Eduardo Menéndez

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Higher Education

Degrees

Professional Experience

Teaching Experience

• Mathematical Analysis. University of Havana, 1996, 2002.
  
  
• Quantum Mechanics. University of Havana, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000.
  
  
• Electrodynamics. University of Havana, 1997.
  
  
• Algebra and Analytic Geometry. University of Havana, 1998, 1999, 2002.
  
  
• Topics on computational physics. University of Havana, 2002.
  
  
• Classical Physics (Mechanics), Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, 2003.
  
  
• Physics for Biological Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, 2004.
  
  
• Calculus, Iberoamerican University of Science and Technology, Chile 2003.
  
  
• Phenomenological Physics, University of Chile, 2004, 2005, 2006.
  
  
• Introduction to Solid State Physics, University of Chile, 2004.
  
  
• Optical Properties of Solids, University of Chile, 2004.
  
  
• VIII and IX Summer School on the Science and Technology of Materials, University of Havana. 2001,2002.
  
  
• Member of National Panel for Higher Education Qualifying Tests, 1996-1999.
  
  
• Invited member of the National Assessing Panel for PhD Thesis in Physics, 2001,2002.
  
  
• Participant in a project of University Assistance to High School Teaching, 1999.
  
  
• Physics II (Electromagnetism,Thermodynamics and Optics). University of Chile, 2006, 2007.
  
  
• Mechanics II. University of Chile, 2007-2009.
  
  
• Mechanics I. University of Chile, 2008, 2009.
  
  
• Quantum mechanics applied to materials science (a course on atomistic materials simulation), University of Chile, 2007.
  
  
• Tutorial course on the Quantum ESPRESSO. University of Chihuahua, February 16-20, 2009. See here
  
  
• Quantum Mechanics I. University of Chile, 2010.
  
  
• Methods of Mathematical Physics I, University of Chile, 2011.
  
  
• Physics for citizen physicists, University of Chile, 2011.
  
  
• Tutorial hands on sessions on: (1) Ab initio Molecular Dynamics, (2) van der Waals Functionals, (3) Metadynamics. Joint ICTP-TWAS Caribbean School on Electronic Structure Fundamentals and Methodologies, 27 August-21 September 2012, Cartagena, Colombia.
  
  

Directed thesis

1. Ernesto Palmero Soler. Tesis de Diploma. Estudio computacional de la estructura de bandas de los Cd₃TeO₆ y CdTeO₃ . Bachelor in Physics, University of Havana, 2002.
   
   
2. Mirla Leal Villoro. Tesis de Diploma. Excitones en puntos cuánticos de CuCl. Bachelor in Physics, University of Havana, 2002.
   
   
3. Nana Cabo Bizet. Tesis de Diploma. Estudio de los complejos excitón-fonón en un punto cuántico esférico de CdSe. Bachelor in Physics, University of Havana, 2004.
   
   
4. Nana Cabo Bizet. Estados vibrónicos en un punto cuántico esférico de CdSe. Master in Physics, University of Havana, 2006. Co-tutor with Alejandro Cabo
   
   
5. Jorge Mansilla Sierra. Interacción de los aminoácidos pertenecientes a la secuencia RGD con superficies de dióxido de titanio. Engineer in Bioinformatics, University of Talca, 2010.
   
   
6. Javier Camarillo Cisneros. Estudio de la ferroelectricidad en compuestos de elementos de transición. Uso de pseudopotenciales bajo la Teoría del Funcional de la Densidad. Master in Materials Science, Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, Chihuahua, México, 2010. Co-tutor with Maria E. Fuentes Montero y Luis Fuentes Cobas.
   
   

Research Experience

• Optical phonons in polar semiconductors.
  
  
• Impurity states in spherical semiconductor quantum dots and optical properties.
  
  
• Exciton states in spherical semiconductor quantum dots and linear optical properties.
  
  
• Light scattering by semiconductor quantum dots.
  
  
• Optical properties of quasi-2D quantum dots with several electrons under strong magnetic fields.
  
  
• Atomistic simulations of the structure and composition of CdTe oxides.
  
  
• Ab initio study of gamma-alumina.
  
  
• Ab initio calculation of phonons.
  
