EMILIO ELIZALDE

elibal15a Emilio Elizalde

Born in Balaguer (Spain). MS in Physics, MS in Mathematics, *On the origins of Cyberspace*

PhD in Physics from Barcelona University, with "Summa Cum Laude" *All that matter ... in one Big Bang*

and two Extraordinary Honor Awards. Humboldt Fellow in Hamburg and *Blog* (in Catalan)

Berlin, and SEP Fellow in Japan. Visiting Scholar/Research Contracts *IAU* Hubble-Lemaître law

at Hamburg U, PennState U, Trondheim NTNU, the KEK, Hiroshima

U, Jena U, Leipzig U, the NTZ, the MIT, Harvard U, and Trento U.

Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Tarrega and Bellvitge

Colleges, and Barcelona University for over twenty years. Since

1993 a member of the National Higher Research Council of Spain

(CSIC), where he is a Senior Research Professor and Principal

Investigator of various projects—including a top rated Consolider

(group project)—and team leader of both a Consolider-Ingenio

2010 (CPAN) and a European Union project (CASIMIR). Has been

awarded an Honorary Professorship from Tomsk TSPU University (2010),

Russia. He is also a recipient of the Gold Medal of TSPU University

and of a Certificate in Recognition of Extraordinary Services (2018).

Honorary Appointment from TUSUR University, Russia (2017). Two

prestigious Invitational Fellowships of the Japan Government for

Excellent Researchers (2016, 2017), and four Distinctions of Merit from

the National Higher Research Council of Spain (2013, 2016, 2018, 2019).

A special functions expert and a cosmologist, author of

several of the leading references in the fields of Zeta Functions *

and Heat Kernels, and their applications to Theoretical Physics

and Cosmology, and of three influential books published by

Springer Verlag and World Scientific. Catalonia’s top mathe-

matical physicist, according to the Reports issued by the

Institute for Catalan Studies, he confesses to be very proud of his

former students, which list includes Prof. J. Soto, Dr. A. Romeo,

Prof. S. Gómez, Dr. S. Leseduarte, Dr. S.R. Hildebrandt *,

Dr. P. Fosalba, and Prof. E. Gaztañaga, among others.

Several have become first-class scientists in their specialities.

Head of the Theoretical Physics and Cosmology Group (FTC) at

ICE/CSIC and IEEC. Founding Editor-in-Chief of the International

Journals: Galaxies (MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland) GalEd, and Frontiers

in Mathematical Physics FMP (Lausanne, Switzerland), Academic

Editor of the Physical Science International Journal,

Sciencedomain International, 207 Regent St., London, and member

of the Editorial Board of over twenty International Journals, among

them The Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (IOP,

London, 3 terms), The Open Astronomy Journal OAJ, Advances in

Mathematical Physics AMP (Hindawi Publ. Co.), The Journal of High

Energy Physics, Gravitation and Cosmology, Irvine, CA, USA, The Open

Nuclear & Particle Physics Journal ONPPJ, Heliyon, Elsevier, London, UK,

Symmetry, MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, GSCARR, Jalgaon, India,

New Horizons in Mathematical Physics, ISAAC Sci. Pub., Hong

Kong, The Bulletin of TSPU University Biestnik (Tomsk, Russia) BNKEd.

Referee for fifty international journals, among which, e.g., Physical

Review Letters, the Journal of Mathematical Physics and the

Journal of Number Theory. He’s been working as a consultant,

an external referee and a member of international boards,

panels and commissions for the assignment of research funds,

Faculty appointments, and PhD degrees: for the Universities

of Leipzig, California, Trento, PennState, Kaiserslautern,

Oklahoma, Brandeis University, the Harvard-Smithsonian

Center of Harvard University, the University of Cape Town,

the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the

Netherlands Organization for Scientifc Research (NWO),

the National Science Foundation (NSF), FONDECYT, CONICYT,

IOP, the Argentinian National Science Agency FONCyT,

l'Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), the Spanish

and the Catalan National Evaluation Agencies, and others.

Fellow of the Institute of Physics (London), member of the

American Mathematical and Physical Societies, the European

Mathematical and Physical Societies, the Society for Industrial

and Applied Mathematics, the New York Academy of

Sciences, the Catalan and the Spanish Physical Societies,

the National Geographic Society, and the Planetary Society.

