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Coordinator and academic commission

President

Prof. D. Jesús M. Seoane Sepúlveda CV

Members

Prof. D. Alejandro García del Amo Jiménez CV
Prof. D. Santiago Gómez Ruíz CV
Prof. D. Fidel Martin Gonzalez CV
Prof. Ms. Ana Mª Millanes Romero CV

Research lines

The URJC Doctoral Program in Sciences encompasses three main areas:

Experimental Sciences (Physics, Chemistry and Geology): Fidel Martín González () CV
Mathematical Sciences. Coordinator: Prof. Alejandro García del Amo () CV
Ecology and Biodiversity. Coordinator: Prof. Ana Mª Millanes Romero () CV

The specific research topics that are currently being developed at the URJC within the main lines of the Doctoral Program in Sciences are the following:

EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCES

Physical. The research focuses mainly on topics of Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos Theory and Complex Systems and interdisciplinary applications:

Fractal Structures and Chaotic Dispersion in Newtonian and Relativistic Systems
Unpredictability in dynamic systems
Method of partial control of chaotic systems
Chaotic Dynamics of Nonlinear Oscillators
Dynamics and Control of Populations in Ecology
Discrete Neural Dynamics, Delayed Biological Oscillators
Modeling and Physics of Cancer
Vibrational resonance in dynamic systems
Quantum Chaos and Entanglement
dynamic systems with delay

Chemistry. The research focuses, above all, on Applied Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry.

Applied Chemistry:

Study of the catalytic and biological properties of metal complexes and nanostructured materials.
Development of intelligent controlled drug delivery systems with potential antitumor application “drug-delivery".
Preparation of new hybrid nanomaterials with catalytic and biological applications
Development of catalysts and photocatalysts with application in environmental processes and CO capture₂

Analytic chemistry:

Preparation and characterization of mesoporous silicas with application in improving the analysis of emerging and priority contaminants and bioactive compounds: adsorbents, chiral and non-chiral stationary phases, electrochemical sensors, recovery of agri-food waste, encapsulation and controlled release
Development and validation of analytical methodologies for the analysis of emerging and priority contaminants in food and water and bioactive compounds in food by liquid chromatography (HPLC and UPLC) with tandem mass spectrometry detection.

Geology. The research focuses mainly on the following topics:

volcanology. Volcano-tectonic processes. Growth and evolution of volcanic buildings. Analog modeling of volcanoes. Petrology and geochemistry of volcanic rocks
Tectonics, Neotectonics and Active Tectonics. seismotectonics
Natural Hazards
Geomorphology of coastal areas. Coastal evolution. Comprehensive management of the coast
Remote sensing applied to the natural environment and resource management
Spatial database management applied to geology. Analysis of environmental variables and global change
Geochemistry and environmental mineralogy. Geophysics applied to the environment.
Soil contamination by heavy metals
Water quality and regeneration
Stratigraphy. Paleoclimatology. Petrology and geochemistry of sedimentary rocks
Regional geology. Geodynamic evolution of the terrestrial planets
Astrobiology: geological determinants of planetary habitability
Meteorites

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

Complex Network Analysis
Numerical methods.
Numerical simulation.
Digital Image Processing
nonlinear systems
Jordan systems and their application to the study of Lie algebras
Linear and nonlinear operators between Banach spaces
Cryptography
Algebraic geometry
Time series analysis
Stochastic Programming

ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY:

Climate change and ecosystem processes
Impacts of global change on biodiversity and the functioning of forests
Biotechnology and global change
Dynamics of populations and communities
Evolutionary and reproductive biology
Macroecology and biogeography

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The need for doctoral training for graduates in science-related degrees is defended both in the academic and professional spheres, where the need to continue researching and advancing in knowledge, techniques and methods is confirmed, and this doctoral training means the main way of training researchers.

The Rey Juan Carlos University proposes the Doctorate Program in Sciences, to provide and offer doctoral training that contributes, on the one hand, to promoting the training of people with competence in research and innovation in Sciences, and on the other, to advance, to through research, in response to the needs of society within the framework of an integrating program, whose structure and organization allow both specialization, updating and diversification of training, research and transfer in the field of the Sciences.