  

Publications

1. Electronic and thermal properties of non-stoichiometric and doped cobaltum antimonide
   Diego Velasco-Soto, Eduardo Menendez-Proupin, Rebeca Realyvazquez-Guevara and Jose Matutes-Aquino
   Mater. Res. Express 5, 025908 (2018) see
2. Influence of chromium hyperdoping on the electronic structure of CH₃NH₃PbI₃ perovskite: a first-principles insight
   G. García, P. Palacios, E. Menéndez-Proupin, A. L. Montero-Alejo, J. C. Conesa, and P. Wahnón
   Sci. Rep. 8, 2511 (2018) see
3. Ferroelectric Domains May Lead to 2-D Confinement of Holes but Not of Electrons in CH₃NH₃PbI₃ Perovskite
   A. L. Montero-Alejo, E. Menéndez-Proupin, P.Palacios, P.Wahnón, and J. C. Conesa
   J. Phys. Chem. C 121, 26698-26705 (2017) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b09625
4. Self-compensation in phosphorus-doped CdTe
   M. A. Flores, W. Orellana, and E. Menéndez-Proupin
   Phys. Rev. B 96, 134115 (2017) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.96.134115
5. First principle study of V-implantation in highly-doped silicon materials
   G. García, M. Casanova-Páez, P. Palacios, E. Menéndez-Proupin, P. Wahnón
   Comp. Mater. Sci.136, 207-215 (2017) free download until 07.18.2017 DOI:10.1016/j.commatsci.2017.05.005
6. Sn-doped CdTe as promising intermediate-band photovoltaic material
   M. A. Flores, E. Menéndez-Proupin, W. Orellana, and J. L. Peña
   J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 50, 035501 (2017) DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/50/3/035501
7. First-principles DFT+GW study of the Te antisite in CdTe
   M. A. Flores, E. Menéndez-Proupin, and W. Orellana,
   Comp. Mater. Sci. 122, 176-182 (2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2016.08.044 \\ arXiv:1607.06193 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]
8. First-principles DFT+$GW$ study of oxygen-doped CdTe
   M. A. Flores, W. Orellana, and E. Menéndez-Proupin,
   Phys. Rev. B 93, 184103 (2016) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.184103
9. Modeling of Thermal Effect on the Electronic Properties of Photovoltaic Perovskite CH3NH3PbI3: The Case of Tetragonal Phase
   A. L. Montero-Alejo, E. Menéndez-Proupin, D. Hidalgo-Rojas, P.Palacios, P.Wahnón, and J. C. Conesa
   J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 7976-7986 (2016) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b01013
10. Nonhydrogenic exciton spectrum in perovskite CH₃NH₃PbI₃
    E. Menéndez-Proupin, Carlos L. Beltrán Ríos, and P. Wahnón
    Phys. Status Solidi RRL 9, 559-563 (2015) DOI: 10.1002/pssr.201510265 See also the Cover picture and TOC and Materials Views
11. Tellurium vacancy in cadmium telluride revisited: Size effects in the electronic properties
    E. Menéndez-Proupin, and W. Orellana
    Phys. Status Solidi B 252, 2649-2656 (2015) DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201552357
12. Electronic and atomic structure of complex defects in Al- and Ga-highly doped ZnO films,
    E. Menéndez-Proupin, P. Palacios, and P. Wahnón
    Mat. Chem. Phys.160, 420-428 (2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2015.05.012
13. Evolution of the doping regimes in the Al-doped SnO₂ nanoparticles prepared by a polymer precursor method,
    F. H. Aragón, J. A. H. Coaquira, L. Villegas-Lelovsky, S. W. da Silva, D. F. Cesar, L. C. C. M. Nagamine, R. Cohen, E. Menéndez-Proupin and P. C. Morais
    J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 27, 095301 (2015) DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/9/095301
14. Elastic constants and Debye temperature of wz-AlN and wz-GaN semiconductors under high pressure from first-principles, B. P. Pandey, V. Kumar, and E. Menéndez Proupin
    Pramana 83, 413-425 (2014) DOI: 10.1007/s12043-014-0785-7
15. Self-consistent relativistic band structure of the CH₃NH₃PbI₃ perovskite,
    E. Menéndez-Proupin, P. Palacios, P. Wahnón, and J. C. Conesa
    Phys. Rev. B 90, 045207 (2014) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.045207
16. Electronic structure of CdTe using GGA+U^SIC,
    E. Menéndez-Proupin, A. Amézaga, and N. Cruz Hernández
    Physica B 452, 119-123 (2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2014.07.015 Get free here
