Administration
Administration
Coming directly under Management, the Administration at the ICMAB is responsible for all of the administrative processes at the Institute, mainly general accounting, charging and payments and also the accounting of the different research projects. It is also responsible for the inventory, purchasing and public tenders.
It takes responsibility for all of the tasks referring to personnel; recruitment and contracting. It also acts as an intermediary between travel agencies and personnel and takes care of reserving plane tickets, etc. and thus travel orders, expenses…
Staff
Communication & Outreach Office
Communication & Outreach Office
The communication & outreach office is a newly created department within the ICMAB. It supports the dissemination of the research activity and the impact of the work developed by the ICMAB community. It has the following responsibilities:
- Assist researchers in transmitting the results of their research to the general public and the media.
- Enhance ICMAB online presence, through its website and social media.
- Strengthen the national and international recognition of ICMAB.
- Organize outreach activities addressed in enhancing hree main areas: scientific vocations, scientific culture, and recognition in the media and industry.
- Transmit the importance of the frontier research in Materials Science.
- Support the Research Groups in attracting talented future researchers.
- Enhance the internal communication withtin the ICMAB staff.
Contact:
Communication & Outreach Officer
Anna May Masnou
amay@icmab.es
+34 9385 801 853 (ext. 397)
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Knowledge Transfer Unit
Knowledge Transfer Unit
The ICMAB´s Technology Transfer Unit was created on November 1997. Its mission is to collaborate with the ICMAB´s Managing Direction in the activities for the transference of the Centers research results with the aim of spreading and applying the scientific knowledge to the industry’s technological level improvement.
Staff
- Susana Garelik
Technology Transfer Officer
- Alfonso del Rey
Technology Transfer Officer
Web
http://departments.icmab.es/utc/
Library
Library
The library of the Materials Science Institute is specialized in Materials Science. It is part of the global CSIC Library Network, which joins a total of 90 specialized libraries distributed among 21 cities within 10 Autonomous Communities.
Web http://www.icmab.es/sdib/
Library Collections The library collection covers subject areas related to Material Science such as Physics, Chemistry and Crystallography. It has 1000 monographs and 105 periodic publication and, at present, subscribes to 60 periodical journals.
Users The library is open to all ICMAB staff and other CSIC personnel and also other Research or Academic Centres dependent upon official organisms.
Services Reading Room, access to own and external catalogues, data base searches, inter-library borrowing , personal borrowing.
Personnel Alejandro Santos Botana
asantos@icmab.es
Strategic Managing Unit
Strategic Managing Unit
The Strategic Managing Unit at ICMAB is responsible for the implementation of the funding obtained by the Institute. It plays a key role supporting our researchers in the preparation, submission and reporting of local, national and European grants. In close collaboration with ICMAB’s governing bodies and the other available Units, it promotes a continuous development strategy to position ICMAB as one of the leading European Research Centres in Materials Science.
Among its main objectives, the Unit is responsible for the constant search for new funding opportunities focusing on the strategic and innovation objectives of our Severo Ochoa award FUNMAT ("Functional Materials for Social Grand Challenges", 2016-2019) with the aim of enhancing ICMAB's scientific excellence.
The Unit keeps always an open-minded approach to detect new opportunities for our researchers.
Montse Salas
Project Manager
Laura Cabana
Project Manager
Workshop and Maintenance
Maintenance Service
The Maintenance Service is in charge of the maintenance and conservation of the building, of all its facilities and of the equipment. It works from the year 1991, when the Institute moved to the new building. It is also responsible for the mechanic, electronic and electric equipment, available for the Institute staff.
STAFF
Oriol Sabater, Manager
José Manuel Rodriguez
José Ángel Algar
