Dr. Cristina Afonso
Physical sciences
Prof. Annica Black-Schaffer
Nominated by
- Swedish Research Council
- AcademiaNet member since 25.06.2014
- AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria
Employed by
- Uppsala University
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Field
Physical sciences
Area of specialisation
Condensed matter theory
Research interests
Superconductivity, Topological states of matter, Graphene
Distinctions and Awards
ERC Starting Grant, 2017
American Physics Society (APS) Outstanding Referee, 2017
L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Science Prize Sweden, 2016
Wallenberg Academy Fellow, 2014
Project grant for young researchers, Swedish Research Council (VR), 2014
Career development grant, Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF), 2014
The Göran Gustafsson large prize for young researchers, 2014
The Benzelius Award, Royal Society of Sciences, Uppsala, 2013
Assistant professor position (forskarassistenttjänst), Swedish Research Council (VR), 2010
Full-tuition scholarship for exchange studies at Stanford University from Linköping University, 2000
Interested in
- Lectures, Membership in scientific bodies, Professorship
Languages
English, Swedish
Doctorate
- 2009: Thesis: Electronic correlations and superconductivity in graphite and graphene
PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation
- 2013: Atomic, molecular, and condensed matter physics
Short CV/Education and training
- 2002M.Sc. in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, Linköping University, Sweden
- 2009Ph.D. in Applied Physics, Stanford University, CA
- 2009 – 2011Postdoctoral fellow, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA), Stockholm, Sweden
- 2011 – 2013Assistant professor (forskarassistent), Uppsala University, Sweden
- 2013 – 2017Associate professor (lektor and docent), Uppsala University, Sweden
- Since 2017Full professor, Uppsala University, Sweden
Selected publications
Selected projects
Topological superconductors
Odd-frequency superconductivity
Functional Dirac materials
Membership in scientific bodies/juries
NORDITA governing board, since 2016
Advisory board of J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, since 2015
Uppsala University Academic Senate, 2017-2020
Swedish Research Council (VR) project grant review committee (member of beredningsgrupp NT-NO, since 2013 NT-4), 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
Grant review panel for DFG Collaborative Research Center (SFB), Univ. Cologne, 2016
NORDITA research committee for condensed matter and biological physics, 2013 – 2016
Board member of the condensed matter section of the Swedish Physical Society, since 2011
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