17. The absorption spectrum of C₆₀ in n-hexane solution revisited: fitted experiment and TDDFT/PCM calculations,
    E. Menéndez-Proupin, Alain Delgado, Ana L. Montero-Alejo, and J.M. García de la Vega
    Chem. Phys. Lett. 593, 72-76 (2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2013.12.067 See at journal
18. Ultrathin carbon nanotube with single, double, and triple bonds,
    E. Menéndez-Proupin, A. L. Montero-Alejo, and J. M. García de la Vega
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 105501 (2012) Supplemental material DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.105501 See coordinates here. Highlight at phys.org Highlight at Nature 489, 339 (2012)
19. Electronic excitations of C₆₀ aggregates,
    A. L. Montero-Alejo, E. Menéndez-Proupin, M. E. Fuentes, A. Delgado, F.-P. Montfors, L. A. Montero, and J. M. García de la Vega
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 14, 13058-13066 (2012) DOI:10.1039/C2CP41979C See at journal
20. Paramagnetic shift in thermally annealed Cd_xZn_1-xSe quantum dots,
    E. Margapoti, F. M. Alves, S. Mahapatra, V. Lopez-Richard, L. Worschech, K. Brunner, F. Qu, C. Destefani, E. Menéndez-Proupin, C. Bougerol, A. Forchel and G. E. Marques
    New J. Phys. 14, 043038 (2012) See at journal (Open access)
21. Computer simulation of elastic constants of hydroxyapatite and fluorapatite,
    E. Menéndez-Proupin, S. Cervantes-Rodríguez, R. Osorio-Pulgar, M. Franco-Cisterna, H. Camacho-Montes, and M. E. Fuentes
    Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 4, 1011-1020 (2011) doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.03.001 See at journal
22. Nitrogen/gold codoping of TiO2 (101) anatase surface. A theoretical study based on DFT calculations
    Y. Ortega, N. Cruz Hernández, E. Menéndez-Proupin, J. Graciani and J. Fdez. Sanz
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13, 11340-11350 (2011), DOI: 10.1039/c0cp02470h See at journal
23. Characterization of spin-state tuning in thermally annealed semiconductor quantum dot,
    E. Margapoti, Fabrizio M. Alves, V. Lopez-Richard, C. Destefani, G. E. Marques, E. Menéndez-Proupin, Fanyao Qu, S. Mahapatra, K. Brunner, and C. Bougerol
    Phys. Rev. B 82, 205318 (2010).DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.82.205318 See at journal
24. Approximate quantum mechanical method for describing excitations and related properties of finite single-walled carbon nanotubes,
    A. L. Montero , M. E. Fuentes, E. Menéndez-Proupin, W. Orellana, C. F. Bunge, L. A. Montero, and J. M. García de la Vega,
    Phys. Rev. B 81, 235409 (2010). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.235409 See at journal
25. Computer simulation study of amorphous compounds: structural and vibrational properties,
    G. Gutiérrez, E. Menéndez-Proupin, C. Loyola, J. Peralta, and S. Davis
    J. Mater. Sci. 45, 5124-5134 (2010). DOI: 10.1007/s10853-010-4579-0 See at journal
26. Atomistic study of vibrational properties of gamma-Al2O3,
    C. Loyola, E. Menéndez-Proupin, and G. Gutiérrez
    J. Mater. Sci. 45, 5094-5100, (2010). DOI: 10.1007/s10853-010-4477-5 See at journal Get coordinates of structural models
27. Core-level shift analysis of amorphous CdTeOx materials,
    R. Lizárraga, E. Holmström, A. Amézaga, N. Bock , T. Peery, E. Menéndez-Proupin, and P. Giannozzi
    J. Mater. Sci. 45, 5071-5076 (2010). DOI: 10.1007/s10853-010-4419-2 See at journal
28. Quantitative local environment characterization in amorphous oxides,
    A. Amézaga, E. Holmström, R. Lizárraga, E. Menéndez-Proupin, P. Bartolo-Pérez, and P. Giannozzi,
    Phys. Rev. B 81, 014210 (2010). See here
29. Ab initio molecular dynamics study of amorphous CdTeOx alloys: Structural properties,
    E. Menéndez-Proupin, P. Giannozzi, J. Peralta, and G. Gutiérrez,
    Phys. Rev. B 79, 014205 (2009).
30. Strength of polycrystalline coarse-grained platinum to 330 Gpa and of nanocrystalline platinum up tu 70 Gpa from high-pressure x-ray diffraction data,
    A. K. Singh, H-P. Liermann,Y. Akayama, S. K.Saxena, and E. Menéndez-Proupin,
    Journal of Applied Physics 103, 063524 (2008).
31. Ab initio calculations of elastic properties of compressed Pt,
    E. Menéndez and A. K. Singh,
    Phys. Rev. B 76, 054117 (2007).
32. Exciton-phonon complexes and optical properties in CdSe nanocrystals,
