1.- Biosciences
- Spain: Javier Conesa (Centro Nacional Biotecnologia -CSIC) MISTRAL beamline: Cryo X ray tomography of intact cells.
- Portugal: Celia Romao (Inst. Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica Antonio Xavier, Univ. Lisboa) Unveiling the function of calcium deposits in deinococcus radiodurans and its role in regulation.
2.- Catalysis
- Spain: Patricia Concepcion (ITQ) Tailoring active sites in porous and non porous materials .
- Portugal: Filipe Paz (CICECO, Universidad de Aveiro) Designing better heterogeneous catalytic coordination polymers.
3.- Electronic Materials/Nanomagnetism
- Spain: Adriana Figueroa (ICN2-CSIC) Spintronics in topological insulators and 2D materials: interfacial phenomena.
- Portugal:
- Joaquin Rossier (INL-Braga) Magnetic 2D crystals, a fertile area for new physics.
- Pedro Barquinha (CENIMAT-I3N) Structure, properties and applications of nanomaterials towards a sustainable development.
4.- Batteries
- Spain: Dino Tonti (ICMAB-CSIC) Soft X ray spectromicroscopy in battery materials
- Portugal: César Laia (Univ. Lisboa) Development of nanoclusters for energy harvesting systems.
