Meet the team

André Richter
André Richter
Researcher in optical transmission systems
Internationally renowned expert in the field of modelling and design optical transmission systems and photonics applications. He fulfilled various...
Braulio Gomez Saavedra
Braulio Gomez Saavedra
M.Sc. in communications engineering
Received his M.Sc. in communications engineering from the TU Darmstadt, Germany. After that, he joined the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute...
Francisco Diaz-Otero
Francisco Diaz-Otero
Professor in photonics and optical communications
He is ViceDirector of the Telecommunication Engineering School, regional manager of the European Satellite Navigation Competition hosted by ESA...
Francisco J. Fraile
Francisco J. Fraile
Professor in optoelectronics and quantum optics
He has more than 25 years of experience in research areas like optoelectronic devices, optical communications, nonlinear optics and quantum...

ESRs

Nelson Pinto – ESR4
Nelson Pinto – ESR4
BSc and Master Degree in Electronic Engineering
Nelson got his BSc and Master Degree in Electronic Engineering from University of Algarve, Portugal. He is working toward a PhD degree at the...
Vahram Voskerchyan – ESR3
Vahram Voskerchyan – ESR3
Master’s degree in Telecommunications
Vahram majored in Telecommunications and received his Master’s degree from Russian-Armenian University. He previously worked on investigating...
Jiaxing Dong – ESR2
Jiaxing Dong – ESR2
Master degree in Photonics
Jiaxing Dong received his Master degree in Photonics at the Ghent University in 2018. His master thesis is “Location-aware variability analysis...
Yu (Francis) Tian – ESR1
Yu (Francis) Tian – ESR1
Bachelor degree in Optoelectronic Science and Engineering
Mr. Tian got his Bachelor degree in Optoelectronic Science and Engineering at South China Normal University on 2016. He got his Master degree in...

LECTURERS

Francisco Soares
Francisco Soares
PhD. in Photonics
Francisco Soares, PhD, has more than 20 years experience in the design, fabrication, and characterization of photonic integrated circuits (PICs)...
Jose Ramon Salgueiro
Jose Ramon Salgueiro
 Associate Professor  in the University of Vigo
Dr. José Ramón Salgueiro,  Associate Professor  in the University of Vigo. He got his PhD in Physics at the University of Santiago de Compostela...
Angel Paredes
Angel Paredes
Ph. D. in Particle Physics
Ph. D. in Particle Physics from the University of Santiago de Compostela in 2004. Postdoctoral stays at École Polytechnique (France) – as a...
Javier Fraile-Peláez
Javier Fraile-Peláez
M.S and Ph.D. degrees in Telecommunication Engineering
Javier Fraile-Peláez obtained the M.S and Ph.D. degrees in Telecommunication Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in 1986 and...
Francisco J. Diaz-Otero
Francisco J. Diaz-Otero
Associated professor at the University of Vigo
Francisco Diaz-Otero is Associated professor at the University of Vigo in the photonics and optical communications group. He has more than 15...