    E. Menéndez-Proupin, N. Cabo-Bizet, and C. Trallero-Giner,
    J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18 7283-7298 (2006). See here
33. Ab initio study of Ti3Si0.5Ge0.5C2 under pressure,
    W. Orellana, G. Gutiérrez, E. Menéndez-Proupin, J. Rogan, G. García, B. Manoun, and S. Saxena,
    J. Phys. Chem. of Solids 67, 2149-2153 (2006) .
34. Nonhydrostatic compression of bismuth to 222 GPa: some constraints on elasticity of the bcc-phase,
    Anil K. Singh, Eduardo Menéndez-Proupin, Gonzalo Gutiérrez, Y. Akahama, and H. Kawamura,
    J. Phys. Chem. of Solids 67, 2192-2196 (2006). See here
35. Elastic properties of the bcc structure of Bismuth at high pressure,
    Gonzalo Gutiérrez and Eduardo Menéndez-Proupin, and Anil K. Singh,
    J. Appl. Phys. 99, 103504 (2006).
36. Proposal for a modified Møller-Plesset perturbation theory,
    A. Cabo, F. Claro, E. Menéndez-Proupin, N. Cruz-Hernández, and J. Fernández-Sanz,
    Phys. Rev. A 73, 012510 (2006).
37. Electronic properties of bulk gamma-Al2O3,
    E. Menéndez-Proupin and G. Gutiérrez,
    Phys. Rev. B 72, 035116 (2005). Structural models, coordinates
38. Electronic structure of crystalline binary and ternary Cd-Te-O compounds,
    E. Menéndez-Proupin, G. Gutiérrez, E. Palmero, and J. L. Peña-Chapa,
    Phys. Rev. B 70, 035112 (2004). See here
39. Electric-field and exciton structure in CdSe nanocrystals,
    E. Menéndez-Proupin and C. Trallero-Giner,
    Phys. Rev. B 69, 125336 (2004).
40. Comment on The effects of electric field on the electronic structure of a semiconductor quantum dot
    E. Menéndez-Proupin,
    [J. Appl. Phys. 84, 1454 (1998)]. J. Appl. Phys. 95, 3223-3224 (2004).
41. Resonance Raman scattering in semiconductor quantum dots: Adiabatic versus time-dependent perturbation theory,
    E. Menéndez-Proupin and Nana Cabo-Bisset,
    Phys. Rev. B 66, 085317 (2002).
42. Resonant Raman scattering off neutral quantum dots,
    Alain Delgado, Augusto Gonzalez, and Eduardo Menéndez-Proupin,
    Phys. Rev. B 65, 155306 (2002).
43. Compositional Mixture Probabilistic Model in the Formation of Semiconductor Materials obtained by Random Grow Techniques,
    A. Iribarren, E. Menéndez-Proupin, F. Caballero-Briones, R. Castro-Rodríguez and J. L. Peña,
    Modern Physics Letters B 15, 643-646 (2001).
44. Estudio e implementación de métodos computacionales para la resolución numérica de ecuaciones en derivadas parciales,
    Danny M. Martínez y Eduardo Menéndez Proupin,
    Revista Cubana de Física 18, 129-137 (2001). URL
45. Interband absorption and luminescence in small quantum dots under strong magnetic fields,
    A. González and E. Menéndez-Proupin,
    Physica E 8, 333-341 (2000). doi:10.1016/S1386-9477(00)00156-9
46. Multiphonon resonant Raman scattering in nanocrystals,
    R. Rodríguez-Suárez, E. Menéndez-Proupin, C. Trallero-Giner, and M. Cardona,
    Phys. Rev. B 62, 11006-11016 (2000).
47. Resonant Raman Scattering in Self Assembled Quantum Dots,
    E. Menéndez-Proupin, C. Trallero-Giner, and S. E. Ulloa,
    Phys. Rev. B 60, 16747-16757 (1999).
48. Resonant Raman Scattering in Asymmetric Quantum Disks,
    C. Trallero-Giner, E. Menéndez-Proupin, and S. E. Ulloa,
    Phys. Stat. Sol.(b) 215, 459-463 (1999).
49. Experimental Evidency of Compositional Mixture in CdTeO Grown by Radio Frequency Sputtering,
    A. Iribarren, E. Menéndez-Proupin, F. Caballero-Briones, R. Castro-Rodriguez, and J. L. Peña,
    J. Appl. Phys. 86, 4688-4690 (1999).
50. Resonant Hyper-Raman Scattering in Spherical Quantum Dots,
    E. Menéndez-Proupin, C. Trallero-Giner, and A. Garcia-Cristobal,
    Phys. Rev. B 60, 5513-5522 (1999).
51. Exciton and Confinement Potential Effects on the Resonant Raman Scattering in Quantum Dots,
    E. Menéndez-Proupin, J. L. Peña, and C. Trallero-Giner,
    Semicond. Sci. Technol. 13, 871-875 (1998).
52. Optical Vibrons in CdSe Dots and Dispersion Relation of the Bulk Material,
    C. Trallero-Giner, A. Debernardi, M. Cardona, E. Menéndez-Proupin, and A. I. Ekimov,
    Phys. Rev. B 57, 4664-4669 (1998).
53. Vibrational Resonant Raman Scattering in Spherical Quantum dots: Exciton Effects,
    E. Menéndez, C. Trallero-Giner, and M. Cardona,
    Phys. Stat. Sol.(b) 199, 81-94 (1997).
    
