Institut de Ciències Fotòniques

The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) is a CERCA research center member of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, founded in 2002 by the Government of Catalonia and the UPC Barcelona Tech. Located in the Mediterranean Technology Park in the metropolitan area of Barcelona, the institute currently hosts 450 people, organized into 25 research teams that use 80 state-of-the-art research laboratories and facilities. In addition to 3 consecutive accreditations of the Severo Ochoa national program for top research excellence, ICFOnians have been awarded 16 elite ICREA Professorships. ICFO strives to be a resource for science, technology, and talent, and to provide researchers with unique skills to become successful and independent future leaders in both the academic and industrial worlds. ICFO provides cutting-edge facilities, a stimulating international and interdisciplinary environment, as well as high-level training and extended administrative support for national and international researchers, at different career levels, with backgrounds in scientific disciplines related to optics and photonics, and their applications, including physics, engineering, mathematics, chemistry, and biology.