The AI4SPIN team

Principal Investigator and Senior Staff.
Jose H. is an expert in theoretical simulations of quantum electronic devices, leads the AI4SPIN ERC Starting Grant project. This initiative enhances next-gen memories using electronic structures databases, advanced quantum transport calculations, and artificial intelligence. He developed the LINQT code on LSQUANT, enabling scalable quantum transport. His work impacts various quantum transport software, and he has led research teams and multiple projects as PI and Co-PI.

Senior Staff
Aron is a Senior Research Staff member at ICN2, specializing in simulating charge, spin, and heat transport in nano- and low-dimensional materials, including semiconductor nanowires and 2D materials like graphene. He has led numerous research projects at international, EU, and national levels. Additionally, he has mentored master and PhDs students in the scope of several international projects.

ICREA Professor
Prof. Stephan Roche leads the Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience group at ICN2. His focus is on Dirac materials such as graphene and topological insulators, and 2D materials-based van der Waals heterostructures. Roche pioneered linear scaling quantum transport approaches for simulating billion-atom-scale disordered models. He received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Prize and lead the SPINTRONICS workpackage in the Graphene Flagship, coordinating ICN2’s Quantum Communications activities.

Postdoctoral Researcher
Santiago is an expert in numerical quantum transport calculations, holding a PhD from Mackenzie Presbyterian University in 2024. His research centers on developing new algorithms to optimize simulations of materials’ electrical responses. Currently, his interests include quantum transport in two-dimensional materials.

PhD Student
Jaime, a PhD student at ICN2 under the supervision of JHG, focuses on developing automated workflows to determine the Curie temperature of 2D magnets. He has a background in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Cantabria and holds a master’s degree in Quantum Science and Technologies from the University of Barcelona. Previously, Jaime gained experience at the Instituto de Física Fundamental (CSIC) through the JAE INTRO ICU program.

Research Assistant
Andrei, a Research Assistant at ICN2 under JHG’s supervision, develops graph neural networks to predict properties of 2D materials and creates machine learning tools to accelerate these simulations. Formerly a quantum developer at Multiverse Computing, he enhanced classical machine learning algorithms using quantum-inspired methods. Andrei holds a master’s degree in Quantum Technologies from the University of Barcelona and was part of Quantum Odyssey, Romania’s first quantum startup. He has also won several quantum hackathons.