Academic Education

PhD in Applied Mathematics by the Universitat de Barcelona October 2009.

Diploma d’Estudis Avançats (D.E.A.) by the Universitat de Barcelona, September 2005.

Degree in Mathematics by the Universtat Autònoma de Barcelona, July 2003.

Thesis: "Contributions to the Dynamics of a Solar Sail in the Earth - Sun System" , supervisor Àngel Jorba. (PDF)

Professional Experience

Visiting Research Scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, sponsored by the University of Maryland Baltimore County, starting March 2017.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Institut de Matemàtiques de la Universitat de Barcelona (IMUB) March 2016 to October 2016.

Beatriu de Pinos Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Departament de Matemàtica Aplicada i Anàlisi at the University of Barcelona, from October 2013 to October 2015.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Institute de Mathématique de Bourgogne at the University of Bourgogne, from September 2012 to August 2013.

Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Institute de Mécanique Céleste et Calcul des Éphémérides, from October 2010 to August 2012.

Assistant professor (Ajudant LOU) at the University of Barcelona, from September 2006 to September 2010.

Ariadna Study Proposal, ESA/ESTEC, "Effective Usage of Validated Integrators for Space Applications", 6 month project (February-July 2008).

“Beca de Formació en la Recerca i Docéncia” by the University of Barcelona. Grant to fulfill the doctoral studies in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Analysis at the University of Barcelona, from January 2004 to September 2006.

Awards

Outstanding Paper Awards for a Young Scientist for the manuscript entitled: "On the Station Keeping of a Solar Sail in the elliptic Sun-Earth system" . Prize by the COSPAR Scientic Commission, July 2012.

Evarist Galois Prize by the Catalan Society of Mathematics for the work "Solar Sailing en el Sistema Terra - Lluna" , 24 April 2006.