Invited to the key Conferences of the Spanish Presidency of

the EU Council, 4th Sakharov Conference on Physics, Moscow,

etc. Elected Secretary General (Jun 2010) and presently

Vice-President (Sep 2018) of AvHumboldt Assoc Spain AAvHE. Has

received the “Most Valued Reviewer of 2014” award by the

prestigious journal “Annals of Physics”, from Elsevier, Oxford,

UK, whose Editor-in-Chief is the Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek,

and an Honorary Award from the Casimir Network in 2014.

Invited to Japan by the Yukawa Institute, Kyoto (2018).

Elected Member of the ESF College of Expert Reviewers (2016).

Certificate of Appreciation, World Scientific, Connecting Great

Minds 2016. Elected member of the ``Barcelona Graduate

School of Mathematics'' (BGSMath). Received the Medal and

Founder's Distinction Certificate of AvHumboldt Assoc Spain (2016).

Author of over three hundred research papers in refereed

International Journals and, in all, over 800 original articles and

contributions of different kind, including some newspaper

collaborations. Translator in the field, from English, German,

French, Italian and Portuguese, to Spanish and Catalan.

Married (M Carme, 1977), sons (Sergi 1979 news, n2;

Aleix 1982 news, n2, n3), grands (Guillem, 2009,

6years: 1st e-book, 1st talk; Julia, 2015; Jordi, 2017).

Prof. Dr. E. Elizalde
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

Instituto de Ciencias del Espacio (CSIC)
Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC/CSIC)

Campus UAB, Carrer de Can Magrans s/n

08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona) Spain

tel: +34937379788, e-mail: elizalde_at_ieec.uab.es

http://www.ice.csic.es/personal/elizalde/eli/eli.html

SOME RECENT CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

The 2nd International Conference on Symmetry (Symmetry 2019), CCPP Benasque, Spain (1-7 September 2019) Symmetry2019
Humboldt Colloquium: "Forschung ohne Grenzen. Das Erbe Alexander von Humboldts heute", Madrid, Spanien (11.–13. April 2019) HC2019
V Cosmology and the Quantum Vacuum, CCPP Benasque, Spain (Sep 2 - 8, 2018) CQV2018
Quantum Field Theory and Gravity, Centre for Theoretical Physics, TSPU, Tomsk, Russia (Jul 30 - Aug 5, 2018) QFTG
Summer School and Workshop on the Casimir Effect: Theory and Applications, NTNU Trondheim, Norway (June 11 - 16, 2018) CETA
Gravity and Cosmology 2018, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Japan (Jan 29-Mar 9, 2018) GC2018
3rd International Winter School-Seminar on Gravity, Astrophysics and Cosmology «Petrov School», Kazan, Russia (Nov 27 - Dec 2, 2017) PS17
