Calderon’s research ranges from electronic correlations in novel superconductors, like twisted bilayer graphene, to the study of nanostructures (quantum dots, dopants in Si, and semiconductor-superconductor hybrids) for quantum computing.

In the past Calderon also worked on the bulk properties of colossal magnetoresistance materials, oxide heterostructures,  Fe based superconductors and diluted magnetic semiconductors.

Together with Dr. Ramon Aguado, Maria will contribute to the efforts in microscopic modelling of Kitaev chains  and their interaction with superconducting circuits. She is part of the Theory of Quantum Materials and Solid State Quantum Technologies group, which has many years of experience in the modelling and simulation of superconductor-semiconductor hybrid nanostructures with a focus on Majorana and Andreev bound states and in silicon and germanium based spin qubits.