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1 Curriculum Vitae Diego Alonso Álvarez PERSONAL Nationality Spain INFORMATION Birth date and place April 27 th, 1982, Madrid, Spain JOB/ CURRENT POSSITION Research Associate School of Engineering and Physical Sciences Heriott-Watt University Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, Scotland UK EH14 4AS Tel: +44 (0) Website: soroscaliban.wordpress.com ACADEMIC FORMATION Instituto de Microelectrónica de Madrid (IMM-CSIC) Spain - PhD student July 2006-November 2011 Thesis: Strain balanced epitaxial stacks of quantum dots and posts. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Department of Applied Physics) Spain - PhD student September July 2006 Thesis: Study of metallic contacts on GaN for high speed communication devices. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Department of Applied Physics) Spain - MSc / Diploma of Advanced Studies September 2007 Study of the electro-optical properties of Sb based self-assembled nanostructures Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - BSc / Licenciado in Applied Physics September 2000 September 2005 LANGUAJES Spanish (mother tongue) English - Fluent Certificate of Proficiency English (CPE)

2 Cambridge University December 2005 French - Basic PUBLICATIONS FIRST AUTHOR 1. Optical investigation of type II GaSb/GaAs self assembled quantum dots D. Alonso-Álvarez, B. Alén, Jorge M. García and J. M. Ripalda. Applied Physics Letters. 91, (2007). 2. "Carrier recombination effects in strain compensated quantum dot stacks embedded in solar cells" D. Alonso-Álvarez, A. G. Taboada, J. M. Ripalda, B. Alén, Y. González, L. González, J. M. García, F. Briones, A. Martí, A. Luque, A. M. Sánchez and S. I. Molina Applied Physics Letters. 93, , (2008) 3. Strain balanced quantum posts D. Alonso-Álvarez, B. Alén, J. M. Ripalda, J. M. Llorens, A. G. Taboada, Y. González, L. González, F. Briones, M. A. Roldán, J. Hernández-Saz, D. Hernández, M. Herrera and S.I.Molina. Applied Physics Letters, 98, (2011) 4. Strain balanced epitaxial stacks of quantum dots and quantum posts D. Alonso-Álvarez, J. M. Ripalda, B. Alén, J.M. Llorens, F. Briones. Advanced Materials, 23, (2011) COAUTHOR 1. "Enhancement of the room temperature luminescence of InAs quantum dots by GaSb capping" J. M. Ripalda, D. Alonso-Álvarez, B. Alén, A. G. Taboada, J. M. García, Y. González and L. González Applied Physics Letters. 91, (2007). 2. "Structural changes induced by antimony on InAs/GaAs (001) quantum dots" A. G. Taboada, A. M. Sánchez, A. M. Beltrán, M. Bozkurt, D. Alonso- Álvarez, B. Alén, A. Rivera, J. M. Ripalda, J.M. Llorens, J. Martín- Sánchez, Y. González, J.M. Ulloa, J. M. García, S. I. Molina, P.M. Koenraad Physical Review B, 82, (2010) PROCEEDINGS 1. Stress compensation by GaP monolayers for stacked InAs/GaAs quantum dots solar cells D. Alonso-Álvarez, A. G. Taboada, Y. González, J. M. Ripalda, B. Alén, L. González, J. M. García, F. Briones, A. Martí, A. Luque, A. M. Sánchez and S. I. Molina. Proceedings 33 rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, San Diego (USA) (11-16 May 2008)