Within the Doctoral Program in Sciences, the different lines of research will be developed, in accordance with the requirements established in the current legislation and in the regulations of the URJC, contrasting the experience and research proficiency, and the existence of competitive projects. The line to which the doctoral student will be assigned will be determined by the access requirements and the subject of the thesis project. Each line of research, in turn, will define, without exclusion, the main topics for the development of the doctoral theses, based on the existing groups and the research experience of the assigned tutors and directors.

The Rey Juan Carlos University proposes with this Doctorate Program:

Train new researchers and prepare teams that contribute to social, scientific and economic progress.
Promote the training of new teachers in related disciplines.
Specialize postgraduates who are interested in their adequate professional, scientific and technical development.
Promote the creation of research groups and networks, nationally and internationally, and interdisciplinarity.

Objectives

The general objectives of the Doctoral Program of the Rey Juan Carlos University will be, at least the following:

Encourage and deepen knowledge and professional, scientific and technical development of doctoral students in the field in question.
Train new researchers capable of joining research teams.
Promote the teaching career, deepening the research training of future teachers.
The specialization of the student within the corresponding field, especially in its research aspect.
Provide methodological instruments from which to approach the analysis of theory and practice from an interdisciplinary perspective, and provide basic criteria from which to face practical questions, in the different areas in which they arise.
Have an adequate framework for the achievement and transmission of scientific advances.
Train doctoral students so that they can play an essential role in public or private institutions involved in innovation and research, so that they can lead the transfer from knowledge to the welfare of society.

In short, this Doctorate Program at the Rey Juan Carlos University aims to train doctors endowed with a critical scientific spirit, capacity for research and teamwork, through teaching organized in two areas: one general (techniques and research methods, tools and resources for the same) and another of specialization, typical of the different lines of consolidated specialization that are developed in it.

Competences

Basic skills

Systematic understanding of a field of study and mastery of research skills and methods related to that field.
Ability to conceive, design or create, put into practice and adopt a substantial research or creation process.
Ability to contribute to expanding the frontiers of knowledge through original research.
Ability to carry out a critical analysis and evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas.
Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general about their fields of knowledge in the modes and languages commonly used in their international scientific community.
Ability to promote, in academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural progress within a knowledge-based society.

Personal abilities and skills

Get along in contexts in which there is little specific information.
Find the key questions that must be answered to solve a complex problem.
Design, create, develop and undertake new and innovative projects in their field of knowledge.
Work both as a team and autonomously in an international or multidisciplinary context.
Integrate knowledge, deal with complexity and make judgments with limited information.
The criticism and intellectual defense of solutions.

Other Competencies

Knowledge of the scientific method, its principles, stages of the process and typologies.
Ability to integrate scientific knowledge, analyze it and make decisions to solve a problem with social and ethical responsibility and applying professional ethics.
Ability to plan experiments, using the most suitable design in each case, to test the hypotheses proposed.
Know in detail the frontier of knowledge in the scientific field of the Doctoral Thesis, be able to identify the main research challenges within it, and contribute to its methodological and conceptual development.
Ability to handle bibliographical and documentary sources and the tools of field work related to each line of research.
Ability to write publications and communications, structuring them according to the typical schemes used in scientific journals and prestigious conferences or congresses, both national and international.

academic staff

URJC academic staff likely to direct doctoral theses in this doctoral program:

Access and admission

General requirements International Doctoral School

Program Admission Criteria

Academic record: 50%
Curriculum: 50% (research activities: 30%; others: 20%)
Regardless of the scale, the Program reserves the possibility of not admitting those students for whom the Program does not have faculty and/or resources available to carry out their Thesis.

Number of new admission places

30 places

Instructions and recommendations for the format of doctoral thesis reports

Instructions for thesis by compendium of articles and by chapters

Information request

laverne.edu

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University Ibero-American Postgraduate Association (AUIP)

International academic mobility scholarships

Open

Extraordinary

DAAD Spain. German Academic Exchange Service

Short-term research grants

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Research lines

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Objectives

Competences

academic staff

Access and admission

General requirements International Doctoral School

Program Admission Criteria

Number of new admission places

Instructions and recommendations for the format of doctoral thesis reports

Regulation

Quality guarantee

Internal quality assurance system

Composition of the commission

Results report

General information collection plan

Improvement actions

Renewal of accreditation

History

Tracking

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