Fitxa persona

My career in the field of optical fibers research begins in 2001, when I joined the Laboratory of Fiber Optics (LFO) at the University of Valencia. Along this time, I have worked on the design and fabrication of special optical fibers and fiber components for multiple applications.

In the last years, I have focused my efforts in the set-up of a new research line in the LFO, Photonic Biosensors. The objective is to take advantadge of my background to design and fabricate novel optical fiber biosensors. With this objective, I was the PI of a project funded by the University of Valencia (BioFAc, 12,0000; 2017). I participated in the European project iPhotoBio (2014-2018) and IPNBio (2020-2024), which joins several international research groups from different countries (PI: Dr. XianFeng Liu and Dr. Miguel V. Andrés)

I have developed my career in different research centers of excellence. The main one is the LFO (University of Valencia). I have been funded by several contracts and grants: 2002-2008 (FPU grant and INDRA funded project), 2013-2016 (Juan de la Cierva grant), and 2017-2020 (Prometeo grant, different contracts). My international postdoc was carried out at the Centre for Photonics and Photonics Materials, funded by an EPSRC project (2008-2010) and a Vali+D grant (2010-2012). In addition, I made several international short stays to collaborate with other research groups in different areas of photonics and biophotonics (total: 12 months in different countries and institutions). From July 2011 to December 2012, I suffered a long disease and my research activity was paused (labour leave of 8 months).

I have supervised three undergrad students final projects, and three postgrad students master thesis. I was cosupervisor of Dr Roselló-Mechó's thesis (2019), centered in the study of WGM in microresonators, and I am currently the supervisor of two predoctoral researchers, MSc Carolina Londero and MSc Carlos Andrés Álvarez Ocampo.

In parallel, I was associate lecturer (profesora asociada) in the Applied Physics Department of the University of Valencia in 2015-2020 (teaching 160 hours per year, approximately). Nowadays, after a brief period at the University of Barcelona as a lecturer (Jan-Sept 2020), I hold an ongoing position of lecturer (profesora ayudante doctora) at the Applied Physics Department of the University of Valencia.

Regarding to transfer of results activities, I participated in the setup of a startup, ChyLas SL (now Fyla Laser S.L.), in order to exploit our research results I hold the titularity of two patents (ES 2282052 and ES 2749689).

I also participate in activities of dissemination of research, as a collaborator of Jot Down Kids and I participate actively giving talks in high schools, especially for the 11 de Febrero activity. Currently, I am the supervisor of the Optica Student Chapter Photonets UV.

I participate actively in SEDOPTICA, and I am the Vice-chair of the Women in Optics and Photonics Committee. Recently, I was one of the co-chairs of the National Meeting in Optics (RNO 2021), organized by SEDOPTICA.

I have published 28 peer-reviewed papers (25 of which are Q1 papers), a chapter book, and 67 contributions to national and international meetings. I have published 28 peer-reviewed papers (25 of which are Q1 papers), a chapter book, and 67 contributions to national and international meetings. According to Publons database, my papers have 606 citations, h-index: 15. (Google Scholar: 919 citations, h-index: 16).