Jose Labastida holds a Ph.D. in Physics (1985) from Stony Brook University (USA). From 1985 to 1988 he pursued postdoctoral study at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton (USA) and from 1988 to 1991 he joined CERN (Switzerland) as a Fellow.
He was appointed Tenured Scientist at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in 1987, and Professor in Theoretical Physics at the University of Santiago de Compostela in 1991 (currently on leave). In this University, he has held various managing positions, such as Director of the Particle Physics Department (1991 – 1994); Dean of the Faculty of Physics (1994 – 1997) and Director of the Graduate School (1999 – 2001). His research fields are Quantum Field Theory, String Theory, Knot Theory and Topological Quantum Field Theory; he has authored and co-authored more than 80 scientific publications, has led five national and European research projects and has supervised five Ph. D. Thesis. He spent the Academic Year 1997-98 at CERN (Switzerland) as Research Associate. In 2007 he was awarded with the Medal of the Royal Spanish Society of Physics.
He has been Director General for Research from 2009 to 2010 and Secretary General for Science and Technology Policy from 2008 to 2009 both at the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain. He was Vice-President for Research of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) during the period 2004 – 2008 and, previously, Deputy Director General for Research Programmes in the Ministry of Science and Technology during the period 2001 – 2004.
He has also been very active in several scientific societies; he was President of the Theoretical Physics Group of the Royal Spanish Society of Physics (1998 – 2001), Vicepresident of the Royal Spanish Society of Physics (2001 – 2005) and Member of the Council of the European Physical Society (2000 – 2004).
Since February 2011 he is Head of the Scientific Management Department at the European Research Council.
Professor Jose Labastida is the Head of the Scientific Management Department of the European Research Council since February 2011.
Before joining the European Research Council he was Secretary General for Science and Technology Policy and Director General for Research of the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain (2008-2011). Previously he was Vice-president for Research of CSIC, the Spanish National Research Council (2004-2008).
Formerly, he was a Researcher and Professor of Theoretical Physics occupying positions at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, CERN, CSIC and the University of Santiago de Compostela.
He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Stony Brook University.
ERC: Ten Years Later
The European Research Council (ERC) was founded in 2007 as an organization to fund frontier research in all areas of knowledge through pan-European competitions. Ten years later ERC has become a prominent actor in the European research landscape after funding more than 7000 projects carrying out top-quality research. The conference presents the main achievements met during these ten years, highlighting the key elements that are behind ERC’s success. In addition, the overall performance of researchers based in Spanish research institutions will also be presente
