Dr. Juan Carlos Castro-Palacio
Profesor Titular (Equiv. Associate Professor) (Physics)
Department of Applied Physics, Center of Physical Technologies
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
I develop computational and quantitative methods to understand complex systems. My research integrates physics, applied mathematics, and data-driven methodologies to investigate phenomena ranging from molecular dynamics and stochastic processes to learning in higher education.
Some related institutions:
Institute of Nuclear Sciences and Technology (Havana) (BSc & PhD), Weizmann Institute of Sciences (Israel) (2005), University of Tokyo (2007-2009), University of Basel (Switzerland) (2013-2015), Imperial College London (2015-2018), Technical University of Madrid (2018-2019, 2020-2021).
Email: juancas@upvnet.upv.es
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Latest
Research stays
- Academic visit to Florida International University (April, 2026).
- Research stay with Prof. Ricardo Grau’s group at Queen Mary University of London (January–April 2026).
- Research stay with Prof. Georg Held’s group at the Diamond Light Source synchrotron (UK), conducted in close collaboration with Prof. Ricardo Grau’s group at Queen Mary University of London (January–July 2025).
Articles
- Cavity formation dynamics in gold nanoparticles (10–50 nm) upon femtosecond laser irradiationB. Khammar, F. Fernández-Lima, P. Fernández de Córdoba, J. A. Monsoriu, and J. C. Castro-Palacio, Phys. Scr. 100, 075920, 2025.
- Non-Centered Chi Distributions as Models for Fair Assessment in Sports PerformanceD. Puig-Castro, A. Coronado-Ferrer, J. C. Castro-Palacio, P. Fernández-de-Córdoba, N. Ortigosa, and E. A. Sánchez-Pérez, Symmetry 17, 1039, 2025.
- A Wireless Li-Fi-Based Signal Generator and Its Use in a Series RC Circuit. F. M. Muñoz-Pérez, J. C. Castro-Palacio, J. Guerra-Carmenate, M. E. Iglesias-Martínez, P. Fernández de Córdoba, J. A. Monsoriu, The Physics Teacher 62, 426–427, 2024.
Conferences
- Oral contribution at the COST Innovators Grant IG18234 – “Machine learning from computational materials science data for modelling nanocrystal catalysts” on 16-18 July 2025, Budapest, Hungary.
- Oral contribution at the Summer Meeting 2024 of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), July 6-11, 2024, Boston, MA.
Awards
- Award for Innovative Activity in Scientific Communication and Dissemination by Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain (October 2022). (As a member of the team that received the award).
- Prize for the Best Physics Teaching Article published in the journal of the Royal Physical Society of Spain in 2018.
https://rsef.es/images/Fisica/FalloJuradoPdeF_2019.pdf (page 5)
Press release
- Interview with Physics magazine (Americal Physical Society) to talk about “Smartphones in Physics teaching” (Date: 6-4-2020). A fragment was included in the following article: https://physics.aps.org/articles/v13/68