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CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DATA
Name: Elisa Jimenez Izal
N.I.E.: 72809977 G
Date of birth: March 4th, 1985
Sex: Female
Phone: +34 943 015341
Fax: +34 943 015270
e-mail: elisa.jimenez@ehu.es
Web Page: http://www.ehu.es/chemistry/theory/1_group/elisa-jimenez/
Adress: Kimika Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, P. K. 1072, 20080 Donostia, Euskadi,
Spain
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
Structure and Electronic Properties of Endohedrally Doped II-VI Hollow Nanoclusters
Institution: University of the Basque Country (Spain)
Supervisors: Jon M. Matxain and Jesus M. Ugalde
Date: September 2014
Master
European Master in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modeling
Institution: University of the Basque Country (Spain)
Date: July 2010
Bachelor
Bachelor Degree in Chemistry
Institution: University of the Basque Country (Spain)
Date: July 2008
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FELLOWSHIPS
• 2010 2014 Basque Government predoctoral fellowship (BFI-2010-271). University of the
Basque Country (Spain).
• 2004 2008 Spanish Government fellowship Scholarship. University of the Basque Country
(Spain).
PUBLICATION LIST
1. Elisa Jimenez-Izal, Jesus M. Ugalde and Jon M. Matxain* "Nanocluster-assembled Materials"
Chapter from the Book "Computational Modelling of Inorganic Nanomaterials", Taylor &
Francis. Accepted.
2. Elisa Jimenez-Izal*, Jose Maria Mercero, Jon M. Matxain, Martha Audiffred, Diego Moreno,
Gabriel Merino, and Jesus M. Ugalde Doped Aluminum Cluster Anions: Size Matters J.
Phys. Chem. A 19, 118 (2014).
3. Elisa Jimenez-Izal*, Jon M. Azpiroz, Riti Gupta, Jon M. Matxain, and Jesus M. Ugalde CdS
Nanoclusters Doped with Divalent Atoms J. Mol. Model. 20, 2227 (2014).
4. Elisa Jimenez-Izal*, Jon M. Matxain, Mario Piris, and Jesus M. Ugalde "Second-row transition-
Metal Doping of (ZniSi)i=12,16 Nanoclusters. Structural and Magnetic Properties" Computa-
tion 1, 31 (2013).
5. Stefan M. Huber, Joseph D. Scanlon, Elisa Jimenez-Izal, Jesus M. Ugalde and Ivan Infante
On the Directionality of Halogen Bonding Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15, 10350 (2013).
6. Elisa Jimenez-Izal, Fabio Chiatti, Marta Corno, Albert Rimola, and Piero Ugliengo "Glycine
Adsorption at Nonstoichiometric (010) Hydroxyapatite Surfaces: A B3LYP Study" J. Phys.
Chem. C 116, 14561 (2012)
7. Stefan M. Huber, Elisa Jimenez-Izal, Jesus M. Ugalde, and Ivan Infante "Unexpected Trends
in Halogen-Bond Based Noncovalent Adducts" Chem. Comm. 48, 7708 (2012)
8. Elisa Jimenez-Izal*, Jon M. Matxain, Mario Piris, and Jesus M. Ugalde "Self-assembling
endohedrally doped CdS nanoclusters: new porous solid phases of CdS" Phys. Chem. Chem.
Phys. 14, 9676 (2012)
9. Elisa Jimenez-Izal*, Jon M. Matxain, Mario Piris, and Jesus M. Ugalde "Thermal Stability
of Endohedral First-Row Transition-Metal TM@ZniSi Structures, i=12, 16" J. Phys. Chem.
C 115, 7829 (2011) .
10. Elisa Jimenez-Izal*, Jon M. Matxain, Mario Piris, and Jesus M. Ugalde Structure and Sta-
bility of the Endohedrally Doped (X@CdS), X=Na,K,Cl,Br Nanoclusters J. Phys. Chem. C
114, 2476 (2010) .
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RESEARCH STAYS
• Departamento de Física Aplicada, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mérida (México). Prof. Gabriel Merino.
Two months, 2012.
• Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino (Italy). Prof. Piero Ugliengo. Three months, 2011.
PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES
• "XI Reunión Mexicana de Fisicoquímica Teórica", Toluca de Lerdo, México (2012); oral
presentation Diseño de sólidos nanoporosos basados en nanoclusters CdS dopados endohé-
dricamente .
• "Modelling Realistic Inorganic Nanostructures: bringing the gap between theory and exper-
iment", Zaragoza, Spain (2012); oral presentation Designed porous solids based on endohe-
drally doped CdS nanoclusters .
• Jornada Universitaria de Matemáticas en Otras Ciencias , Bilbao, Spain (2012); oral presen-
tation Las matemáticas en la química teórica y computacional .
• Electronic Structure: Prediction and Applications 2012 , Barcelona, Spain (2012); poster
Designed porous solids based on endohedrally doped CdS nanoclusters .
• Categorizing Halogen Bonding and Other Noncovalent Interactions Involving Halogen Atoms ,
Siguenza, Spain (2011); poster Bond energy decomposition of the interaction between Iodop-
erfluoroarenes and halide anions .
• The World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists , Santiago de Com-
postela, Spain (2011); poster Designing porous solids based on endohedrally doped CdS
nanoclusters .
• Photoeffects at Semiconductors for Energy and Environment , Turin, Italy (2011).
• Electronic Structure: Prediction and Applications 2010 , Oviedo, Spain (2010); poster Ther-
mal stability of endohedrally doped first-row transition-metal TM@ZniSi structures, i=12,
16 .
• Electronic Structure: Prediction and Applications 2008 , Mallorca, Spain (2008); poster
Endohedral (X@CdnSn)q nanoclusters, X= Li, Na, K, F, Cl, Br; n= 4, 9, 12, 15, 16; q= -1,
0, 1 .
• Donostia Quantum Chemistry Symposium , Donostia (2007).
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PARTICIPATION IN WORKSHOPS
• "Ab initio Modelling in Solid State Chemistry", Torino, Spain (2011).
• Quantum Monte Carlo and the CASINO program V , Tuscany, Italy (2010).
• A hands on tutorial on the SIESTA code , Santander, Spain (2010).
• Spring College on Computational Nanoscience , Trieste, Italy (2010).
• El impacto social de la ciencia, el papel de los medios de comunicación , Donostia, Spain
(2010).
• Workshop Cálculos de estructura electrónica en sólidos , Oviedo, Spain (2009).
• Introducción Básica al uso de Arina , Donostia, Spain (2008).
SCIENTIFIC SERVICES AS REVIEWER OF INTERNATIONAL
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
• Nanoscale (RSC)
• Journal of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (World Scientific)
• Computation (MDPI)
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