Ibon Santiago González
OxfordBiophysics, ClarendonLaboratory
DepartmentofCondensedMatterPhysics
UniversityofOxford
ParksRoad, Oxford, OX13PU,UK
01865(2)72331
E-mail: ibon.santiago@physics.ox.ac.uk
http://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk
Education
2012-2015
Expected
2011-2012
2008-2012
2006-2007
2003-2008
UniversityofOxford (Oxford,UK)
DphilinCondensendMatterPhysics
MIT andHarvardMedicalSchool (Boston,USA)
MIT BiophysicsGraduateCertificateProgram
MIT,DepartmentofPhysics (Cambridge,USA)
MasterofScienceinAtomicPhysics(GPA:4.8/5)
MIT WalterA.RosenblithPresidentialFellow
UniversityofTexasatAustin, DepartmentofPhysics (Austin, USA)
Visitingstudent. Completionofgraduatecorecourses. GPA:4.0/4.0
UniversityoftheBasqueCountry (Bilbao, Spain)
Lcdo. inPhysics(B.Sc)GPA:9.6/10(Honors)
Research experience
Sept. 2012Present
UniversityofOxford (Oxford, UK)
ResearchassistantintheOxfordBiophysicsgroup
• Researchtowardsprogrammable, motileandresponsivenanodevicesusingDNA
asabuildingblock.
• DevelopmentofDNA nanotechnologytechniquestocreatesyntheticself-propelled
nanodevices.
Researchsupervisor: Prof. AndrewTurberfield
Sept. 2008June2012
ResearchLaboratoryofElectronics(MIT-Harvard) (Cambridge, USA)
ResearchassistantattheMIT-HarvardCenterforUltracoldAtoms
• Designedandbuiltvacuum, opticalandimagingsystemsforlasercoolingand
trappingofquantumgases.
• Conductedexperimentalrealizationsofquantummixturesofultracoldatoms
andformationofcoldmolecules.
• Thesis: LiNaK:Multi-speciesapparatusforthestudyofultracoldquantummixtures
Researchsupervisor: Prof. MartinW.Zwierlein
Oct. 2007Mar. 2008
UniversitätWürzburg (Würzburg, Germany)
TeammemberintheNano-OpticsandBio-PhotonicsGroup
• Implementedanano-fluidicdevicetoimprovethedesignofopticalnanoantennas.
Researchsupervisor: Prof. BertHecht
Jun-Sept
2007
CERN EuropeanOrganizationforNuclearResearch (Geneva, Switzerland)
ResearchinternintheAccelerator&BeamPhysicsGroup(ABP)
• InvestigatedprotonbeaminstabilitiesintheLHC acceleratorinjectorcomplex.
• Derivedanalyticexpressionsandcomputedprotonbeamcurrentthresholds
Researchsupervisor: Dr. FrankZimmerman
Teaching experience
Sept. 2012Present
UniversityofOxford (Oxford, UK)
LecturerattheLifeScienceDoctoralTrainingCentre
• IntroductiontoPhysicsforLifeScienceGraduateStudents(March, 2014)
DemonstratorofBiophysicsTeachingLaboratories(2013, 2014)
2009-2012
MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology (Cambridge, USA)
TeachingassistantattheMIT PhysicsDepartment
• AssistanttoProf. WolfgangKetterleandProf. MartinZwierlein
Atomic, MolecularandOpticalPhysicsII (8.422)Spring2011
ClassicalMechanics(8.012)Fall2009
AwardedtheMIT GraduateStudentTeachingCertificate(2012)
Publications
2012
2012
2011
2008
2008
I.Santiago, Lasercoolingandtheformationofultracoldatoms, EKAIA Scienceand
TechnologyJournaloftheUniversityoftheBasqueCountry(Ed. 25,2012).
J.W.Park, C.Wu, I.Santiago, T.G.Tiecke, P.Ahmadi, andM.W.Zwierlein, QuantumdegenerateBose-Fermimixtureofchemicallydifferentatomicspecieswithwidely
tunableinteractions, Phys. Rev. A 85, 051602(R) (2012).
C.Wu, I.Santiago, J.W.Park, P.Ahmadi, andM.W.Zwierlein, StronglyInteracting
IsotopicBose-FermiMixtureImmersedinaFermiSea, Phys. Rev. A 84, 011601.
SantiagoGonzalez, I. LossoflongitudinalLandaudampingintheLHC injectors. CERN
Publication-AB-2008-001(2008)
Santiago Gonzalez, I.; Zimmermann, F. Longitudinal stability of flat bunches with
space-chargeorinductiveimpedance ProceedingsofEPAC08(2008)
Conferences and Workshops
2014
2014
2014
2012
2007
2011
2010
2009
2009
2013
2013
2012
Contributedtalks
SymposiumofSpanishResearchersintheUK (London, 5July)
FirstInternationalSummerSchoolinSyntheticandSystemsBiology
(Taormina, 15-19June)
AcademicSymposiumatStCatherine’sCollege(Oxford, 4May)
II GefenolSummerSchoolonStatisticalPhysicsofComplexandSmallSystems, (Benasque, Aragon)
IntensityLimitationsintheLHC injectors, (CERN MainAuditorium, Geneva)
Contributedpapersandposters
MeetingofAPS DivisionofAtomic, MolecularandOpticalPhysics(Atlanta, Georgia)
OpticalLatticeEmulatorConference(DARPA) (Houston, Texas)
StronglyInteractingQuantumMixturesofUltracoldAtoms, MeetingofAPS Division
ofAtomic, MolecularandOpticalPhysics(Charlottesville, Virginia)
QuantumsimulationMultidisciplinaryResearchInitiativeConference(MURI) (HarvardUniversity, Cambridge)
Participated
SYNMIKRO SummerSchoolinSyntheticMicrobiologyandSignallingsystems, (Marburg, Germany)
BioBricksSyntheticBiologyConference, (London, UK)
DNA 18, ConferenceonDNA Nanotechnology, (AarhusDenmark)
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Honors and Awards
2012
2011
2009
2009
2008
2007
2007
2006
2004
BasqueGovernmentFellowship
PosterPrizeatMIT PhysicsDepartmentOpenHouse
NationalAwardforAcademicPerformance(MinistryofEducationofSpain)
ExtraordinaryAwardoftheUniversityoftheBasqueCountry(2007-2008)
MIT WalterRosenblithPresidentialFellowship
CERN summergrant
UniversityHonors(Fall2006, Spring2007)UniversityofTexasatAustin
TransatlanticSciencescholarship(TASSEP) tostudyatUniversityofTexas
GoetheInstitutSummerGrant(Mannheim, Germany)
Other activities
Co-founderof SynOx, OxfordUniversitySocietyforSyntheticBiology
Skills
Technicalskills
• Extensiveexperienceinultrahighvacuum(UHV) procedures, advancedlaser
technologyandopticalsetups.
• Hands-onexperienceinexperimentconstruction, electroniccontrol, chemistry
laboratorytechniquesandfundamentalbioengineeringmethods.
• ExperienceinmicroscopyandindependentuserofScanningandTransmission
ElectronMicroscopes.
• Strongknowledgeofnumericalmethodsanddataanalysis
(MATLAB,Mathematica, R,IgorPro).
Languages
Native: Basque, Spanish Fluent: English, German Conversational: French, Italian
LanguageQualifications
• CertificateofProficiencyinEnglish(UniversityofCambridge)
• DeutschesSprachdiplomfürdenHochschulzugang(UniversitätHannover)
• EuskararenGaitasunAgiriaEGA (BasqueGovernment)
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