Computer engineer since 2012 at the University of Valladolid. In 2021 received his PhD at the University of Valladolid. He joined the Group of Atmospheric Optic from the Universidad de Valladolid (GOA-UVa) in 2009 with a PTA grant associated with technician works. He soon began securing consecutive contracts within the GOA-UVa, assuming increasing responsibilities and focusing on data-oriented tasks, which culminated in their first predoctoral contract. Following the completion of their doctoral research, they were awarded with two postdoctoral fellowships. In 2024, they achieved a position as a specialist technician in atmosphere and climate, affiliated with the Centro de Investigación de la Baja Atmósfera at the Universidad de Valladolid and associated with the GOA-UVa, where they continue to develop their professional career to this day. Since joining the group, they have consistently been involved in the research conducted by the GOA-UVa, contributing with their educational expertise to a group that initially lacked computer science specialists. Through this synergy between research and technical knowledge, they progressively developed research skills, ultimately completing their training period successfully. For their participation in the GRASP-ACE Marie Curie RISE project (in collaboration with GRASP-SAS), they hold the “Marie Curie Fellowship” distinction. Additionally, through involvement in projects funded by the Spanish Government, such as eEPOLAR and TRIPOLI, they have had the opportunity to participate in various research campaigns in both the Arctic and Antarctica.
Currently, he is responsible for the calibration infrastructure of GOA-UVa for NASA’s AERONET network, overseeing data quality and addressing the most critical technical aspects of the instrumentation that forms part of the network. To this end, he has participated in European projects such as ACTRIS (2011–2015), ACTRIS-2 (2015–2019), ACTRIS-PPP, ACTRIS-IMP, and ATMO-ACCESS. ACTRIS has been included in the ESFRI roadmap since April 2016.
Thanks to his background in computer science, he is involved in all phases of the projects that GOA-UVa carries out with ESA and EUMETSAT. These projects range from software development to data processing, analysis, and interpretation. Additionally, he contributes to the design and modeling of the tools developed for these purposes.
All this experience has led to their contribution to 37 scientific publications, which have been cited over 350 times, and to achieving an h-index of 13.
With 7 undergraduate theses supervised, 2 master’s theses, and 225 hours of teaching delivered since 2020 in the degree of Physics and the degree of Optics and Optometry, they hold 3 “trienios” and 1 “sexenio”.
Publications
2022
Retrieval of Aerosol Properties with an all-sky Camera Conference
International Radiation Symposium Thessaloniki, Greece, 2022.
La Palma Volcano Eruption: Characterisation of Volcanic Aerosols and Gas Emissions from a Synergetic Perspective Conference
International Radiation Symposium Thessaloniki, Greece, 2022.
Aerosol Radiative Effect in the European Arctic Under High Turbidity Conditions in the Period 2017-2021 by Sun/Lunar Photometry Conference
International Radiation Symposium Thessaloniki, Greece, 2022.
Caracterización del espesor óptico de aerosoles en latitudes árticas y antárticas Conference
XIX Congreso de la Asociación Española de Teledetección Pamplona, Spain, 2022.
La erupción volcánica de La Palma y el papel de la Agencia Estatal de Meteorología Journal Article
In: Revista Tiempo Y Clima, vol. 5, no. 76, 2022.
ORION software tool for the geometrical calibration of all-sky cameras Journal Article
In: PLoS ONE 17(3), 2022.
Retrieval of aerosol properties using relative radiance measurements from an all-sky camera Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 407–433, 2022.
2021
Empleo de técnicas de medida láser y fotométricas para la identificación de aerosoles atmosféricos en el Círculo polar Ártico Conference
XIII Reunión Nacional de Óptica (RNO) Madrid, Spain (Online), 2021.
First characterization of aerosol profiles retrieved from ceilometer and sun-photometer by the GRASP algorithm at the rural Guadiana-UGR station Conference
European Lidar Conference 2021 (ELC2021) Granada, Spain, 2021.
CAECENET: Columnar and vertically-resolved aerosol products in near-real-time joining sun/sky photometer and ceilometer measurement networks Conference
European Lidar Conference 2021 (ELC2021) Granada, Spain, 2021.
