We want to give a big congratulation to Alessandro Bernardi for obtaining his new Ph.D. with the grade of Excellent Cum Laude. The new Doctor presented his thesis “Growth and Optical Characterization of Strain-Engineered Nanostructures” before the court on Friday February 5.  Doctor Bernardi’s thesis was made with the supervision of M. Isabel Alonso, Alejandro R.Goñi  and Prof Jordi Pascual in the positions of Director, Co-Director and Tutor respectively.