Symmetry 2017- The First International Conference on Symmetry, Barcelona, Spain (Oct 16 - 18, 2017) SYM17
IV Cosmology and the Quantum Vacuum, Segovia, Spain (Sep 4 - 8, 2017) CQV2017
4th Korean-Japan Joint Workshop on Dark Energy at KMI, Nagoya, Japan (Aug 28 - 30, 2017) 4KJJW
Local Quantum Physics and beyond, Hamburg, Germany (Sep 26 and 27, 2016) LQPB
Beyond Concordance Model II 2016, Cape Town, South Africa (28 Nov–2 Dec 2016) BCMIICT
Cosmology and the Quantum Vacuum 2016, CCPP Benasque (4-10 Sep 2016) CQV16
IAS Focused Program “Casimir and Van der Waals Physics: Progress and Prospects” Hong Kong (April 25-28, 2016) CasVdW_HK
III Russian-Spanish Congress, Santiago de Compostela (8-11 Sep 2015) IIIRS15
MITP Workshop “Quantum Vacuum and Gravitation” Mainz, Germany (June 22-26, 2015) MITP15
Humboldt Kolleg, Fez, Morocco (March 4-6, 2015) HKF15
Dark Side of the Universe 2014, Cape Town, South Africa (Nov. 17-21, 2014) DSU2014
South African Gravity Society (SAGS 2014) & George Ellis at 75, Cape Town, SA (Nov. 24-25, 2014) SAGS14
Cosmology and the Quantum Vacuum 2014, CCPP Benasque (Sep. 7-13, 2014) CQV14
International Congress of Mathematicians ICM2014, Seoul (Aug. 13-21, 2014) ICM2014
Casimir Physics 2014, Ecole de Physique des Houches, France (March 30-April 4, 2014) CP2014
QVG2013: Workshop Quantum Vacuum and Gravitation, Toulouse, France (Nov. 4-6, 2013) QVG2013
International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Physics, Londrina PR Brazil (Oct. 21-26, 2013) 3ICMMP13
II Russian-Spanish Congress 2013, Saint-Petersburg (Oct. 1-4, 2013) IIRS13
Humboldt Kolleg RAM 2013, Sousse, Tunisia, 28-30 June 2013 RAM13
International Workshop on Mathematical Structures in Quantum Systems and Applications, Benasque Center (July 8-14, 2012) MSQS12
Casimir Workshop, Lorentz Center, Leiden (March 12-16, 2012) CASW12
Dual Year Russia-Spain 2011, Barcelona (Nov 8-11, 2011) DYRS11
10^th Quantum Field Theory under the Influence of External Conditions (Benasque, Spain) QFEXT11
Spanish Relativity Meeting ERE2011, Madrid (Sep, 2011) ERE2011
ESF CASIMIR Topical Meeting: Casimir Forces (Vienna, Austria) CASW11
Beyond the Concordance Model, International Workshop (Stellenbosch IAS, South Africa) BCM10
Permutation Patterns 2010, Dartmouth College PP2010
International Conference on Quantum Field Theory and Gravity (Tomsk, Russia) ICQFTG10
International Workshop on Cosmology, the Quantum Vacuum, and Zeta Functions (ICE/UAB) CQVZF EE60 Proceedings pictures(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)

