Research Interests Molecular electronics. Transport properties of superconducting nanostructures. Spintronics. Nanoplasmonics. Honors and Awards Marie Curie Individual Fellowship of the European Union (granted in March 1999) for the realization of a postdoctoral stay in the Universiät Karlsruhe (Germany). Prize of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid for outstanding thesis work (2000). Grant: “Junior Research Group (Nachwuchsgruppe)” in theoretical aspects of molecular electronics (2003). Agency: “Helmholtz Gemeinschaft”, German state. “Tina Ulmer Prize for Teaching” together with Prof. Elke Scheer for our teaching performance. Prize awarded by the The foundation Science and Society in the University of Konstanz.