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CMAM at the REI 2025 conference
Researchers and students from the Centro de Micro-Análisis de Materiales (CMAM) actively participated in REI-22, the 22nd Ions and Materials Scientific Meeting held in Madrid. They presented their latest research results in fields such as ion beam applications, materials analysis, and cultural heritage, contributing to the exchange of knowledge...

Vacancie available at CMAM (Remade project)
The Centre for Microanalysis of Materials (CMAM) has a new open position: Merits to be evaluated: Experience in ion beam analysis techniques (PIXE, PIGE, others) Experience in other scientific activities related to ion beams Experience in scientific activities on related areas Experience with international collaborations Good English level...

RIANA takes part in the e-MRS Spring Conference 2025
The RIANA project is pleased to announce its participation in the e-MRS (European Materials Research Society) Spring Meeting 2025, which takes place in Strasbourg (France), May 26-30. Andrés Redondo Cubero and Santanu Kumar Padhi, two researchers from CMAM, are currently participating in the European Materials Research Society (e-MRS) Spring...

Meeting between IABA ICTS Nodes
On April 23, 2025, the technical teams of CNA and CMAM, the two nodes of the distributed ICTS IABA, held a joint meeting in Seville. The session was an opportunity to share experiences, challenges, and technical developments, aiming to strengthen collaboration between the two infrastructures. In the photo, some of the participants can be seen in...

CMAM at Materials Week!
We’re excited to share that CMAM took part in Materials Week 2025 from April 2nd to 4th at Frankfurt, where she actively promoted the RIANA project — Research Infrastructure Access in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Great job and thanks to Noelia Maldonado, member of the CMAM scientific staff, for representing CMAM and spreading the word about...

Open Postdoctoral Position in Ion Beam Analysis of Operando Alkaline Metal-Ion Batteries
The Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, in collaboration with the OPERA EU Project Battery2030+, is offering a one-year postdoctoral position to investigate alkaline metal-ion batteries, specifically Li-ion (LIBs) and Na-ion (NIBs) batteries, using ion-beam techniques (IBA) at the Centro de Microanálisis de Materiales The selected researcher will be...

CMAM at MATSUS 2025 promoting RIANA project
Santanu Kumar Phadi, from the Centro de Micro-Análisis de Materiales (CMAM), is attending MATSUS 2025 to promote the RIANA project. As a key representative, he is engaging with researchers and industry leaders to showcase how RIANA facilitates access to cutting-edge research infrastructures in nanoscience and nanotechnology. His participation...

Last call for Small and Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) proposals of the ReMade@ARI project
The last call for Small and Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) proposals of the ReMade@ARI project is open for you. The ReMade-SME access track represents a great opportunity for SMEs conducting circular economy research to benefit from unique and outstanding services, including an easy and coordinated access to more than 50 European analytical...

Ionizing radiation Course: applications and safety Ionizing radiation
The Official College of Physicists (COFIS) organizes a new edition of the Continuing Training course Ionizing Radiation: applications and Safety aimed at students and graduates of Physics or other scientific-technical disciplines with interest in these subjects. The main objective of the course is to improve the preparation of students for the...

New advance in optical materials
Researchers from the Centre for Micro-Analysis of Materials and the Department of Applied Physics at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), in collaboration with the Laser Processing Group of the Institute of Optics of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), have achieved significant progress in the development of advanced optical...

CMAM-UAM as part of the XXIV Science and Innovation Week
As every year, the Community of Madrid, through Madri+d Fundation for Knowledge, organizes the Science and Innovation Week, where thousands of activities related to various scientific disciplines from November 4th to 17th. As part of the XXIV Science and Innovation Week, last November 6th took place the event From Theory to Practice: Navigating...

Vacancie available at CMAM (RIANA project)
The Autonomous University of Madrid has made a public call for a position at the Centre for Microanalysis of Materials (CMAM): Postdoctoral Researcher. GA 101130652 project. Research Infrastructure Access for Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies (RIANA) Qualifications required: PhD in Physics or similar area Experience in modifying and characterising...

Call for ReMade-TNA proposal. Deadline 9 October 2024
The fourth Call for TransNational Access (TNA) proposals for 2024 is open for you! The ReMade-TNA funding support represents a great opportunity for all scientists conducting circular economy research to benefit from a wide range of services including facility access, travel and accommodation support, user support and much more. As a hub...

CMAM student awarded with the best poster at IBMM 2024
Francesc Valls, CMAM student, was awarded with the best poster at the IBMM 2024 conference. Open to view the poster

Vacancie Available. Position open again
The Autonomous University of Madrid has made a public call for a position at the Centre for Microanalysis of Materials (CMAM): Research support technician. GA 101130652 project. Research Infrastructure Access for Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies (RIANA) Qualifications required: PhD in Physics or similar area Experience in scientific activities...

