Juan Javier López Solano

Juan Javier López Solano is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of La Laguna. He is affiliated with the ELSimMat research group (Estructura Electrónica y Simulaciones ab initio de Materiales), focusing on computational and experimental studies of electronic and structural properties of materials under extreme conditions. His doctoral thesis (2006) explored ab initio methods for analyzing solid-state properties, supervised by Dr. Alfonso Muñoz González and Dr. Andrés Mújica Fernaud.

His research spans materials science, condensed matter physics, and atmospheric chemistry. Key areas include high-pressure studies of rare earth compounds, aerosol monitoring in the Canary Islands, and the structural behavior of materials like tungstates and vanadates. He collaborates extensively with the Izaña Atmospheric Research Center, contributing to ozone and UV radiation measurements via Brewer spectroradiometers. His work bridges computational simulations (ab initio methods) with experimental techniques like thermodiffraction and high-pressure XRD.

Publications highlight advancements in dust composition analysis (e.g., Saharan Air Layer studies), instrument calibration (Brewer spectrophotometers), and material phase transitions. He has led intercomparison campaigns for atmospheric instruments and contributed to datasets on greenhouse gas concentrations in urban environments. Awards and grants are not explicitly listed in available texts, but his involvement in European networks like EUBREWNET underscores his collaborative impact.

Laboratory affiliations include the Izaña Atmospheric Research Center and the ELSimMat group, where he integrates computational modeling with field measurements to advance material and environmental sciences.