María Blanco Rey

María Blanco Rey is a University Researcher at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain, affiliated with the Department of Polymers and Advanced Materials: Physics, Chemistry and Technology. She is also a DIPC Associate at the Donostia International Physics Center, where she contributes to collaborative research initiatives. Her work focuses on computational approaches to condensed matter physics, particularly in low-dimensional magnetic systems.

Her primary research explores magnetism in reduced dimensions, electron-phonon coupling, superconductivity, and magnetic anisotropy using advanced computational frameworks like Fermi Surface Harmonics (FSH). This methodology enables efficient modeling of electron excitations and transport phenomena in quantum materials. Key applications include studying spin/charge transport, magnetic impurities, and quasiparticle behavior in 2D compounds.

Blanco Rey co-authored a 2020 Nanoscale article investigating rare-earth/gold monolayer compounds, combining ARPES and DFT to analyze valence fluctuations and magnetic anisotropy. Her collaborative work demonstrates consistent emphasis on relativistic electronic responses and many-body interactions in surface science.