    

Published Conference Proceedings

1. E. Menéndez, C. Trallero-Giner, and E. Casado, Impurity Absorption in Spherical Quantum Dots. In Surface, Vacuum and their Applications, eds. Hernández Calderón, I. and Asomoza, R. Cancun, México.AIP Conference Proceedings 378, pag. 129-132, American Institute of Physics, Woodbury, New York, 1996. DOI: 10.1063/1.51198 See here or here
   
   
2. C. Trallero-Giner and E. Menéndez-Proupin, Resonant Raman and Hyper-Raman scattering in Semiconductor Quantum Dots. Proceedings of the II International Workshop of Optoelectronic Materials and their Applications, pp 31-39, Havana, Cuba, 1998.
   
   
3. E. Menéndez-Proupin, C. Trallero-Giner, and A. Garcia-Cristobal, Resonant Hyper-Raman Scattering in Spherical Quantum Dots. Proceedings of the II International Workshop of Optoelectronic Materials and their Applications, pp. 142-144, Havana, Cuba, 1998.
   
   
4. R. Rodriguez-Suarez, E. Menéndez-Proupin, and C. Trallero-Giner, Multiphonon Resonant Raman Scattering in Spherical Quantum Dots, Proceedings of the II International Workshop of Optoelectronic Materials and their Applications, pp 145-147, Havana, Cuba, 1998.
   
   
5. E. Menéndez-Proupin and C. Trallero-Giner, Stark effect in CdSe nanocrystals, Phys. Stat. Sol. (c) 1, No. S1, S42 S45 (2004), Proceedings of the XI Latinoamerican Congress of Surface Science and its Applications, 7-12 December 2003, Pucon, Chile. DOI: 10.1002/pssc.200304872 See here
   
   
6. E. Menéndez-Proupin, G. Gutiérrez, E. Palmero, and J. L. Peña-Chapa, Electronic Structure of binary and ternary components of CdTe:O thin films, Phys. Stat. Sol. (c) 1, No. S1, S104 S107 (2004), Proceedings of the XI Latinoamerican Congress of Surface Science and its Applications, 7-12 December 2003, Pucon, Chile. DOI: 10.1002/pssc.200304873 See here
7. E. Menéndez-Proupin, W. Orellana, Theoretical study of intrinsic defects in CdTe, XIX Chilean Physics Symposium 2014, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 720, 012031 (2016). see here
8. Mauricio A. Flores, Eduardo Menéndez-Proupin, Sn doped CdTe as candidate for intermediate-band solar cells: A first principles DFT+GW study, XIX Chilean Physics Symposium 2014, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 720, 012033 (2016). See here
9. Mauricio A. Flores and Eduardo Menéndez-Proupin, Spin-orbit coupling effects in gold clusters: The case of Au13 , XIX Chilean Physics Symposium 2014, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 720, 012034 (2016). See here

