Education

07.2016 Doctoral dissertation Technical University of Madrid (UPM)
07.2011 Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering Technical University of Madrid (UPM)
10.2009 Telecommunication Engineering University of Alcalá (UAH)

Professional experience

SPANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (CSIC), Institute of Physical Technologies (ITEFI) , Ultrasonic and Sensors Technologies Dept.
  • Juan de la Cierva - incorporación researcher
Spain - 01.2022
IberCal (TECNATOM group), NDT Technical Engineer
  • Design, fabrication and optimization of ultrasonic sensors
  • Ultrasonic Techniques expert for Non-Destructive Testing
  • Ultrasound simulation for NDT industrial systems
Spain 06-12.2020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Dep. Food Science & Tech. and Biological & Agricultural Eng.
  • Ultrasonic system to monitor mechanical changes on simple foods (apple, potato, model foods...) at early stages of in-vitro digestion
  • Self-funded: ‘José Castillejo’ visiting scholar fellowship
  • Supervisors/Collaborators: Dr. Gail Bornhorst
USA 02-08.2020
UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA (UPV), Dep. Food Technology
  • Patent: Inline contactless ultrasonic system for detecting textural changes in snacks (ULTRATEX project / funded by Retos-Colaboración call)
  • Immediate, non-destructive and non-invasive ultrasonic system for the determination of water stress of citrus trees in the field (CitRUS project / funded by ‘Emerging research groups call’)
  • Contactless ultrasonic system to determine compositional and textural changes in pork burger patties at storage temperature and thickness changes at both storage and pre-cook temperature
  • Contactless ultrasonic system to monitor unfreezing and salting processes in beef steaks and pork loins
  • Non-destructive mechanical characterization of food products: ham, potato, apple, pork burgers, beefsteaks, snacks, avocado, etc.
  • Self-funded:
    • ‘Juan de la Cierva’ postdoctoral fellow (09.2019 - )
    • Principal Investigator of ‘Emerging research groups’ from Generalitat Valenciana (2019-)
    • APOSTD Generalitat Valenciana postdoctoral fellow (07.2018 – 08.2019)
  • Supervisors/Collaborators: Prof. Dr. José Vicente García-Pérez
Spain 07.2020 - 07.2018
Freelance Researcher & Data Scientist
  • Data scientist at Google Campus Madrid in WooM Fertility
    • Improvement of the core fertility algorithm at the app which quantifies probability to get pregnant along women cycle days
    • Generation of new insights based on the users’ data analysis
  • Freelance Scientific Researcher at CITA-Aragón
    • Destructive mechanical characterization and modelling of a wide selection of Oak leaves
Spain 2018
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Dep. of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology
  • Study relations between leaf structure and traits and its mechanical and acoustical properties
  • Supervisors/Collaborators: Prof. Dr. Noel Michele Holbrook, Dr. F.E. Rockwell
USA 08-12.2016
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW, School of Engineering
  • Implementation and testing of ultrasound spectroscopy for the study of thickening phenomena in human Gastrointestinal Tract due to GI diseases
  • Supervisors/Collaborators: Prof. Dr. Sandy Cochran, M.D. Benjamin Cox (Dundee Hospital), Dr. Gerard Cummings (Heriot-Watt University)
UK 08-12.2015
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT), Dep. of Material Science & Engineering
  • Mechanical characterization of Balsa Wood by the micropillars technique using Focused Ion Beam
  • Supervisors/Collaborators: Prof. Dr. Lorna Gibson
USA 08-12.2014
SPANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (CSIC), Institute of Physical Technologies (ITEFI), Dep. of Ultrasonic technologies and sensors
  • Non-invasive ultrasonic technique for the inspection of Carbon Fiber Reinforced laminates for aeronautical purposes before curing (TARGET project / INNPACTO call)
  • Thesis: "Non-contact Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy and its Applications to Study Multilayered Plant Tissues"
  • Funded by ‘FPI’ PhD fellowship by Spanish Government
  • Supervisors/Collaborators: Prof. Dr. Tomás Gómez Álvarez-Arenas (Thesis Director)
Spain 2012-2017
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MADRID (UPM), Centre for Biomedical Technologies at Technical University of Madrid
  • Researcher
  • MSc final project: Design of an experimental set to enhance neuritic outgrowth in a particular direction through the application of pulsed electromagnetic fields with extremely low frequency and intensity characteristics
  • Supervisors/Collaborators: Dr. Ceferino Maetzu (UPM), Dr. Milagros Ramos (UPM)
Spain 2010-2011
TELEFÓNICA R&D, Intern
  • Testing of sensor networks based on ZigBee technology for the improvement of rural areas (European project / funded by Fundación Universidad-Empresa)
  • Supervisors/Collaborators: Carlos Ralli-Ucendo (Telefónica i+d)
Spain 2008-2009

Awards