| I have always been interested on human-technology interaction and its impact on performance and well-being, which is reflected in my formative career, projects, patents and publications that combine engineering, social and medical sciences. 20 years of experience in understanding human behaviour, covering physical, sensorial, cognitive and emotional domains; and its application to design, develop and test products/services of social and health care, smart mobility, workplace design, interfaces, sports, etc. + 40 funded research projects, including participation and direction of EU funded projects by the VII Framework Program & H2020 (ABC, TREMOR, BETTER, BANK4ELDER, PUMA; SUAAVE, DIAMOND, BERTHA, POPULAR), national (Termoconf, Cervera MEDUSA, etc ) and regional (Nanosport, MesConfort, EyeSport, Emc2, MonetIA, etc). + 50 research and develop private contracts with SMES (Qimova, Epigram) and multinational companies (Analog, Essilorluxotica, Indra, Etra, Dorel, Mass Holdings, Eiffage, FIFA, FIBA, etc). Committees: Reviewer of journals (MDPI Sensors, MTI, etc.) and participation of normalization committee (related to usability, older persons, disability, etc.), chair AHFE 2024, etc. + 50 contributions to scientific journals, conferences, books 2 Patents (Non-contact breathing monitor (PCT/ES2018/070060; smart detection of pressure ulcers (PCT/EP2015/069245) and several IPR of algorithms. Awards: Torres Quevedo Fellowship (2008) and R&D award from the Caser Foundation (2010, 2015). Funding Raise: >2M€ in European, >1 M€ in national and >4 M€ in Regional calls, and 2 M€ Millions for third companies to support developments. Mass Media: Appearances at TV, Radio, Press; and high impact on LinkedIn. WORK EXPERIENCE Post-Doc Researcher on Affective Robotics (IE University, Cyber-Physical Life (03/2026). Human factors and Empathic technologies Consultant (2025). Post-Doc Researcher on Safety AI (03/2025-26, UPV, DISCA). Humanizing Healthcare 5.0 Developer (2024-2025, IBV). Definition proposal value for medical development by combining human factors, user experience and lean, aligned with MDR.  Steering Committee (2020-2024, IBV). Strategic decisions and defining IBV roadmap.Head of Human Factor R& D Area (2016-2024, IBV) Economic Growth: from 250k € to 1.5 M€ on private contracts, from 0 to 4 European projects (2 of them being coordinators). Team Leading: From 6 to 13 persons. Support companies to develop human-centred centred products for mobility, healthcare and consumer goods. Set up of Advanced Human-centred Labs: HAV, HER, etc. New research lines, including directing 6 PhD Theses Researcher (2005-2016, IBV): Physiological response, human-computer interaction, usability. |