Short CV of Javier Junquera

Updated 4 November 2026

1992-1996 BA in Physics University of Oviedo (Spain)
1996-2001 PhD in Physics Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain)
2001-2003 Postdoctoral Assistant University of Liège (Belgium)
2003-2004 Postdoctoral Associate Rutgers University (New Jersey, USA)
2004-2008 Ramón y Cajal Fellow University of Cantabria (Spain)
2008-2010 Permanent Lecturer (I3) University of Cantabria (Spain)
2010-2022 Associate Professor (tenured) University of Cantabria (Spain)
July 2016 Visiting Professor University of California, Berkeley (CA, USA)
July 2017 Visiting Professor University of California, Berkeley (CA, USA)
July 2018 Visiting Professor University of California, Berkeley (CA, USA)
2022-present Full Professor of Condensed Matter Physics University of Cantabria (Spain)

Full Professor appointment: resolution of 1 March 2022, published in the Official State Gazette on 11 March 2022.



Prizes and honours



Outstanding Referee for the journals of the American Physical Society, 2014

XIX Research Prize of the Social Council of the University of Cantabria, Juan María Parés, 2019

Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2020. Division of Materials Physics.

José Félix García Calleja International Cooperation Award, 2025, Government of Cantabria. Career Achievement in International Cooperation category, for scientific and academic cooperation with African universities.

Included in the Stanford–Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientists list, 2026 (career-long and single-year citation impact).

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