Miguel Alvarado Herrero, new Junior Postdoctoral Researcher

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The Theory of Quantum Materials and Solid State Quantum Technologies group has a new member: Miguel Alvarado Herrero just joined the group as a Junior Postdoctoral Researcher under the supervision of Ramón Aguado y Rubén Seoane.

Where do you come from?

I get graduated at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) in 2017, and received my PhD degree in 2023 also at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) under the supervision of Prof. Alfredo Levy-Yeyati. My thesis focused on the use of Green’s function techniques to characterize topological regimes in low dimensional topological Josephson junctions by means of transport and local spectral properties.

What have you worked on so far?

I am interested in the theoretical description of low dimensional exotic superconductivity and related phenomena such superconducting transport, Andreev and Majorana Bound States or Yu-Shiba-Rushinov states in novel nanodevices, an area broadly referred to as mesoscopic superconductivity.

What will you work on? With whom?

I will theoretical study minimal Kitaev chains based on quantum dots and measurement protocols in Kitaev-Transmon qubits based on Majorana states. With Ramón Aguado and Rubén Seoane

Why did you choose ICMM?

Being a PhD graduate in the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, the ICMM represents a familiar and world-leading institute to develop a new stage in my research career.

And a personal touch: any hobbies? What would you like to contribute to the institute?

I love going hiking and landscape photography, delve into philosophical lectures, and I am a total expert in cacti cultivation. I will contribute to the institute through the development of my research field.