University of Valencia, VLC, Spain: University of Valencia is ranked among the World Top 100 Universities in Physics* and as the 8th World University in Imaging Science**.

1. Doctor in Physics with Honors, September 2015. Dissertation title: “New advances in high-resolution optical microscopy.” Advisor: Manuel Martinez-Corral, Genaro Saavedra and Jorge Garcia-Sucerquia.

2. Master in Advanced Physics, September 2011. Focus on diffraction and 3D imaging, nonlinear and quantum optics, optical fibers, and formal concepts in crystal growth, nanostructures and semiconductor materials. Master dissertation title: “Axial modulation of periodic illumination patterns in microscopy”

3. Bachelor of Physics, June 2010. Focus on Optics and Applied Physics. 

* http://www.shanghairanking.com/ 

** http://cwur.org 

2013-2015: Instructor, Department of Optics.

• “Digital Holographic Microscopy 101 – Bringing Quantitative Phase Imaging to the community,” Invited Seminar presented at the Department of Physics, Photonics and Optical Engineering, Bridgewater (MA), April 14, 2026.

• “Making advances in optical microscopic imaging accessible to our community: the mission of the Optical Imaging Research Laboratory,” Invited Seminar presented at the Department of Mechanical Engineering in Stony Brook University, Stony Brook (NY), November 21, 2025.

• “Overview DL models to enhance imaging infrastructure,” Invited Talk at the Faculty of Sciences – University of Alicante, Alicante (Spain), July 25, 2024.

• “What is Digital Holographic Microscopy (DHM)? State of the art and applications,” Plenary Talk at the XIV Spanish National Meeting of Optics, Murcia (Spain), July 3, 2024.

• “What is Digital Holographic Microscopy (DHM)? What is the state of the art? How can DHM be applied to Marine Environment research,” Invited Seminar presented at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Falmouth (MA), January 17, 2024.

• “Roadmap on digital holographic microscopy from hardware to computational methods,” Invited Lecture presented at Biomedical Research Seminar - the Old Dominion University, online October 21, 2022.

• “Roadmap to the next generation of Digital Holographic Microscopes,” Invited Talk presented at the Southeast Symposium on Contemporary Engineering Topics, October 14, 2022.

• “Advances in super-resolution fluorescence microscopy through a novel tunable 3D structured illumination design”, Invited Lecture presented at the University of Georgia, online May 15, 2020.

• “Overview of Digital Holographic Microscopy”, Invited Lecture presented at Fall UofM Physics Seminar, University of Memphis, Department of Physics, November 19, 2021.

• “Advances in super-resolution fluorescence microscopy through a novel tunable 3D structured illumination design”, Invited Lecture presented at the University of Georgia, online May 15, 2020.

• "Advances in super-resolution fluorescence microscopy through a novel tunable 3D structured illumination design”, Invited Lecture presented at Spring UofM Physics Seminar, University of Memphis, Department of Physics, February 1, 2019.

• “Structured Illumination Microscopy”, Invited Lecture presented at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, March 31, 2016.

• “Advances in high-resolution optical microscopy”, Invited Lecture presented at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, August 8, 2016.

• Recipient of the OER Creator Program for Summer/Fall 2024 to support developing the OER resources of the ECE 513 course, UMass Dartmouth. 

• Laureate of the Fumio Okano Best 3D paper for “Overview of computational advances in quantitative phase imaging using digital holographic microscopy” in 2024.

• R. Eugene Smith Professorship for outstanding research accomplishments, 2021-22 and 2022-23.

• The manuscript entitled “Two-Way Pepper Ghost Tunnel: Theory, Design and Analysis,” published in the QuaesitUM Undergraduate Research Journal has been awarded by Quaesitum Outstanding Paper Award. This award serves to highlight papers that are very well written and highlights an interesting and important topic. 

• Endorsement UMRF Ventures Professor, 2021-2022.

• National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award for her project titled “Three-dimensional super-resolution light microscopy of thick, unprocessed biological samples,” in 2021.

• The manuscript entitled “Fast-iterative automatic reconstruction method for quantitative phase image with reduced phase perturbations in off-axis digital holographic microscopy,” published in Applied Optics in 2021 has been highlighted as an Editor’s Pick (Editor's Picks serve to highlight articles with excellent scientific quality and are representative of the work taking place in a specific field).

• The manuscript entitled “Structured illumination in compact and field-portable 3D-printed shearing digital holographic microscopy for resolution enhancement” published in Optics Letters was one of the most downloaded articles in April 2019 and May 2019.