Unpublished Works

1. M.Sc. Thesis: On the resonant Raman effect in semiconductor quantum dots.
   
   
2. Ph.D. Thesis: Inelastic light scattering in semiconductor quantum dots.
   
   
3. Comment on Multi-phonon Raman scattering in semiconductor nanocrystals: Importance of non-adiabatic transitions (E. P. Pokatilov et al, Phys. Rev. B 65, 075316 (2002)). Preprint at cond-mat/0204502.
   
   
4. A. Cabo, F. Claro, E. Menéndez-Proupin, N. Cruz-Hernández, and J. Fernández-Sanz, A Proposal for a Modified Möller-Plesset Perturbation Theory. ICTP Preprint IC/2005/116.

Current Work

1. Ab initio calculations of semiconductor nanocrystals.
   
2. Application of quantum chemistry semiempirical methods in carbon nanostructures and nanocrystals.
   

Current grants

1. Study of impurities, complex defects, and grain boundaries in CdTe thin films using computer simulation at the atomic scale, FONDECYT Grant No. 1130437, March 2013-March 2016. Head. Eduardo Menéndez-Proupin
2. Mechanical properties of bulk metallic glasses: a computer simulation study, FONDECYT Grant No. 1120603, March 2012- March 2015. Head: G. Gutiérrez.

Computer Abilities

• Operating systems: MacOS X, MS Windows, Linux.
  
  
• Programming languages: Fortran 77/95, Mathematica, awk, script, Pascal.
  
  
• Text processors: Openoffice, LaTeX, and MS Word.
  
  
• Packages for materials simulations: VASP, Quantum ESPRESSO, GULP, GAUSSIAN, SIESTA, CRYSTAL98, CNDOL.
  
  

Membership and Appointments in Professional Associations

• Cuban Physical Society, 1996-.
  
  
• Junior Associate Member of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, 2002-2007.
  
  
• Referee of the National Council of Research and Technology of México.
  
  
• Referee of journal Physical Review B.
  
  

Main awards and distinctions received

• Bronze Medal, XXI International Physics Olympiad, Gröningen, The Netherlands, 1990.
  
  
• Graduated with the Best Qualifications, University of Havana, 1995.
  
  
• Best Scientific Paper of the University of Havana, for the paper “Optical Vibrons in CdSe Dots and Dispersion Relation of the Bulk Material”, Phys. Rev. B 57, 4664, 1998.
  
  
• Award of the University of Havana to the Best Result in the Direction of Fundamental Studies in Science and Humanities, for the result Light Scattering in low dimensional systems, 2001.
  
  
• Award of the Cuban Academy of Sciences for the result “Energy spectrum, density of states, spin polarization, transport and optical properties in quantum dots and atom traps”, 2001.
  
  
• Award of the Havana University President to the Most Distinguished Young Researcher in the course 2001-2002.
  
  
• Award of the Havana University President to the Most Distinguished Researcher in Direction of Scholastic Research in the course 2001-2002.
  
  
• Award of the Cuban Academy of Sciences for the result “Raman and hyper-Raman scattering in semiconductor quantum dots”, 2002.
• Congratulation as half million initial users (in Chile!) of LinkedIn social network :-) .(the machines take control)

Participation in Conferences and Meetings

• XX International Physics Olympiad, Warsaw, Poland, 1989.
  
  
• XXI International Physics Olympiad, Gröningen, The Netherlands, 1990.
  
  
• VII Symposium of the Cuban Society of Physics. November 4-8 1996, Havana, Cuba.
  
  
• Nanoestructuras' 97, January 9-11, 1997, Havana, Cuba.
  
  
• International Congress on Materials Research Cancun '97, September 1-4, 1997, Cancun, Mexico.
  
  
• II Workshop on Electronic Materials and their Applications, November 2-6, 1998, Havana, Cuba.
  
