SO Chairs
The IFT Severo Ochoa includes a strategic Excellence Visitor Program, with a number of IFT Severo Ochoa Distinguished Professor visiting positions awarded to internationally recognised world-leading scientists in the fields of Particle Physics, Astroparticles, Cosmology and Quantum Information. The aim of this program is to bolster collaborations of IFT teams with these international leaders and their institutions, and to enrich the IFT stimulating atmosphere through their visits.
The list of Distinguished Professors of the 2022-25 Severo Ochoa grant includes: Prof. Nima Arkani-Hamed, Prof. Juan Ignacio Cirac, Prof. David B. Kaplan, Prof. Viatcheslav Mukhanov, Prof. Lisa Randall, Prof. Cumrun Vafa and Prof. Peter Zoller.
Associate Researchers
The strategic SO Excellence Visitor Program awards IFT Severo Ochoa Associate Researcher visiting positions to international experts in our research fields who have special links to the IFT. The program aims to support and promote collaborations between IFT teams and these international experts and their institutions.