PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
Department: Optics and Optometry and Vision Sciences
(9635) 44079
Personal
I was born in Valencia, Spain, in 1965. I'm married to Pepa Boira Vilanova since 1990. We have one son, Germán (1993), and one daughter, Pepa (1997).
Academic Post
Professor of Optics at the University of Valencia (UV) since 2010. The UV performs very well in Physics according to the Shanghai Ranking (ARWU), consistently placing in the 101-150 bracket globally, making it a top university for Physics. This strong showing reflects significant research, high-impact publications, and international collaboration, placing it among the world's leading physics departments in various reports, particularly for subjects like Remote Sensing and Optics as well.
Teaching
Degree, master and doctorate courses in the field of physics, mostly in optics (classical, nonlinear and quantum).
Management
Head of the Optics department of the UV (2006-2012). Vice-dean of the Physics Faculty of the UV (2012-2015). Leader of the Quantum Optics, Nonlinear Optics and Laser Physics Group of UV. Supervisor of 15 PhD theses. 5-year experience as an Assistant Co-ordinator for the National Agency for Scientific Evaluation (ANEP). Editor of the European Physical Journal D (2011-2020). Promoter and past president of the Quantum Optics and Nonlinear Optics committees of the Royal Spanish Physical Society (RSEF) and of the Spanish Optical Society (SEDOPTICA).
Research
My interests comprise quantum and nonlinear optics, nonlinear dynamics, and quantum information (laser dynamics, laser modelocking, pattern formation and solitons, squeezing, entanglement, quantum walks). I've co-authored more than 150 papers in high-impact journals.
Professional Goals
I'm compromised with teaching, having in mind that it should help the formation of our students as independent and skilled professionals and as critical people, and not converting our faculties into high schools. In the research arena I'm very excited with our ongoing works on (1) a valid theory of passive modelocking of lasers, (2) novel approaches to ultrasensitive phase measurements with conventional classical interferometers, (3) the (single- and multi-mode) quantum optical properties of optical parametric oscillators, optomechanical, superconducting-circuit and exciton-polariton cavities, (4) the effects of periodic modulations on quantum and nonlinear optical systems, and (5) the theoretical description of open quantum systems, in particular with non-Markovian dynamics.[Biography, english version]