Fitxa persona

A. Edith Navarro Antón was an Assistant Professor from 1994 to 2000. Since then, she has been a Full Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering at the University of Valencia. She obtained her Bachelor's degree in Physics in 1991, her Bachelor's degree with a specialization in Physics in 1993, and her PhD in 1997, all from the University of Valencia. She is the author and co-author of more than 40 articles in journals indexed in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and more than 100 articles presented at national and international conferences. In January 2023, she joined the i2N (Nuclear Instrumentation for Medical and Nuclear Physics) group at the University of Valencia, where she works on the characterization of preamplifiers for planar HPGe detectors.

Her research focuses on sensor conditioning, both electronic and virtual, and its applications in various fields, such as wood moisture content, blood detection in a PMMA applicator for electronic intraoperative radiotherapy, and HPGe detectors.

Scientific contributions:

1. Sensor conditioning circuits based on FET technology: New, reliable, and highly accurate transconductance converters were successfully implemented.

2. Magnetoresistive sensors: New analog configurations were developed. These included an easy-to-use wattmeter adaptable to commercially available current sensors, non-invasive thermal compensation based on the CIV (Visual Induction Circuit), a temperature difference (DT=T2-T1) to time converter and, finally, its use as a variable capacitor in the construction of a gas detector.

3. High-impedance measurements: New measurement circuits that improve the accuracy of traditional circuits and automated test benches for moisture characterization in different wood species were developed. The most significant contribution has been proposing a new AC measurement method that eliminates temporary drifts due to internal polarization processes in wood. Highly versatile LoRA wood moisture meters have been implemented, enabling continuous measurements and ensuring their accuracy.

4. Medical Applications: A bleeding detector system has been implemented, used with a mobile LINAC during intraoperative radiotherapy. An integrated system with wireless charging and communication was presented, along with an application for real-time results management and visualization by the medical team. I consider this a high-quality project, as the research over these years has addressed various electronic aspects, resulted in a doctoral thesis, and the publications have been referenced in highly relevant conferences and journals.

National and International Research Collaborations Sensors based on FET technology (Chemical Transducers Group of the Department of Silicon Technology and Microsystems at IMB-CNM, Department of Chemistry at UPV, and Institute of Electrical Technology at UPV), GIC-GMRs (INESC Microsystems and Nanotechnologies, Lisbon, Portugal), high-impedance extenders (Institute of Forest Sciences ICIFOR (INIA-CSIC, Madrid), Medical Applications (Sordina IORT Technologies Spa (Vicenza, Italy), IRIMED (Joint Research Unit in Radiophysics and Nuclear Instrumentation in Medicine, IIS Hospital La Fe - University of Valencia).

Social Contributions

1. Sensors based on FET technology (ISFET/MEMFET): improved measurement accuracy, enabling their use in fields requiring high-precision measurements, such as medical applications.

2. GIC circuit, GMR sensors: Use of GIC as an electronic interface for sensors and thermal drift compensation, improving measurement accuracy. Applicable to wattmeters, switched-mode power supplies, or power converters.

3. High-impedance measurement: An improvement over traditional wood moisture meters: precision and instruments applicable to any type of wood, without the need for prior calibration.

4. Medical applications: The bleeding detection requirements demanded by intraoperative radiotherapy specialists have been successfully met, and the possibility of industrializing the prototype has been opened.

Research and teaching awards.

I have received three six-year research awards and six five-year teaching awards.