RESEARCH, BOOKS, COURSES, PRESENTATIONS

Some Books and Special Editions

Two Books and Two Papers on Applications of Zeta and other Special Functions

A Book and Seven Basic Papers on Heat Kernels, the Vacuum Energy, and the Casimir Effect

On Determinants and the Multiplicative Anomaly

On Cosmology and Quantum Gravity

On the Chowla-Selberg formula

On Information Theory: Data Compression and Transmission

Three PhD Courses

Einstein's Equations: Geometry & Physics of the Universe (University of Lleida, 2017, in Catalan)
Cosmology, Vacuum Energy, Zeta Functions (MiniCourses in Astrophysics and Cosmology, Nov-Dec 2011)
Advanced Mathematical Methods (University of Barcelona, 2003, in Catalan)

Popular articles on Cosmology, the Casimir effect, and the Cyberspace

Some PhD Thesis in the group

Theories of modified gravity and reconstruction schemes of cosmological models Antonio Jesús López Revelles (November 2013)
On Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker cosmologies in non-standard gravity Diego Sáez Gómez (March 2011)

Some seminars and lectures (in pdf or ppt format)

Modified Gravity and Cosmology: "Opening Address: Modified Gravity and Cosmology, SDO'60" (May 8, 2019): Opening Address
Humboldt Colloquium "Forschung ohne Grenzen. Das Erbe Alexander von Humboldts heute" Madrid, Spanien (11.–13. April 2019): "Beyond Humboldt’s Kosmos: On the discovery of the Universe expansion" (April 12, 2019): Invitated presentation
Theoretical Physics Dept., University of Zaragoza: "Historical approach to the Universe expansion and the concept of Big Bang" (March 21, 2019): Invited Talk
ICE/IEEC Pizza-Lunch Seminar, UAB: On the history of the Universe expansion: Edwin Hubble, Georges Lemaître and Vesto Slipher (March 1, 2019): Seminar
Cantabria Institute of Physics (IFCA): "On the meaning of Big Bang" (Feb 8, 2019): Invited Talk
Cosmology and the Quantum Vacuum V (CQV18), Benasque (Sep 2-8, 2018): "Zeta functions, vacuum fluctuations, and cosmology" (Sep 7, 2018): Keynote Talk, and Chairman of the Opening Session
International Workshop Siberian Cosmology Days 2018 (SCD2018), TUSUR, Tomsk (Russia, 4 - 5 August, 2018): "Rediscovering the origins of modern Cosmology" (Aug 4, 2018): Plenary Talk, Best Talk Prize Award
International Conference on Quantum Field Theory and Gravity (QFTG18), TSPU, Tomsk (Russia, July 30 - August 5, 2018): "Zeta functions, vacuum fluctuations, and cosmology" (Aug 2, 2018): Plenary Talk
Summer school and Workshop on the Casimir Effect: Theory and Applications, NTNU, Trondheim (Norway, June 11-16, 2018), "Zeta functions, the Casimir effect, and cosmology" (June 15): Plenary Talk
Gravity and Cosmology 2018, Jan 29-Mar 9, 2018 Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Japan: "Zeta Functions and Cosmological Applications" (March 2, 2018): Invited Closing Talk
ICE/IEEC Pizza-Lunch Seminar, UAB Filling up the gaps: on the beginning of modern cosmology (February 9, 2018): Seminar
3rd International Winter School-Seminar on Gravity, Astrophysics and Cosmology «Petrov School» Kazan: "On the origins of modern cosmology and a RG improved scenario" (November 30, 2017): Plenary Talk
Symmetry 2017- The First International Conference on Symmetry, Barcelona, Spain: "Zeta functions: symmetry and applications" (October 17, 2017): Plenary Talk
IV Cosmology and the Quantum Vacuum, Segovia, Spain: "Bing Bang, new singularities, and a renormalization group improved, unified accelerating scenario" (September 5, 2017): Keynote Talk
4th Korean-Japan Joint Workshop on Dark Energy at KMI, Nagoya, Japan: "On the concept of Bing Bang and a renormalization group improved, unified accelerating scenario" (August 28, 2017): Plenary Talk
5th CORE-U, Core of Research for the Energetic Universe, Hiroshima University, Japan: "On the concept of Bing Bang and a renormalization group improved, unified accelerating scenario" (August 22, 2017): By invitation
Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Japan: "On the concept of Bing Bang and a renormalization group improved, unified accelerating scenario" (August 4, 2017): By invitation
Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute, Nagoya University, Japan: "Our Universe had (probably) an origin: Big Bang, cosmic singularities and quantum fluctuations" (August 2, 2017): By invitation
