RESUMEN DEL CURRÍCULUM

Full Professor in the Dept. of Rural Engineering of the ETSIA since 2010, with five recognized research periods and one recognized transfer period: 102 scientific articles (34 of them D1 according to SCOPUS), and 416 publications including communications in congresses and professional journals; 13 doctoral theses have been supervised, 5 of them with European mention; I also coordinate undergraduate and postgraduate activities with students interested in the fields.

I started my research career (1991), in the field of the evaluation of the harshness of post-harvest equipment, and the incorporation of sensors in sorting lines. The process of development of agro-food product quality instrumentation has entailed the intensive use of diverse techniques: spectroscopy, vision, NMR, MRI, X-Ray CT, electronic noses, as well as collaborative work with research groups involved in food sensory analysis; data analysis and the development of chemometric tools play an important role in this field of research.

In the framework of LPF_TAGRALIA, I have contributed substantially to the development of automated on-line inspection spectrophotometric equipment that has been successfully installed in the national industry and has resulted in new varieties being registered; my activity related to food engineering is characterized by a high degree of international networking, as reflected in the references included in my ORCID profile.

I have extensive experience in precision agriculture, mechatronics, and digital agriculture (on-board sensor technology and fleet management among others), with broad experience in carrying out field verification tests of agricultural machinery (since 2011), evidenced by a quarterly publication of the results in technical journals.

I have participated along with other members of LPF_TAGRALIA in: the development and verification of low-cost sensor networks (tree-by-tree characterization in orchards); surveillance of storage and transport for perishable products (Mercamadrid and transoceanic transports), and fresh-cut products (national transport and supermarket displays); development of model-based sensors (characterization of coffee fermentation and wood dryers),all of them developing fields that increases the complexity of the information without raising the cost of the sensor technology.

In 2016, I spent time at the Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, to gain a deeper insight into the application of BIGDATA (mainly of an industrial nature) to the agri-food sector, an experience that I consider fundamental for entering Industry 4.0.