The “4ºESO + Empresa” Programme
The “4ºESO + Empresa” Programme is an educational programme launched in 2008-2009 by the Consejería de Educación y Juventud of the Community of Madrid in collaboration with educational institutions and companies. In the academic year 2022-2023, the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid offered an ambitious educational programme of its own with a total...

EU project RIANA launched
A hub for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology The new EU project RIANA (standing for Research Infrastructure Access in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology) has officially been launched on 01 March to offer access to Europe’s leading facilities in nanoscience and nanotechnology that are at the heart of the development of new materials for prosperity and...

Ionizing radiation: applications and safety
The Official College of Physicists (COFIS) organizes a new edition of the Continuing Training course Ionizing Radiation: applications and Safety aimed at students and graduates of Physics or other scientific-technical disciplines with interest in these subjects. The main objective of the course is to improve the preparation of students for the...

Scientific Data Manager CNA-CMAM-ALBA
The Centro Nacional de Aceleradores (CNA, Seville) in collaboration with the Centro de Microanálisis the Materiales (CMAM, Madrid) and the Sincrotrón ALBA (Barcelona) invites expressions of interest for a contract of a scientific data manager during one year, starting by the end of 2023. The work involves the development of the relevant protocols...

Vacancy available: Position open again
The Autonomous University of Madrid has made a public call for a position at the Centre for Microanalysis of Materials (CMAM): Research support technician. GA 101130652 project. Research Infrastructure Access for Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies (RIANA) Qualifications required: PhD in Physics or similar area Experience in scientific activities...

Call for ReMade-TNA proposal. Deadline 10 April 2024
The third Call for TransNational Access (TNA) proposals for 2024 is open for you! The ReMade-TNA funding support represents a great opportunity for all scientists conducting circular economy research to benefit from a wide range of services including facility access, travel and accommodation support, user support and much more. As a hub dedicated...

19th ICNMTA 2024 – Call for abstracts is now open until 4th March
We are pleased to announce that CMAM is organizing the ICNMTA 2024 in Madrid, Spain and Call for abstracts is now open until 4th March! We are delighted to invite you and your students as participants with work in process involving microbeams. To maximize your participation, kindly submit your abstract and take advantage of the early registration...

Vacancy available at CMAM
The Autonomous University of Madrid has made a public call for a position at the Centre for Microanalysis of Materials (CMAM): Research support technician. GA 101130652 project. Research Infrastructure Access for Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies (RIANA) Qualifications required: PhD in Physics or similar area Experience in scientific activities...

1st ReMade-INDUSTRY call for proposals
As part of the European project ReMade@ARI, we are very pleased to announce that call for all industries is currently open. ReMade@ARI (REcyclable MAterials DEvelopment at Analytical Research Infrastructures) is funded by the EU Commission’s Horizon Europe programme and provides scientists who are working on the design of new recyclable materials...

A research article has been recently published in the Applied Surface Science
Researchers from the Optics Institute of the CSIC, the Materials Microanalysis Center of the Autonomous University and the NASA Goddard Space Center have recently published in the magazine …

Vacancy available at CMAM: Laboratory Technician
The Autonomous University of Madrid has made a public call for the contract of several research assistants and laboratory technicians for Community of Madrid, within the program "Youth employment program of the Autonomous Community of Madrid" . Through this program there is a vacancy available at CMAM with reference PEJ-2021-TL/IND-22599. In the...

CMAM Post-doctoral researcher awarded by RSEQ-STM
Noelia Maldonado, postdoctoral researcher from ReMade@ARI project at the CMAM, has been awarded with the accessit for the Best Chemistry Thesis in the Community of Madrid 2021-2022 by the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry-Madrid Territorial Section (RSEQ-STM). From CMAM congratulates her for this acknowledgement.

ReMade@ARI’s call for proposals
As part of the European project ReMade@ARI, we are very pleased to announce that ReMade@ARI's Call for pre-proposals and standard proposals has been opened recently. ReMade@ARI (REcyclable MAterials DEvelopment at Analytical Research Infrastructures) is funded by the EU Commission’s Horizon Europe programme and provides scientists who are working...

Vacancies available at CMAM
The Autonomous University of Madrid has made a public call for two positions at the Centre for Microanalysis of Materials (CMAM) for a: Coordinator for the beamtime and user support Qualifications required: PhD in Physics or similar area Experience in scientific activities related to ion beams Experience in scientific activities of other related...

New CMAM activity report 2019-2021
The ninth issue of our activity report has just been published and sent to our collaborators and colleagues. We would like to send you our thanks for your attention to the CMAM. We are pleased to make available, also online, our activity report to allow the scientific community to see the work done and motivate attention and support for our...