Ana Cros studied Physics in the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (1990) and finished her PhD in Applied Physics in the University of Valencia (1994). Since 2011 she is Full Professor at the Department of Applied Physics of the University of Valencia and Director of the Institute of Materials Science. Her present interests point to the use of Scanning Probe Microscopy techniques, combined with optical excitation, for the characterization of the electrical properties of nanostructures. In the last two years we have developed at ICMUV a laboratory of advanced Scanning Probe Microscopy techniques that includes conductive AFM sensitive from pico to nano Ampère, and Kelvin Force Microscopy under visible and  ultraviolet illumination. She has co-authored more than 100 international papers in the field of condensed matter physics and materials science.

I am a theoretical physicist working in the interface of materials science, condensed-matter physics and chemistry. My current research line deals with the optical and magnetic properties of novel 2D materials. I focus on the application of ab initio methods to study the properties of 2D materials, like graphene, boron nitride, transition metal dichalcogenides, ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic 2D materials, and 2D perovskites. I have expertise in ab initio methods to study optical, electronic, vibrational and magnetic properties of nanostructured materials. I develop theory and ab initio methods to calculate excitonic states, electron-phonon physics, phonons and Raman spectroscopy, ultrafast carrier dynamics, physics of the spin-orbit interaction and spin dynamics, phonon-assisted absorption, excitons in ferromagnetic 2D materials. I am also working in high-throughput materials screening to discover novel 2D materials. I am developer of scientific software applied to materials science and I have established a network of theoretical and experimental colleagues abroad. 
I obtained my PhD in Physics at the University of Valencia at 2011. I have worked in internationally research centres during more than 6 years. From 2011-2012 I was postdoc at the Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology in Lille, France. In 2012-2014 I joined the University of Luxembourg as a post-doc and from 2014-2017 I was the PI of the research line focused on time-dependent spectroscopy in 2D materials (funded with 351000€).