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General Information
Full Name | Alejandro José Uría Álvarez |
Date of Birth | 18th November 1994 |
Languages | Spanish (native), English (C1), and Italian (B1) |
Education
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2019-now
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid – Ph.D. in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics.
- Advisor: Prof. Juan José Palacios.
- Co-advisor: Prof. Jaime Ferrer.
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2017-18
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid – M.S. in Condensed Matter Physics and Biophysics.
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2012-17
Universidad de Oviedo – B.S. in Physics + B.S. in Mathematics.
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Grade: 9.192/10.
- Award to best academic performance of the double bachelor degree.
- Erasmus: Università degli Studi di Trieste (Italy, third course).
- Physics Thesis Title: Topological Matter: Insulators.
- Mathematics Thesis Title: Numerical methods for the Helmholtz equation .
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Grade: 9.192/10.
Work Experience
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2021-23
Teaching Assistant at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
- Exercise classes of Quantum Mechanics I and Mathematical Methods III.
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2022-23
Teaching Assistant at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia.
- Exercise classes of Mathematical Methods II (degree in Physics) and Algebraic Structures (degree in Mathematics).
- Graded homework assignments.
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2018-19
Research Engineer at ArcelorMittal Global R&D Asturias
- Computational Additive Manufacturing: Process automation and physical simulation of alloys.
Courses and Activities
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2022
Summer School on Quantum Computing: Theory and Implementations.
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2020
Deep learning specialization by Coursera
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2019
DCMS Materials 4.0
- Summer school on Machine Learning at Dresden.
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2014
X-Ray and Neutron Science International Student Summer Programme ESRF/ILL
- Project title: Can SCBO be treated as a 2D quantum magnet?
- Data processing of neutron scattering experiments using Matlab.
Honors and Awards
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2017
- Award to the best academic performance of the double Bachelor degree in Physics and Mathematics.
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2012
- 1st position in the Asturian Chemistry Olympiad.
- 2nd position in the Asturian Physics Olympiad.
- Silver medal in the National Chemistry Olympiad.
- Honor mention in the National Physics Olympiad.
- Ended high school with honors.
Open Source Projects
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2019-now
tightbinder
- Python library for Slater-Koster tight-binding models of solids.
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2019-now
Xatu
- Software to obtain the exciton spectrum in solids by solving the Bethe-Salpeter equation.
Software Development Skills
- GitHub: https://github.com/alejandrojuria
- Machine Learning Frameworks: TensorFlow
- Programming Languages: Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Octave