Hector Alvarez Pol

Hector Alvarez Pol serves as a Professor in the Department of Particle Physics at the Faculty of Physics, University of Santiago de Compostela, with active affiliation to the Galician Institute of High Energy Physics (IGFAE) and the FICA Corpuscular Physics and Applications research group.

His academic foundation includes a 2002 Doctorate from the University of Santiago de Compostela, where his thesis "On the Multiwire Drift Chambers alignment of the HADES dilepton spectrometer" was supervised by Dr. Ignacio Duran Escribano. This work established his expertise in experimental detector systems for nuclear physics.

Research interests span core domains of modern physics:

• Particle Physics (primary focus through IGFAE)
• Nuclear Physics (evidenced by HADES spectrometer work)
• High Energy Physics (IGFAE's institutional mandate)
• Experimental Physics methodologies
• Atomic and Molecular Physics applications

His career trajectory shows continuity from the Experimental Group of Nuclei and Particles (GENP) to current IGFAE leadership, reflecting deep institutional integration within USC's physics ecosystem.