Università degli Studi di Trento: "Cosmology and Zeta Functions: XXV years Trento-Barcelona colab" (June 1, 2017), Sergio Zerbini's Institute's Fest: By invitation
ICE/IEEC Pizza-Lunch Seminar, UAB The Universe had (probably) an origin: Big Bang, cosmic singularities and quantum fluctuations (December 16, 2016): Seminar
CSIC Barcelona "Science Mondays": "The Universe had (probably) an origin: Big Bang, cosmic singularities and quantum fluctuations" (Oct 17, 2016): By invitation
International Conference on Cosmology and the Quantum Vacuum III (CQV16), Benasque (Sep 4-10, 2016): "The Universe had (probably) an origin: on singularity theorems and quantum fluctuations" (Sep 7, 2016): Chairman of the Opening Session
Università degli Studi di Trento: "The Universe had (probably) an origin: on the Theorem of Borde-Guth-Vilenkin" (July 26, 2016): Institute's Colloquium, by invitation
International Conference on "Casimir and van der Waals Physics: Progress and Prospects", IAS HKUST University Hong Kong (April 25-28, 2016) Leading Discussion Session: "The Casimir Force and the Universe" (April 28, 2016): By invitation
Catalan Physical Society, Conference Light as wave and particle: Albert Einstein and Max Planck (January 26, 2016): By invitation
VII CPAN Days, Presentation Technology Transfer Activities @ ICE-CSIC (December 1, 2015): Invited Talk
ICE/IEEC Pizza-Lunch Seminar, UAB On cosmology, infinities, and zeta functions (October 9, 2015): Seminar
III Russian-Spanish Congress, Santiago de Compostela (8-11 Sep 2015) Quantum Vacuum & Cosmology with a Background of Zeta Functions (Sep 11, 2015): By invitation
Università degli Studi di Trento: Data vs Theory on the light of the B2KP new results (July 23, 2015): Seminar
MITP Workshop “Quantum Vacuum and Gravitation” Mainz, Germany (June 22-26, 2015) Zeta functions, the Chowla-Selberg formula, and the Casimir effect (June 23, 2015): By invitation
Iberian Gravitational Wave Meeting, UPC Barcelona (12-14 May, 2015) The Big Bang Theory: historical annotations (May 12, 2015): Talk
International University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain Elements of modern cosmology: from the Big Bang to the future Universe (April 17, 2015): By invitation
Humboldt Kolleg, Fez, Morocco (March 4-6, 2015) Aspects of Modern Cosmology: Historical Insights and Open Questions (March 4, 2015): By invitation
ICE/IEEC Pizza-Lunch Seminar, UAB Issues and results of B2P in the context of the Big Bang model (January 16, 2015): Seminar
Dartmouth EE Just Scholars Dinner Talk Historical Issues of Modern Cosmology (January 7, 2015): By invitation
Dartmouth Physics and Astronomy: Cosmology Seminar Cosmology, B2P, and quantum fluctuations (January 6, 2015): By invitation
South Africa Gravity Society meeting (SAGS 2014) & George Ellis 75, Cape Town, South Africa (24-25 Nov 2014): BICEP2 and quantum fluctuations" (Nov 24, 2014): Invited talk
International Conference Dark Side of the Universe DSU2014, Cape Town, South Africa (17-21 Nov 2014): Vacuum fluctuations and non-local gravity models (Nov 20, 2014): Talk
International Conference on Cosmology and the Quantum Vacuum (CQV14), Benasque The BIG BANG, BICEP2, and Quantum Fluctuations (September 8, 2014): Talk
International Congress of Mathematicians ICM 2014, Seoul, Korea Non-local Lagrangian model for modified quantum gravity (August 20, 2014): Talk
International Congress of Mathematicians ICM 2014, Seoul, Korea Extensions of the Chowla-Selberg series formula with physical applications (August 14, 2014): Talk
Università degli Studi di Trento: BICEP2, inflation and quantum fluctuations (July 25, 2014): Seminar
ICE/IEEC Pizza-Lunch Seminar, UAB (May 16, 2014): Seminar
Casimir Physics 2014, Les Houches (France): Quantum Vacuum & Cosmology on a Background of Zeta Functions (March 30-April 4, 2014): Lectures
ICE/IEEC Pizza-Lunch Seminar, UAB (November 29, 2013): Seminar
Universite Toulouse III Paul Sabatier: Quantum Vacuum and Cosmology (with a Historical Perspective) (November 4-6, 2013): Lectures
Universidade Estadual de Londrina: Aspects of Non-local Models of Modified Einsteinian Gravity (October 21-26, 2013): Lectures
ICE/IEEC Pizza-Lunch Seminar, UAB (October 11, 2013): Seminar
University of Sankt Peterburg: On a Family of Non-local Gravity Models (October 4, 2013): Seminar
Università degli Studi di Trento: Modified Gravity: Non-local Models (July 26, 2013): Seminar
