News

15 March 2025
Researchers from the Gnm3 Group invited to deliver talks at the 3rd International Conference on Quantum Materials and Technologies (ICSM & ICQMT, Ölüdeniz-Fethiye, Turkey, 2025)
Dr. I. Spasojevic and Prof. J. Sort delivered invited and semi-plenary talks, respectively, on recent advances on magneto-ionic and magnetoelectric actuation of materials for energy-efficient memory devices.

15 March 2025
Researchers from the Gnm3 Group participated in the International Mobile World Congress (MWC, Barcelona, Spain, 2025)
Dr. I. Spasojevic and Prof. J. Sort participated as exhibitors in a stand (4YFN) in the MWC’25 to promote technology transfer on magneto-ionic data security primitives developed in the framework of the AdG-ERC ‘REMINDS’ project.

24 February 2025
Prof. Jordi Sort was interviewed by RTVE - Radio 4
Es podria posar: "Prof. Jordi Sort was interviewed by RTVE - Radio 4, to talk about 'Nanomaterials for digital technologies and sustainable applications' in the programme 'Diga-li Ciència' on 23rd February 2025".

15 February 2025
Professor Jordi Sort receives a new Proof of Concept grant from the ERC
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the results of the final round of its Proof of Concept 2024 Grant competition, with a total of 134 projects selected.

10 July 2024
Several researchers from the Gnm3 Group delivered talks at the International Conference on Magnetism (ICM, Bologna, Italy, 2024)
Drs. A. Arredondo, N. López-Pintó, I. Spasojevic and Prof. J. Sort participated in the ICM 2024 conference, delivering oral and invited talks on the recent advances made in the group in the field of magneto-ionics. They had the chance to meet colleagues from other institutions (INRIM) and the Nobel Laureate, Prof. A. Fert.

30 April 2022
Prof. Sort receives an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC)
Prof. Jordi Sort has been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC AdG).

01 July 2021
Prof. Sort is elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IoP, UK, 2020).
Sort is elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IoP, UK, 2020).

01 July 2021
Sort receives the Duran Farell Award for Technological Research
Sort receives the Duran Farell Award for Technological Research (by UPC and Naturgy, 2020) in recognition to the group’s activities in the field of magnetoelectric materials.

21 April 2021
Our Group is part of BIOREMIA, a new European Training Network
Our Group is part of a new European Training Network (starting in January 2020) entitled “Biofilm-resistant materials for hard tissue implant applications” (‘BIOREMIA’),

20 April 2021
24-months Post-Doc positions
We seek candidates willing to apply for 24-months Post-Doc positions available through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Individual Fellowships Programme.

01 February 2021
Schwäbisch Gmünd Prize for Young Scientists to our PhD student Konrad Eiler
The Schwäbisch Gmünd Prize for Young Scientists, European Academy of Surface Technology, EAST, February 2021
01 January 2021
Extraordinary PhD award (UAB) to our PhD student Evangelia Dislaki
Extraordinary PhD award (UAB) to our PhD student Evangelia Dislaki

01 July 2020
Extraordinary PhD award (UAB) to our PhD student Alberto Quintana
Extraordinary PhD award (UAB) to our PhD student Alberto Quintana (2020)

15 September 2019
Our Group coordinates a new European Training Network entitled BeMAGIC
Our Group coordinates (Jordi Sort Project Coordinator, Eva Pellicer Training Manager) a new European Training Network entitled BeMagic

01 July 2019
Extraordinary PhD award (UAB) to our PhD student Irati Golvano
Extraordinary PhD award (UAB) to our PhD student Irati Golvano (2019)

14 March 2019
Enhanced energy efficiency in voltage-actuated magnetic nanoporus alloy films and patterned structures
Keynote Talk by Prof. J. Sort at the International Conference on Innovative Applied Energy IAPE'19 (Oxford, March 2019).

14 March 2019
Voltage control of magnetism with magneto-ionic approaches: beyond oxygen ion migration.
Keynote talk by Prof. Sort for the IEEE Magnetics Society – Italy Chapter (2021).

14 March 2019
On the importance of magnetism at the ‘universe-scale’ and on the Earth.
Plenary Talk by Prof. Sort at ALBA (2020).

01 July 2018
Extraordinary PhD award (UAB) to our PhD student Jin Zhang
Extraordinary PhD award (UAB) to our PhD student Jin Zhang (2018)

01 July 2015
Extraordinary PhD award (UAB) to our PhD student Aïda Varea
Extraordinary PhD award (UAB) to our PhD students Aïda Varea (2015)

01 July 2014
Extraordinary PhD award (UAB) to our PhD student Jordina Fornell
Extraordinary PhD awards (UAB) to our PhD students Jordina Fornell (2014)