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Physics of Living Matter
Ricard Alert's group
PEOPLE
Ricard Alert
2026 - present ICREA Research Professor, University of Barcelona
2021 - 2026 Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
2018 - 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton Center for Theoretical Science
2013 - 2017 PhD in Physics, University of Barcelona
2012 - 2013 Master's in Biophysics, University of Barcelona
2007 - 2012 Llicenciatura in Physics, University of Barcelona
MJ Franco-Oñate
2023/11 - pres. Postdoc, MPI-PKS and University of Barcelona
2020 - 2023 PhD in Physics, Laboratoire Charles Coulomb, Montpellier (France)
2019 - 2020 Master's in Physics and Engineering of Living Matter, U. of Montpellier (France)
2015 - 2019 Bachelor in Physics, University of Murcia (Spain)
Saraswat Bhattacharyya
2025/01 - pres. Postdoc, MPI-PKS
2020 - 2024 DPhil in Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford (UK)
2019 - 2020 Master's in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford (UK)
2015 - 2019 Bachelor in Physics (Research), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India)
Peter Hampshire
2022/09 - pres. PhD student, MPI-PKS & CSBD
2018 - 2022 Bachelor and Master's in Physics, University of Cambridge (UK)
Hanno Hennighausen
2022/09 - pres. PhD student, MPI-PKS & CSBD
2020 - 2022 Master's in Physics, Philipps University & Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg (Germany)
2016 - 2019 Bachelor in Physics, Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg (Germany)
Ashot Matevosyan
2022/11 - pres. PhD student, MPI-PKS
2018 - 2022 Bachelor and Master's in Physics, University of Cambridge (UK)
Lauritz Hahn
2024/10 - pres. PhD student (jointly supervised with Marín Bukov), MPI-PKS & CSBD
2021 - 2024 Master's in Physics, École Normale Supérieure Paris (France)
2017 - 2021 Bachelor in Physics, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (Germany)
2017 - 2021 Bachelor in Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (Germany)
Floris Bollen
2026/04 - pres. Master's Research Internship, University of Barcelona (Spain)
2024 - pres. Master's in Molecular Life Science, Wageningen University & Research (The Netherlands)
2021 - 2024 Bachelor in Molecular Life Science, Wageningen University & Research (The Netherlands)
Former members
Danqi Lang. Intern (2025/07 - 2025/09)
Steffen Grosser. Visiting postdoc (2025/06 - 2025/08)
Malcolm Hillebrand. Postdoc (2023/01 - 2024/12)
Till Welker. Intern and Master's student (2023/07 - 2024/09)
Suchismita Das. Postdoc (2022/03 - 2024/09)
Irina Pi Jaumà. Visiting PhD student (2024/03 - 2024/06)
Joseph Hutchinson. ELBE postdoctoral fellow (2022/02 - 2024/02)
Ekaterina Maximova. Master's student (2022/06 - 2022/12)
Current positions
PhD student with L. Berthier, ESPCI Paris (France)
Postdoc with Xavier Trepat, IBEC Barcelona (Spain)
Assistant professor, University of Cape Town (South Africa)
PhD student with P. Pietzonka, University of Edinburgh (UK)
Postdoc with T. Mora and A. Walczak, ENS Paris (France)
Substitute professor, University of Barcelona (Spain)
Cambridge Design Partnership (UK)
PhD student with N. Hoffmann, New York University (USA)
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