University of Sousse (Tunisia) (28-30 June, 2013): Invited Lecture
University of Fez (Morocco) (Mar 16, 2013): Invited Lecture
Università degli Studi di Trento (September 27, 2012): Seminar
International Workshop on Mathematical Structures in Quantum Systems and Applications (July 8-14, 2012): Invited lecture
Dartmouth College Mathematical Colloquium, Hanover, USA (Thursday, April 5, 2012): By invitation
ICE/IEEC Pizza-Lunch Seminar, UAB (March 16, 2012): Seminar
Casimir Workshop, Lorentz Center, Leiden (March 12-16, 2012): Invited Talk
Seminar Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute, Nagoya (Feb 16, 2012): Invited Seminar
Center for Mathematical Research, CRM UAB, Barcelona (Dec 14, 2011): Invited Seminar
Inaugural Meeting "The Mathematics Tree" (Madrid, 16 Nov 2011): Invited Presentation
Dual Year Russia-Spain 2011, Barcelona (Nov 8-11, 2011): Invited Talk
Tenth Workshop on Quantum Field Theory under the Influence of External Conditions QFEXT'11 CC Pedro Pascual, Benasque (Sep 18-24, 2011): Plenary Talk
Spanish Relativity Meeting ERE2011, Madrid (Sep 2, 2011): Invited Plenary Talk
ESF CASIMIR Topical Meeting: Casimir Forces, Vienna, Austria (May 11-13, 2011): Invited Talk
ICE/IEEC Pizza-Lunch Seminar, UAB (March 4, 2011): Seminar
2^nd Year Graduate Course ICE/IEEC, UAB (November, 2010): Lectures
Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia (September 9-16, 2010): Course, Seminars, Video
Beyond the Concordance Model International Conference (BCM10), Stellenbosch, IAS, South Africa (23-27 August, 2010): Invited Talk
International Conference on Quantum Field Theory and Gravity (ICQFTG10) (Tomsk, July 5-9, 2010): Inaugural Lecture
Cosmology, the Quantum Vacuum and Zeta Functions (EE60) (March 8-10, 2010): Discussion Vitae
Università degli Studi di Trento (November 6, 2009): Seminar
International Workshop QFEXT09, Norman, Oklahoma (September 21-25, 2009): Invited Talk
Summer Courses of the UAB, Faculty of Translation and Interpreting (in Catalan, July 8, 2009): Lecture
Fourth International Sakharov Conference on Physics, Lebedev Physical Institute (Moscow, May 18-23, 2009): Key Speach
Iver Brevik’s Fest, Trondheim University (May 8, 2009): Invited Lecture
Joves Talks ICE/IEEC, UAB (January 20, February 10, 2009): Lectures
Università degli Studi di Trento (October 24, 2008): Seminar
Dark Energy 2008, 3^rd Biennial Leopoldina Conference, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich (October 7-11, 2008): Presentation
Non Linear Physics 2008 Barcelona (June 16-19, 2008): Lecture
4^th International Conference on the Dark Side of the Universe, DSU2008, BUE, Cairo (June 1-5, 2008): Talk
Riemannn Journee, UPC (February 20, 2008): Lecture
Mathematical Seminar ETSEIB, UPC (February 14, 2008) ): Seminar
Cosmology Workshop Montpellier 07 (October 26, 2007): Talk
Ritsumeikan University Kyoto (October 7, 2007): Seminar
Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP) (September-October, 2007): Seminar
International Workshop QFEXT07, Leipzig (September 19, 2007): Talk
Spanish Relativity Meeting, ERE 2007 (July 12, 200/): Lecture
Quantum Field Theory and Gravity, QFTG’07, Tomsk, Russia (July 2, 2007): Inaugural Lecture
Quantum Theory and Symmetries – 5, QTS5, Valladolid (June 25, 2007): Talk
X Meeting of the Catalan Mathematical Society, Barcelona (June 15, 2007): Lecture
Non-Linear 2007, Ciudad Real (June 7, 2007): Talk
Black Holes and Naked Singularities ‘07, Milano (May 12, 2007): Seminar
Università degli Studi di Trento (March 9, 2007): Seminar
Universität Ulm (Blaubeuren, Graduate School) (November 30, 2006): Lecture
Cosmology Workshop Montpellier 06 (November 23, 2006): Seminar
Madrid Technical University (UPM), FFP8 (October 19, 2006): Talk
International Conference of Mathematicians (ICM 2006) Madrid (August 27, 2006): Talk
IRGAC 2006 (July 12, 2006): Talk
Madrid Autonomous University (UAM), DSU‘06 (June 21, 2006): Seminar
Università degli Studi di Trento (June 13, 2006): Seminar
CBPF Rio de Janeiro, IC 2006 (April 27, 2006): Conference
London IOP Meeting (March 9, 2006): Seminar
Montpellier II University (November 30, 2005): Seminar
EuroGDR Supersymmetry 2005 (November 4, 2005): Talk
Zaragoza University (October 28, 2005): Seminar
Calculations of the Casimir Effect in Cosmology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA (Phillips Auditorium, Nov 15, 2002): Invited Talk