  
• First Stig Lundqvist Research Conference on the Advancing Frontiers in Condensed Matter Physics. August 2-6, 1999, Trieste, Italy.
  
  
• Workshop on Calculation of Material Properties Using Total Energy and Force Methods and Ab initio Molecular Dynamics. August 9-18, 1999, Trieste, Italy.
  
  
• Spring College on Electronic Structure Approaches to the Physics of Materials. May 15-June 9, 2000, Trieste, Italy.
  
  
• Workshop on Correlation Effects in Electronic Structure Calculations. August 9-18, 2000, Trieste, Italy.
  
  
• III Caribbean Workshop on Quantum Mechanics, Particles, and Fields. December 15-22, 2000, Havana, Cuba.
  
  
• 4th Seminars of Advanced Studies on Molecular Design and Bioinformatics. February 3-9, 2002, Havana, Cuba.
  
  
• Second International Meeting on Photodynamics. February 10-16, 2002, Havana, Cuba.
  
  
• IX Symposium of the Cuban Society of Physics. April 10-12, 2002, Havana, Cuba.
  
  
• XI Latin American Congress on Surface Sciences and its Applications, December 7-12, 2003 , Pucon, Chile.
  
  
• Joint DEMOCRITOS-ICTP School on Continuum Quantum Monte Carlo Methods, January 12- 23, 2004, Trieste, Italy.
  
  
• XIII Symposium of the Chilean Physical Society, Antofagasta, November 17-19, 2004.
  
  
• Conference on Strongly Interacting Systems at the Nanoscale, 8-12 August, 2005. Trieste, Italy.
  
  
• College on Soil Physics, 12-30 September, 2005. Trieste, Italy.
  
  
• Workshop on Science and Technology for Non-Conventional Energy Sources, 7 October - 2 November 2005. Trieste, Italy.
  
  
• XII Latin American Congress on Surface Sciences and its Applications, December 6-10, 2005. Angra dos Reis, RJ, Brazil.XIV Symposium of the Chilean Physical Society, Santiago, November 15-17, 2006.
  
  
• VI Argentina-Chile binational congress of metalurgy and materials. CONAMET/SAM 2006, Santiago, November 28-December 1, 2006.
  
  
• At the Frontiers of Condensed Matter III, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 11-15, 2006.
  
  
• Spring College on Water in Physics, Chemistry and Biology, April 10-20, 2007. Trieste, Italy.
  
  
• Encuentro de Modelos Físicos y Matematicos en Ingeniería EMFIMIN 2007, November 15-16, 2007, Santiago, Chile.
  
  
• Workshop in molecular simulations. Free energy calculation applied to biological systems. November 19-21, 2007. Talca, Chile.
  
  
• 29th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, July 26-31, 2008, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  
  
• II Escuela de Nanoestructura, January 9-15, 2009, Valparaiso, Chile. Invited speaker.
  
  
• Latinamerican School on Computational Materials Science, January 19-30, 2009. Santiago, Chile. Codirector.
  
  
• IV Encuentro de Física y Química de Superficies, October 22-24, 2009. La Plata, Argentina.
  
  
• Sólidos 2009, November 21-23, 2009. Valparaiso, Chile.
  
  
• Joint ICTP-TWAS Caribbean School on Electronic Structure Fundamentals and Methodologies, 27 August-21 September 2012. Cartagena, Colombia. Tutorial coordinator
  
  

Refereed thesis

1. Ernesto Zamora Pino. M. Sc. Thesis. Study of graded Al(x)Ga(1-x)As solid solutions by micro-Raman spectroscopy. University of Havana 1999.
   
   
2. Fernando León Ávila, PhD Tesis. Hot Electrons in low dimensional semiconductor structures. University of Havana 2002.
   
   
3. Danny M. Martínez Pedrera. Diploma Thesis, On the topological nature of the electronic localization in the quantum Hall effect. University of Havana, 2002.
   
   
4. Ricardo T. Pérez Concepción. PhD Thesis. Energy spectra and internal transitions in confined multiexciton systems. University of Antioquia, Columbia, 2003.
   
   
5. Germán Rojas Lorenzo. PhD Thesis, Structure and dynamics of doped noble gas matrices. Higher Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Havana, 2003.
   
   
6. 'Adán Ramírez. MSc Thesis, University of Chile, Santiago, 2008.