Carmen M Blanco Sánchez

I am currently a Personal Laboral de Investigación (Research Technical Staff) at the Center for Astrobiology (CAB), where my primary responsibility is the design, development, and maintenance of the MADCUBA software package, in close collaboration with members of the Astrophysics Group. My work is dedicated to building, improving, and optimizing computational tools used by the scientific community for the analysis of astronomical data. I hold a degree in Mathematics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Since 2009, I have been developing software for MADCUBA program (MADCUBA web). This software suite is used for the manipulation and reduction of spectral and spatial data cubes in radioastronomy. My contributions include:

• Developing new functionalities and tools within the MADCUBA framework.

• Implementing data-processing algorithms using the ImageJ libraries.

• Refactoring, optimizing, and modernizing the codebase to improve performance, maintainability, and user experience.

• Implementing and maintaining modules for the analysis of molecular emission under non-LTE conditions in both individual spectra and full data cubes.

All development is carried out primarily in Java, forming an essential part of the coordinated technical work behind the MADCUBA project.

From June 2024 to September 2025, I worked at the Secretaría General Adjunta de Informática (SGAI), where I developed enterprise-level web applications using Java, the Spring Framework, and SQLProgress databases. During this period, I designed and implemented a web platform for managing shipment processes (gestión de embarques) for CSIC personnel.

Before joining CAB, I worked at Avalon, participating in software development projects for the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID). My responsibilities included the analysis and development of web applications for scholarship and grant management systems, using technologies such as Java (J2EE, Swing), Oracle (SQL, Reports), HTML, Spring, JSP, and JavaScript.