Dr. NIRVANA CABALLERO
Department of Quantum Matter Physics
Faculty of Science
University of Geneva
Switzerland
Nirvana Caballero
I am a theoretical physicist working at the Faculty of Science of Université de Genève in Switzerland.
My research interests involve the collective behaviour of disordered systems, non-equilibrium dynamics, and phase transitions.
I follow an unconventional interdisciplinary approach, covering different problems that range from materials to life sciences.
I am the President of the Postdoc Association of the University of Geneva (Switzerland), a Committee member of the Biological Physics Group of the Institute of Physics (United Kingdom) and a Tremplin Laureate.
I develop and use advanced analytical and numerical techniques to treat the equilibrium and non-equilibrium features of different systems. I use high-performance computing techniques (General Purpose Graphical Processing Units techniques) for example, to model systems by Molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations, or coarsened models following Langevin dynamics. I work in very close collaboration with experimentalists of different areas of physics and biology. I am always looking for connections between theory, numerical simulations, and experiments.
I have the honor of being part of the groups of two of the best researchers in my field: Prof. Thierry Giamarchi and Prof. Patrycja Paruch.
I am proudly working at the University of Geneva (UNIGE).
UNIGE is in the top 1% of the world's best universities.
Selected Honors, Awards, and Leadership postions
Tremplin Laureate
University of Geneva
2022-2023
This grant, based on academic excellence, is given yearly to the most promising female researchers from the University of Geneva (one per Faculty).
President
Association of Postdoctoral Researchers of the University of Geneva (APDU)
2021-present
Role: Leading and managing the association with other committee members. The association is focused on increasing the impact of PostDocs through local and international activities while contributing to the development of young scientists.
Early-Career Member
Institute Of Physics (IOP), United Kingdom
2021-2025
Biological Physics Committee
Best poster award of the topic Out-of-equilibrium Aspects
The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)
2019
Prize awarded at 27th IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics for my oral exposition of the poster 184 of Topic 2.
Phase Transitions
University of Geneva, Switzerland
2019
Along with Prof. Eugene Sukhorukov, we got excellent evaluations for teaching this course. The global appreciation of the course by the students was 3.88 (over 4 total points) in 2019. This score (not always available) is based on anonymous interviews with students, made by the University of Geneva.
Excellence Scholarship
Swiss Confederation, Switzerland
2018-2019
I was awarded this Scholarship by the Suisse Confederation to work in the Physics of disordered systems. Success rate 2017: 256 (number of awards)/1184 (candidates that overcame the first evaluation stage from 180 countries) -data by SERI-.
Postdoctoral Fellowship
National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina
2016-2019
Competitive national fellowship
Doctoral Fellowship
National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina
2013-2016
Competitive national fellowship to finish doctoral studies
Doctoral Fellowship
National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina
2011-2013
Competitive national fellowship to initiate doctoral studies
Masperi Prize, Special Mention
Argentine Physical Society
