Academic Information

Degree in Energy Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (2011-2015)
Master in Science and Nuclear Technology, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (2015-2017)
Doctoral Degree (PhD) in Industrial Technologies, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (2017-Present)

Research activity

My research field is the computational neutronics in fusion facilities. I'm currently doing my PhD in TECF3IR research group (Tecnologías de Fisión Fusión y Fuentes de Irradiación) as a PhD student of ETS de Ingenierios Industriales of UNED university.

I  have chosen nuclear fusion as a research topic because nuclear fusion offers the possibility to harness a potential source of safe, non-carbon emitting and virtually limitless energy. Nuclear fusion is one of the most complex and multidisciplinary research and engineering fields which gathers research centers and universities of all the world (EUROfusion, Europe-Japan Broader Approach, ITER, etc.) as well as it encourages private investments (Tokamak Energy, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, etc.).

Before starting my PhD studies in UNED university, I have worked within the nuclear department of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in the field of Inertial Fusion Confinement experiments and High-Energy-Density Physics studies. These works include the simulation of spheric shock-waves in thin targets irradiated with a laser beam and the design, program and Validation & Verification of a new ray-tracing module to compute the laser trajectories in a plasma.

Within TECF3IR group we work on computational neutronics in relevant fusion facilities such as IFMIF-DONES, ITER, DEMO or JET. On the other hand, we are computational tool developers (ACAB, GEOUNED, MCUNED, R2SUNED, D1SUNED, srcUNED). Thanks to our experience as nuclear analysts and tool developers we are able to propose innovative solutions to complex problems and to be a worldwide acknoledged research group.

My PhD work is related to development of activation codes (improvement of ACAB activation code) and development of CAD to MCNP conversion tools (automatic void generation and parallelisation of conversion tools).

As nuclear analyst, I have worked in the generation of CAD simplified and MCNP models of components of Accelerator Systems of IFMIF-DONES facility and ITER Correction Coils and Feeders. Also, I have participated in the design and optimisation of radiation shields in a Spanish double light ion accelerator (CIEMAT Ion Devices).

Finally, in outreach activities, I have experience in creation of educational nuclear materials for secondary school pupils and giving lectures in secondary schools (both activities as part of the European ENEN+ project).