• Laureate of the Fumio Okano Best 3D paper for “Digital holographic microscopy as a screening technology for diabetes” in 2020.

• The manuscript entitled “Improvement of two-dimensional structured illumination microscopy with an incoherent illumination pattern of tunable frequency” published in Applied Optics in 2018 has been highlighted as an Editor’s Pick (Editor's Picks serve to highlight articles with excellent scientific quality and are representative of the work taking place in a specific field).

• The manuscript entitled “High-speed and high-sensitivity parallel spectral-domain optical coherence tomography using a supercontinuum light source” published in Optics Letters was one of the most downloaded articles in December 2016 and January 2017.

• Laureate of the Fumio Okano Best 3D paper for “Three-dimensional microscopy through liquid-lens axial scanning” in 2016.

• The manuscript entitled “Off-axis Digital Holographic Microscopy: practical design parameters for operating at diffraction limit” published in Applied Optics in 2014 was selected and published in the OSA Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics.

• The manuscript entitled “Shift-variant digital holographic microscopy: Inaccuracies in quantitative phase imaging” published in Optics Letters in 2014 was selected and published in the OSA Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics.

• The manuscript entitled “Subtractive imaging in confocal scanning microscope using a CCD camera as a detector” published in Optics Letters in 2012 was selected and published in the OSA Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics.

• Doctor by the University of Valencia with an excellent grade and with the cum laude and International Doctor mentions, 2015.

• Since 2012, my research articles have been cited in 395 works.

• 3-month Awarded Scholarship funded by the University of Valencia to visit and participate in research with Dr. Chrysanthe Preza (the University of Memphis, summer of 2013) and Dr. Jorge Garcia-Sucerquia (Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín, summer of 2014).

• Predoctoral research scholarship funded by the program “Atracció de Talent” of VLC-CAMPUS at the University of Valencia, January 2012 - September 2015.

• Graduate Scholarship, funded by the 3D Imaging and Display Laboratory at the University of Valencia, September 2010-December 2011.

• Undergraduate Scholarship funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, 2009/2010 academic year.

• Advisor of the ECE 603 Oral Comprehensive Exam of Sofia Obando-Vasquez presented at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UMassDartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, May 2026.

• Committee Member of Master Project of M. Jawaid (Advisor: Dr. Buck) presented at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UMassDartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, January 2026.

• External Committee Member of Doctorate Qualifying Examination of J. J. Cadavid Munoz (Advisor: Drs. Restrepo, Escorcia, Cordoba) presented at the EAFIT University (Colombia), December 2025.

• Advisor of the ECE 501 Master's Project of Jack Roche at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UMassDartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, December 2025.

• Committee Member of Master's Defense of M. Mboya (Advisor: Dr. Buck) presented at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UMassDartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, December 2025.

• Committee Chair of Master's Defense of Matthew Aguiar presented at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UMassDartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, July 2025.

• Advisor of the ECE 602 Research Skills of Sofia Obando-Vasquez presented at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UMassDartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, June 2025.

• Committee Chair of Master's Defense of Clivens Joseph presented at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UMassDartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, May 2025.

• Committee Member of Master's Defense of K. Bowers (Advisor: Dr. Gendron) presented at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UMass Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, June 2025.

• External Committee Member of Master's Defense of D. Pulgarin (Advisor: Drs. Restrepo and Trujillo) presented at the EAFIT University (Colombia), May 2025.

• Committee Member of Master Project of C. Brunette (Advisor: Dr. Kasilingam) presented at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UMassDartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, April 2025.

• Committee Member of Master Project of J. Bourgeous (Advisor: Dr. Buck) presented at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UMassDartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, April 2025.

• External Evaluator of Doctoral Thesis of Tomas Lloret Lopez (Advisor: Drs Pacual Villalobos and Morales Vidal) from Universitat d' Alacant (Spain), December 2024.

• Committee Member of the research project of the M. R. Rey Barrera for the Degree of Engineering Physicist (Advisors: Drs. Castaneda and Trujillo) from EAFIT University (Colombia), November 2024. 

• External Reviewer of Master's of Philosophy thesis of Zhiduo Zhang at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, September 2023. 

• National Science Foundation,   Sept. 2021  – present

• Army Research Office, present

• Member, Optical Society of America (OSA).

• Member, International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE).

• Photonics and Signal Processing Society Member, IEEE