: RTI2018-097895-B-C42, Participants: ICMM-CSIC, UCM, CFM-CSIC, IMDEA Nanociencia. Coord. J. Iribas Cerda, CSIC. PI IMDEA sub-project: Dr. Paolo Perna “Fast and Efficient chiral Spin Textures FUN-SOC:FEST)”. Subproject budget: 72 k€.
  • “(NANOMAGCOST-CM) Nanomagnetism solutions to the Challenges of Society” funded by CM (“Programas de Actividades de I+D entre grupos de investigación de la Comunidad de Madrid en tecnologías 2018”) P2018/NMT4321, Participants: IMDEA Nanociencia, UAM, UCM, CSIC. (2019-2022). Coord. P.I.: Prof. Rodolfo Miranda. Dr. Paolo Perna: Resp. Lab Nanomagnetism Red+Lab CM 282. Budget: 1.064 M€. Active
  • “Lanthanide coordination chemistry on surfaces (LANTHACOOR)” funded by MINECO, FIS2015-67287-P (2016-2019). P.I.: Dr. Paolo Perna, Dr. D. Ecija. Budget: 44k€.
  • “Manipulando eskyrmiones magnéticos para aplicaciones espintronicas en tecnologías de bajo consumo energético (SKYTRON)”. FIS2016-78591-C3-1-R (2017-2020). Coordinated Project funded by MINECO. Participants: UAM(1), ALBA-CELLS synchrotron(2), Univ. Pais Vasco(3). P.I.: Dr. Julio Camarero, UAM; Dr. Paolo Perna: researcher (resp. of Magneto-Transport WPs). Total budget: 253k€ + 1PhD (UAM).
  • ESpin-Red, Red Española de Espintrónica MAT2017-90771-REDT, funded by MINECO (Acciones de dinamización “Redes de Excelencia”, Convocatoria 2017). [Jan. 2018 – Dec. 2020]. Partners: Cluster of excellence with >100 scientist from Universities, CSIC, and Research Institutions grouped in 10 nodes (Cantoblanco, Madrid, Salamanca, Asturias, Santiago, S.Sebastián, Bilbao, Barcelona, and Zaragoza). Coordinator: Dr. F. Bartolomé (UniZar); PI-IMDEA Nanoscience: Dr. Paolo Perna.
  • Cooperation agreement IMDEA Nanociencia – ALBA synchrotron. PhD student Leticia de Melo Costa “Magnetic properties of graphene - 4f rare earth systems”. Director: Dr. Paolo Perna, Dr. Manuel Valvidares. Budget financed: 100k€.
  • Predoctoral contract PEJD-2017-PRE_IND-4690 “Tuning the magnetic properties of Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy stacks”. PhD student Adrian Gudin Holgado. Director: Dr. Paolo Perna. Funded by CM.
  • “Towards multifunctional organic-based spintronics (MORGASPIN)” funded by MINECO MAT2012-39308 (2013-2016). P.I.: Dr. Julio Camarero, UAM; Dr. Paolo Perna: Researcher. Budget: 70.2k€.
  • “Nuevas Fronteras del nanomagnetismo Fundamental y Aplicado (NANOFRONTMAG-CM)” funded by CM (“Programa de Actividades de I+D entre Grupos de Investigación”), participants: UAM, UCM, CSIC, CNB, IMDEA Nanociencia. (65 Doctors) (2014-2017). P.I.: Prof. Rodolfo Miranda. Dr. Paolo Perna: Researcher. Budget: 1 M€. Closed
  • "Adding basic functionalities to graphene (FUNCGRAPHENE)” FIS2013-40667-P (2014-2016). Funded by MINECO. P.I.: Prof. R. Miranda & Dr. A. Vázquez de Parga. Dr. Paolo Perna: Researcher. Budget: 153.36k€.
  • “Fundaments and applications of magnetic molecules, nanoparticles and nanostructures: from spintronics to biomedicine (NANOBIOMAGNET)” Comunidad de Madrid (CM) (2013-2015). P.I.: Prof. R. Miranda. Dr. Paolo Perna: Researcher. Budget: 1.1M€.
  • “Optimisation of functional NANOparticles as a novel, minimal-invasive and efficient therapy for targeting Cancer Stem Cell (NANOvsCSC)” MAT2010-21822-C02-01 (2010-2011) funded by MINECO. P.I.: Dr. F. Terán. Budget: 60k€. Closed
  • “Magnetic nanostructures: fabrication, properties and biomedical applications (NANOMAGNET)” S-0505/MAT/0194 (2006-2009). Funded by MINECO. P.I.: Prof. R. Miranda. Closed

International project:

  • “Organic position sensitive photodetectors” funded by Chinese Scholarship Council Call 2011 (2012-2016); IMDEA Nanociencia. P.I.: Dr. Feng Luo; Dr. Paolo Perna; Dr. Miguel Angel Niño Orti; Dr. Juan Cabanillas.

Non-competitive research projects with private company:

  • “Nuevos catalizadores para la reducción de emissiones contaminantes (FREENOX)” financed by REPSOL Spain (2015). From 01/01/2015 to 31/12/2015. P.I.: Dr. R. Otero, Prof. R. Miranda, Dr. D. Écija & Dr. P. Perna. Budget: 130 k€.
  • “NVIDIA CPU Grant” financed by NVIDIA Corporation (May 2018). P.I.: Dr. Paolo Perna. Quadro P6000 CPU ~7k€.