Popular lectures (in pdf or ppt format)

Sant Cugat-Valldoreix Astronomical Association: "Stephen Hawking: Brief history of an endless Universe" (January 17, 2019, in Catalan) By invitation
UAB PhD Degree and PhD Special Prize Award Ceremony, "The expansion of the Universe: Edwin Hubble, Georges Lemaître, and Vesto Slipher" (November 16, 2018) Guest Speaker Presentation , video (min 27 to 47)
Sant Cugat-Valldoreix Astronomical Association: "Stephen Hawking: his most important discoveries" (February 22, 2018, in Catalan) By invitation
STICB Science-Religion Forum Opening Session: "Science vs Religion: confrontation or constructive dialog?" (January 16, 2018, in Catalan) Opening Year's Talk, by invitation
Sant Cugat-Valldoreix Astronomical Association: "Gravitational Waves, Inflation ... and all that" (December 15, 2017, in Catalan) SciDrops
Sant Cugat-Valldoreix Astronomical Association: "From Zero to Infinity" (December 14, 2017, in Catalan) Closing Year's Talk, by invitation
Terrassa Seminar "The Universe and its Origin .. in few minutes" (September 23, 2017, in Catalan) Invited Presentation
STICB Science-Religion Forum Opening Session: "On the origin of the Universe" (February 14, 2017, in Catalan) Opening Year's Talk, by invitation
Aula Escola Europea: "On the Big Bang and the Universe expansion" (January 19, 2017, in Catalan) By invitation
Sant Cugat-Valldoreix Astronomical Association: "The Universe had (probably) an origin: Big Bang, cosmic singularities and quantum fluctuations" (December 15, 2016, in Catalan) Closing Year's Talk, by invitation
Sant Cugat-Valldoreix Astronomical Association: "An unexpected cosmic darkness" (December 3, 2016, in Catalan) SciDrops
Cycle: Curiosity and Science Aula Magna de l'IEI, Lleida: "Albert Einstein: curiosity, intuition... and the laws of the Universe" (October 19, 2016, in Catalan) Presentation
Alexander von Humboldt Kolleg Meeting: Contribution: "New Roles and Challenges of European Research in Cosmology and Mathematical Physics" (Sep 16, 2016, in Spanish) Discussion
Sant Cugat-Valldoreix Astronomical Association: Round Table: "What do scientists actually do?" (May 26, 2016, in Catalan) Discussion
STICB Science-Religion Forum Seminar: "The Universe had an origin: the Borde-Guth-Vilenkin theorem" (May 18, 2016) Presentation
The Ray School, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA: A lesson on Gravity and the Solar System (March 21, 2016) Talk
STICB-AASCV Science-Religion Dialogs --Opening Session: Does it have any sense to believe in God? (February 16, 2016) Talk
Sant Cugat-Valldoreix Astronomical Association: Closing Talk of the Year of Light (December 11, 2015, in Catalan) Talk
Sabadell Astronomical Association: The cosmological constant and dark energy: from the Big Bang to the future of the Universe (October 7, 2015, in Catalan) Talk
Sant Cugat-Valldoreix Astronomical Association: Light as wave and particle: Albert Einstein & Max Planck (May 21, 2015, in Catalan) Talk
Sant Cugat-Valldoreix Astronomical Association: Black body radiation: from Max Planck to Stephen Hawking (March 14, 2015, in Catalan) Talk
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Light: wave or particle? (in Catalan, February 14, 2015) ICE News, Lecture
Sant Cugat-Valldoreix Astronomical Association: Footsteps along the path leading to the comprehension of the Universe (May 29, 2014, in Catalan) Talk
UPC BarcelonaTech, Terrassa Campus: The Universe through time (Feb 22, 2014, in Catalan) Talk
Sant Cugat-Valldoreix Astronomical Association: News of the Year: DES, eLISA, Gaia & the Higgs (Dec 12, 2013, in Catalan) Talk
Sant Cugat-Valldoreix Astronomical Association: Who is afraid of QM? (Feb 5, 2013) Talk (Mar 13, 2013) Presentation
Valldoreix-Sant Cugat Astronomical Association (May 18, 2012): Seminar
Sabadell Astronomical Association (Feb 1, 2012): Seminar
Rubi Castle, 12th Miquel Segura Research Prize Conference (in Catalan, May 26, 2011): Lecture
Primeres Jornades d’Astronomia al Montsec (in Catalan, November 20, 2010): Invited Lecture
CSIC Residence for Researchers De Galileo Galilei a la Astrofísica del Siglo XXI (in Catalan, October 29, 2009): Invited Lecture
TECNOS, Terrassa (in Catalan, February 6, 2009): Lecture
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (in Catalan, January 31, 2009): Lecture
Escola d’Enginyeria Superior de Terrassa (in Catalan, November 19, 2008): Lecture
Any Sant Cebrià a Valldoreix: L’origen de l’Univers (in Catalan, October 16, 2008)
Dinning with Stars, Fabra Observatory : The origin of the Universe: before anything was there (with Xavier Pujol Gebellí, in Catalan, August 8, 2008): Dialogue
Sant Sadurni Auditorium (in Catalan, November 14, 2007): Lecture
Rubi Auditorium (in Catalan, November 15, 2006): Lecture
Cervera University (April 20, 2006): Lecture
Vilafranca Auditorium (in Catalan, November 10, 2005): Lecture