Biophym Group
Biophysics of Macromolecular Systems
BIOPHYM is a group devoted to experimental and computational research activities related to the structure and properties of macromolecular systems: molecular dynamics, assembling and functionality of synthetic polymers and biomacromolecules. Biophym is particularly concerned on maintaining a constant link with the industrial sector. The formation of students is also an important task for our group. We are supporting Final Grade projects, Master and Internships students under specific agreements with universities.
Interdisciplinary Thematic Platforms (PTIs)
We are part of PTI SusPlast+ a finalist instrument of research and innovation, created to address multidisciplinary challenges of great scientific, economic, and social impact.
It comprise research groups from different CSIC centers and are open to the participation of companies, government, other institutions, and social agents.
Academic activities (Master)
Train with leaders in polymers, composite materials, plastics, and rubber and boost your career in a rapidly changing sector.
Organized by the Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), through the Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (ICTP-CSIC), the Master’s degree connects you directly to the scientific and technological forefront of the sector.
With a clear focus on chemistry, engineering, and applied research, the degree is accredited by the National Agency for Quality Assessment (ANECA) and adapted to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), ensuring the highest academic and professional quality.
We are teachers in two main aspects of polymers and advances techniques.
Polymer Rheology – 2 ECTS
This course emphasizes the dual nature of the subject (its scientific and applied aspects), providing students with the necessary knowledge to use rheology in the analysis and characterization of polymers and in the study of their processing.
Molecular Simulation – 2 ECTS
This course will emphasize the influence that simulation methods will have, in the very near future, on the way we approach research and how they will allow us to predict the behavior of polymeric materials before they are obtained, with the consequent savings in time and money in the design of these materials.
The ultimate goal is for students to be able to address, using these techniques, the resolution of real-life problems that arise in their work.