3 2. Strain balanced quantum posts for intermediate band solar cells D. Alonso-Álvarez, B. Alén, J. M. Ripalda, A. G. Taboada, J. M. Llorens, Y. González, L. González, F. Briones, E. Antolín, I. Ramirez, A. Martí, A. Luque, M. A. Roldán, J. Hernandez-Saz, M. Herrera and S.I.Molina. Proceedings 35 th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Honolulu (USA) (20-25 June 2010) 3. Strain issues in stress compensated quantum dots for intermediate band solar cells D. Alonso-Álvarez, J. M. Ripalda, B. Alén, A. Rivera, A. G. Taboada, J. M. Llorens, Y. González, L. González, F. Briones. Proceedings 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Valencia (Spain) (6-10 September 2010) 4. "Theoretical modelling of quaternary GaInAsSb/GaAs selfassembled quantum dots" J. M. Llorens, A. G. Taboada, J. M. Ripalda, D. Alonso-Álvarez, B. Alén, J. Martín-Sánchez, J. M. García, Y. González, A. M. Sánchez, A. M. Beltrán, P. L. Galindo and S I Molina Journal of Physics: Conference Series 245, (2010) OTHER PUBLICATIONS 1. Epitaxial quantum dots for sunlight harvesting D. Alonso-Álvarez, B. Alén and J. M. Ripalda Acta Futura, 4, (2011) WORKS SUBMITTED AND IN PROGRESS 1. Strain driven migration of In during the growth of InAs/GaAs quantum posts D. Alonso-Álvarez., B. Alén, J. M. Ripalda, A. Rivera, A. G. Taboada, J. M. Llorens, Y. González, L. González and F. Briones.. To be submitted to Physical Review Letters. Available at arxiv: 2. In-situ accumulated stress measurements: application to strain balanced quantum dots and quantum posts D. Alonso-Álvarez., B. Alén, J. M. Ripalda, A. Rivera, A. G. Taboada, J. M. Llorens, Y. González, L. González and F. Briones.. To be submitted to Physical Review B. Available at arxiv: PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES ORAL PRESENTATION 1. Photodetector applications of InAsSb/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots D. Alonso-Álvarez, A. G. Taboada, B. Alén, J. M. Ripalda, D Granados and J. M. García. 6ª Conferencia de dispositivos electrónicos. CDE 2007, El Escorial, Spain (February 2007) 2. Compacting InAs/GaAs quantum dots layers by GaP strain

4 compensation for photovoltaic applications D. Alonso-Álvarez, A. G. Taboada, Y. González, J. M. Ripalda, B. Alén, L. González, F. Briones, A. Martí, A. Luque, A. M. Sánchez and S.I. Molina Workshop on Recent Advances of Low Dimensional Structures and Devices, Nottingham, United Kingdom (April 2008) 3. Epitaxial growth of strain balanced semiconductor nanostructures for solar cells D. Alonso-Álvarez, J. M. Ripalda, B. Alén, A. Rivera, A. G. Taboada, J. M. Llorens, Y. González, L. González, F. Briones. Nanoscale devices for enviromental and energy applications (NDEEA10), San Sebastian (Spain) (26-27 April 2010) 4. Strain balanced quantum posts for intermediate band solar cells D. Alonso-Álvarez, B. Alén, J. M. Ripalda, A. G. Taboada, J. M. Llorens, Y. González, L. González, F. Briones, E. Antolín, I. Ramirez, A. Martí, A. Luque, M. A. Roldán, J. Hernandez-Saz, M. Herrera and S.I.Molina. 35 th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Honolulu (USA) (20-25 June 2010) 5. Strain balanced technique for the growth of very high aspect ratio quantum posts D. Alonso-Álvarez, B. Alén, J. M. Ripalda, J. Llorens, A. G. Taboada, Y. González, L. González, F. Briones, M. A. Roldán, J. Hernández-Saz, M. Herrera, and S. I. Molina EuroMBE 2011 L Alpe d Huez, Francia (20-24 Marzo 2011) POSTERS 1. Electro-optical characterization of self-assembled InAs/GaAs Quantum Rings embedded in p-i-n and Schottky diodes A.G. Taboada, F. Suárez, D. Granados, D. Alonso-Álvarez, B. Alén, M.L. Dotor and J.M. García, T. J. Badcock, D. J. Mowbray and K. M. Groom International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors. ICPS Viena (Austria) 24th-28th July Absorption Properties on InAs quantum dots with Ga(As)Sb capping D. Alonso-Álvarez, B. Alén, J. M. Ripalda, A. G. Taboada, J. M. García. Long Wavelength Quantum Dots. LWQD 2007, Rennes (France) July Stress compensation by GaP monolayers for stacked InAs/GaAs quantum dots solar cells D. Alonso-Álvarez, A. G. Taboada, Y. González, J. M. Ripalda, B. Alén, L. González, Jorge M. García, F. Briones, A. Martí, A. Luque, A. M. Sánchez and S.I. Molina 33rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, San Diego, (EEUU) May Strain issues in stress compensated quantum dots for intermediate

