Fitxa persona

My training began with a degree in Physics (started in 1993) and an early attraction to Optics, which soon became the common thread of my career. During that period, I had experiences that shaped the way I understand science: hands-on experimental work (Rotary Award, 1997) and my first contact with knowledge transfer and industry through an ADEIT placement at AIDO. After receiving the Extraordinary Degree Award (1997–98), I completed my PhD with an FPI fellowship (1998–2002), working on optical image processing using multiplexing techniques. I later incorporated a line of three-dimensional correlation methods that led to my first international publication (Applied Optics, 1999) and a research stay at the Institut Fresnel (Marseille). In parallel, I earned a Diploma in Optics and Optometry, which allowed me to connect my physics background with clinical application, and I completed this stage with the PhD in Physics (2002).

After the PhD, I spent an especially intensive decade at AIDO (from 2003, through a Torres Quevedo contract), where I developed and led machine-vision projects for a wide range of industrial sectors and took part in several competitive publicly funded R&D projects. That period taught me the value of applied R&D, team management, and the need to translate real-world problems into robust solutions. Some projects achieved international impact, while others connected directly with the optometric field, generating patents and technology transfer.

In 2013, I came back to the Universitat de València to join the Optometry Research Group and work on an ERC project on accommodation and emmetropization. During this stage, I began a sustained scientific output (JCR-indexed publications, book chapters, and conference contributions) and expanded my activity toward clinical research, instrumentation, and interdisciplinary collaborations. Later, I extended my work into visual neuroscience, exploring psychophysical models and fMRI analysis. Since 2018, I have consolidated my academic teaching career, with a clear commitment to teaching through reasoning, promoting teaching innovation (gamification, active learning, the DAKI approach), and supporting students.

In recent years, I have maintained my teaching and research activity and co-supervised doctoral theses in areas such as vector notation for astigmatism, tunable lenses, and Gabor in-line holography, while also taking on academic management responsibilities (master’s co-directorship, coordination of external placements, coordination of the doctoral program, and student mentoring/support programs).

Overall, my trajectory can be read as a sustained commitment to learning, improving, and contributing—integrating science, teaching, and university service with the conviction that the university is, above all, a space for transformation. Along the way, I have tried to keep constant the principles I consider essential to the way I work: honesty, rigor, curiosity, responsibility, and commitment, with a clear vocation to add value to public higher education through teaching, research, innovation, and management.