Pablo Acedo

Pablo Acedo received the bachelor’s degree in telecommunication engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, in 1993, and the Ph.D. degree in telecommunication engineering from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, in 2000 for his work on heterodyne two color laser interferometry for fusion plasma diagnostics. His doctoral work included the development of the first two-color laser system based on mid-IR sources for a Stellarator Fusion Device (Stellarator TJ-II, Laboratorio Nacional de Fusión, CIEMAT, Madrid) and the first two-color Nd:YAG system for a fusion device (Tokamak C-Mod Plasma Science and Fusion Centre, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), the later during several doctoral visits to MIT during the years 1996–1999. In 2002, he was an Assistant Professor with the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, where he continued with the development of scientific instrumentation systems for fusion plasma diagnostics and biomedical applications, leading national projects and contracts on these fields. In 2014, he demonstrated with his team one of the first implementations of dual-optical frequency comb architectures based on electro-optical modulators and its use in dispersion spectroscopy and other applications beyond spectroscopy, which has made him an international reference in this type of optical sources. In 2013, he intensified his activity in biomedical applications including the development of diagnostics such as an instrument for the early detection of vascularization in engraftments with applications in tissue engineering, and a noninvasive system for the measurement of sustained states of hyperglycemia currently the subject of a clinical trial with the University Hospital Fundación Jiménez Díaz. He has authored and coauthored more than 180 articles in high-impact journals and communications to international congresses, including invited conferences and seminars. It is worth mentioning his leadership in knowledge transfer activities, where he has been IP in 18 contracts with companies (INDRA, AIRBUS D&S, LWL, ARC, SEAC, etc.) and participated in another eight; works that have led to various patents. He was also the promoter of the creation and development of the spin-off Luz WaveLabs, which exploits most of his developments in the photonic synthesis of THz and pulsed optical sources. Starting 2009, his research interests include the development of multimode laser sources (optical frequency combs) and their applications in photonic signal synthesis with the development of several architectures for the generation, detection, and processing of THz signals, leading several research projects and contracts in this field, and the development of scientific instrumentation systems, sensors, and circuits, and their application in fields such as bioengineering, defence, and environmental measurements. Dr. Acedo has also directed 11 research projects (European, national, and regional funding) and has participated in another 33 (six of them EU funded).