Employment 

i2Cat Foundation

Senior Researcher 

Barcelona, Spain, September 2022 – now

Carrying out research and innovation activities at the AI-Driven Systems Lab of the i2Cat Foundation, a research center for Internet research and digital innovation in Catalonia. Supporting junior researchers and PhD students in their 6G-related research activities targeting high-frequency wireless communication, nanoscale wireless, context-aware communication, and AI-supported network optimizations. Managing innovation and research projects, as well as establishing collaborative research activities within local and European ecosystems.

Universiteit Antwerpen - imec & Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 

Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow & Senior Researcher 

Antwerpen, Belgium & Barcelona, Spain, June 2020 – now

Marie-Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF) awardee for the EU ScaLeITN project, hosted by the Internet Technology and Data Science Lab (IDLab) @ Universiteit Antwerpen and NaNoNetworking Center in Catalunya (N3Cat) @ Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. The main goal of the project is to develop a scalable and localization-enabled in-body terahertz nanonetwork. These functionalities will be supported while simultaneously maintaining tiny form factors and a low energy consumption profile of a potentially vast number of nanodevices. The project also envisions extensive teaching, supervision, and outreach activities. Also affiliated with the imec research institute as a senior researcher. The role is complementary to the postdoc one and provides me the opportunity to contribute to various research projects at imec.

Universiteit Antwerpen - imec 

Postdoctoral Research Assistant & Senior Researcher 

Antwerpen, Belgium, Oct 2018 – May 2020

Postdoctoral research assistant at the Internet Technology and Data Science Lab (IDLab). Doing research and helping PhD students in their research in the domains of mmWave and terahertz communication, context-aware networks, and cross-layer optimizations for sub-GHz IoT technologies. Also affiliated with the imec research institute as a senior researcher. The role is complementary to the postdoc one and provides me the opportunity to contribute to various research projects at imec.

University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute 

Visiting Postdoctoral Research Assistant 

Shanghai, China, Oct 2019 - Apr 2020

The main goal of my research stay is to develop accurate channel models for terahertz propagation at the nanoscale for in-body and intelligent surface application. An additional goal is to extend the IDLab’s collaboration network by initiating long-term research and student exchange agendas with UM-SJTU JI, specifically with its Terahertz Wireless Communications (TWC) laboratory.

FIWARE Foundation

Senior Research Engineer & Technology Consultant

Berlin, Germany, Feb 2018 – Oct 2018

Engaged in activities toward the expansion of the FIWARE ecosystem of smart context-aware services, in particular to the domains of Internet of Robotic Things, and Industry 4.0. Participation and leading of FIWARE projects and standardization efforts. Consultation, technical support, education, and coaching targeted toward promotion and adoption of FIWARE technologies. Guiding 5 startup companies in the utilization of FIWARE technologies in their products, with total investment from FIWARE in the amount of 500k EUR.

Technische Universität Berlin 

Research Assistant 

Berlin, Germany, Dec 2012 – Dec 2017

Designed, implemented, and evaluated algorithms, protocols, and system architectures for problems in data-centric wireless networks, in the areas of Internet of Things, context-aware wireless networks, localization & tracking, opportunistic networks, propagation modeling, signal processing, testbed infrastructures, and performance evaluation. Collected, processed, stored, and analyzed gigabytes of heterogeneous sensor data. Co-managed international research projects.

University of California at Berkeley 

Visiting Research Assistant 

Berkeley, USA, Sep 2015 – Aug 2016

Developed and proposed a standardization of a data-centric localization service architectures along the IoT vision (sensors, services, composition of services). Contributed to the development of a location-aware mmWave wireless network. Participated in international research projects (Global Data Plane @ Qualcomm Ubiquitous Swarm Lab, xG @ Berkeley Wireless Research Center).

Education