5 band solar cells D. Alonso-Álvarez, J. M. Ripalda, B. Alén, A. Rivera, A. G. Taboada, J. M. Llorens, Y. González, L. González, F. Briones. 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Valencia (Spain) (6-10 September 2010) PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS Project: Key Organisation for Research on Integrated Circuits in GaN Technology" (KORRIGAN) Main Resercher: Elías Muñoz Merino (Coord.) Funding: Western European Armaments Organization (WEAO) Project: Síntesis y caracterización de compuestos nanoestruturados para aplicaciones como revestimientos duros. Main Resercher: Carlos Palacio Orcajo Project: Sensores químicos avanzados para medida in situ de la calidad de aguas basados en elementos específicos de reconocimiento Y lectura multifuncional integrada (FUTURSEN) Main Resercher: Carlos Palacio Orcajo (Coord.) Project: Síntesis y caracterización de recubrimientos con propiedades tribológicas basados en compuestos ternarios MainResercher: Carlos Palacio Orcajo Funding: Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (PhD Student) Project: Self-Assembled semiconductor nanostructures for new devices in photonics and electronics (SANDIE) Funding: European Union (PhD Student) Project: Nanoestructuras de semiconductores como componentes para la información cuántica (NANIC) Main Resercher: Luisa González Sotos

6 (PhD Student) Project: Nanoestructuras de semiconductores como componentes para la información cuántica (NANOCOMIC) Main Resercher: Luisa González Sotos Funding: Comuniadd Autónoma de Madrid (PhD Student) Project: Nanoestructuras de semiconductores compuestos y su aplicación en dispositivos optoelectrónicos y fotónicos II (NANOSELF II) Main Resercher: Yolanda González (PhD Student) Project: Nueva generación de materiales dispositivos y estrategias fotovoltaicas para un mejor aprovechamiento de la energía del sol (NUMANCIA) Funding: Comuniadd Autónoma de Madrid (PhD Student) Project: Investigación en una nueva generación de materiales y células solares (GENESIS) Main Resercher: Antonio Luque (PhD Student) Proyecto: Nueva generación de materiales dispositivos y estrategias fotovoltaicas para un mejor aprovechamiento de la energía del sol (NUMANCIA-2) Funding: Comuniad Autónoma de Madrid (PhD Student) Project: Puntos cuánticos y compensación de tensiones en células solares Main Resercher: Luisa González Soto Funding: Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores 2010 (PhD Student) Project: Nanotecnología para células solares basadas en semiconductores III-V Main Resercher: Jose María Ripalda Cobián Funding: Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

7 2010 (PhD Student) Project: Gestión de fotones y electrones en células solares por nanotecnología (Nanogefes) Funding: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación OTHER MERITS SHORT STAYS ABROAD 1. Imperial College London: Experimental Solid State Physics Group June August de 2009 Title: Study of intraband optical absorption properties of quantum dots for its application in intermediate band solar cells Supervisor: N. Ekins-Daukes OTHER FORMATION 1. Installer of Solar Energy Systems Centro de Estudios CEAC S.L. 650 hours. September 2007 September 2010