MAGNETRANS group was created by professors Farkhad Aliev, Raul Villar and Arkadi Levanuyk in the late 90s, after the incorporation of Farkhad Aliev as a professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Farkhad Aliev worked previously as a research professor at the Katholieke University of Leuven (1995-1998 collaboration with professors Bruynseraede, Moshchalkov and Haesendonk), UAM; LBT (1991-1995 as visiting professor, collaboration with professor Vieira) and Lomonosov University of Moscow (1984-1996 as research scientist).

For this period the MAGNETRANS group has been developing new research lines in Spain, pioneering studies of noise, dynamic and non-equilibrium properties of magnetic and superconducting nanostructures.

From 2001-2003 to 2007-2008, the first generation of Ph. D. students at MAGNETRANS contributed to development of experimental methods to measure low frequency noise and electron transport in spintronic devices (Dr. R. Guerrero, now with CEA- Saclay) and development of broadband magnetometer working down to 1.5K and with magnetic field to 9 Tesla (Dr. J. Sierra, now with ICN, Barcelona)

From 2007 to 2012, the second generation of Ph. D. students contributed to development improvement of broadband magnetormetry, now to 40 GHz and 1.5K (Ahmad Awad - currently at Gothenburg University, Sweden) and to upgrading experimental method to measure low frequency noise and electron transport in spintronic devices to GHz frequencies as well as with; 3D vector magnet and He3 cryostat (David Herranz- currently at Medlumics).

The third generation of PhD students contributed to the creation of a experimental technique for measurements of electron and thermal transport in off-equilibrium conditions (Juan Pedro Cascales, Isidoro Martínez), measurements of magnetization dynamics and transport in single magnetic and superconducting nanostructures (Antonio Lara) and lateral photo effect in magnetic nanostructures (Isidoro Martínez, Pablo Andrés).

A new research line involving magnonic studies in magnetic nanostructures (Diego Caso) has been recently added. Meanwhile, the studies of magnetization dynamics and transport in magnetic and superconducting nanostructures continue, focusing on proximity effects and Andreev Reflexion (César González-Ruano)