Global change is a combination of rapid human-induced environmental changes that occur at the global scale and impact on human societies and ecological systems. Understanding and predicting the impacts of the different components of global change such as climate or land use change and the interactions between them on ecological communities is currently one of the major challenges to science.

The group has a multidisciplinary character for being integrated for physicists, chemists, engineers and doctors. It has carried out research in the big facilities of Centro Nacional de aceleradores: a) 3 MV Tándem Accelerator, b) 1 MV Tandetron Acceletor for Mass Spectrometry, c) 18/9 MeV Cyclotron, d) PET/CT scanner for medical image, and e) a Co-60 source for photonic irradiation. A more detailed description of the group and its researchers can be found in the CNA website www.cna.us.es

The group develops the line of research that studies the physics of very low-mass stars and their exoplanets.In the last years, the community has focused on these objects because of the great interest they present for the discovery of habitable exo-Earths. Therefore, it is very needed to deepen in the knowledge of these stellar systems in all possible aspects, from the general statistics to the physics of their formation, evolution and the internal structure of their stars.

Research and development of technology for medical and industrial applications, particularly through ultrasonic, nuclear, and nanoparticle-based techniques. This is a multidisciplinary group composed of experts in physics, materials science, electronics, signal processing, and systems engineering, whose aim is to provide solutions to complex problems—ranging from the study of the underlying physical phenomena to the development of systems transferable to society. Its main lines of research are: - Advanced ultrasonic imaging technologies for medical and industrial applications - Character

Computational biology lab. The work is devoted to the integration of evolutive and structural information to study the function of proteins, the simulation of dynamic processes of protein-protein and protein-ligand interaction, the development of novel "in silico" drug design systems and the generation of new quantitative methods for computational biology.

The activity of the Group includes the monitoring and analysis of the variability of the Earth's ionosphere and geomagnetic field as well as the study of the water cycle and climate change impacts on Mediterranean water systems.

The theoretical and computational Nanoscience group headed by ICREA Research Professor Stephan Roche (total of 7 researchers and regular visitors) investigates quantum transport phenomena in models of structurally and/or chemically modified and disordered graphene and topological insulators. The main targets include the effect of chemical and structural defects (vacancies, dopants, grain boundaries…), as well as electron-phonon coupling and spin-orbit interaction on quantum interferences, localization phenomena and spin relaxation mechanism.

The Physics and Engineering of Nanodevices Group focuses on the development of novel devices specifically designed to gain insight into physical properties of materials at the nanoscale, combining state of the art lithographic and chemical methods with magnetic and electrical transport characterisation. The Group’s research is currently centred on spintronic devices in metals, graphene and topological insulators, including thermoelectric effects.

The RESULT group develops two R&D lines framed in multidisciplinary themes of application to Biomedicine and Health and Environment to characterize, manipulate and modify particles, cells, tissues and tumors. Conducts research and development of Advanced Technologies addressing cancer processes in personalized medicine(PID2021-128985OB-I00), coordinating international research with Harvard Medical School to develop a pioneering new ultrasound therapy.