Vertical profiles of aerosol properties retrieved at La Palma, Canary Islands, during the CUmbre-Vieja volcano eruption in September-October 2021 Conference
European Lidar Conference 2021 (ELC2021) Granada, Spain, 2021.
Identification and tracking of a desert dust plume detected at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard Conference
European Lidar Conference 2021 (ELC2021) Granada, Spain, 2021.
Characterization of volcanic aerosols from a synergetic perspective during Cumbre Vieja (La Palma) eruption Conference
ACTRIS Week 2021 Online, 2021.
Intense Saharan Dust Event Over the Southern Iberian Peninsula in Spring 2021 study using GRASP Algorithm Conference
XI Workshop on Lidar Measurements in Latin America (WLMÑLA XI) Punta Arenas, Chile, 2021.
First characterization of the pollen vertical profiles at an olive crop by remote sensing techniques Conference
Air Pollution threats to Plant Ecosystems Conference Paphos, Cyprus, 2021.
Monitoring of long-range transported smoke in polar regions with remote sensing instruments Conference
EGU21, European Geosciences Union (EGU) Online, 2021.
Inventory of aerosol episodes in Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard) in the period 2017-2020 by sun photometry Conference
EGU21, European Geosciences Union (EGU) Online, 2021.
Long range transported aerosol events over Ny-Alesund (Svalbard) in 2020 observed with Sun-Sky-Moon photometry Conference
Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 (ASSW2021), International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Lisbon, Portugal (online), 2021.
Monitoring of long-range transported smoke in polar regions with remote sensing instruments Conference
Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 (ASSW2021), International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Lisbon, Portugal (online), 2021.
Preliminary results on the third lunar/stellar AOD intercomparison campaign at Lindenberg’s MOL-RAO Observatory Conference
Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 Lisbon, Portugal (online), 2021.
Relative sky radiance from multi-exposure all-sky camera images Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 2201–2217, 2021.
New methodology to calculate AOD from lunar photometer Conference
Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 (ASSW2021) Lisboa, Portugal (Online), 2021.
Advances in Polar night AOD retrieval Conference
Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 (ASSW2021) Lisbon, Portugal (online), 2021.
Universidad de Valladolid, 2021, (dirección: Carlos Toledano, Roberto Román).
2020
Comparison of three different methodologies for the identification of high atmospheric turbidity episodes Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Research, pp. 104835, 2020.
Daytime and nighttime aerosol optical depth implementation in CÆLIS Journal Article
In: Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 417–433, 2020.
Characterization of Stratospheric Smoke Particles over the Antarctica by Remote Sensing Instruments Journal Article
In: Remote Sensing, vol. 12, no. 22, 2020, ISSN: 2072-4292.
Correction of a lunar-irradiance model for aerosol optical depth retrieval and comparison with a star photometer Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, vol. 13, no. 11, pp. 6293–6310, 2020.
2019
Vapor de agua y cubierta de nubes sobre las zonas polares a través del instrumento AIRS Conference
XVIII Congreso de la Asociación Española de Teledetección, Asociación Española de Teledetección Valladolid, Spain, 2019.
Distribución espacial de propiedades del aerosol mediante el software CAELIS Conference
XVIII Congreso de la Asociación Española de Teledetección, Asociación Española de Teledetección Valladolid, Spain, 2019.
Aerosol radiative properties in a pristine subartic area using long-term columnar records Conference
7th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology (RICTA'19) Lisbon, Portugal, 2019.
Improvements on lunar photometry: comparison with star photometer measurements Conference
7th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology (RICTA'19) Lisbon, Portugal, 2019.
Columnar aerosol properties in the Arctic: emphasis in nocturnal photometry Conference
The SSC16 conference, Scandinavian Symposium on Chemometrics Oslo, Norway, 2019.
In: Atmospheric Environment, vol. 202, pp. 190-211, 2019, ISSN: 1352-2310.
Sun photometer retrievals of Saharan dust properties over Barbados during SALTRACE Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 19, no. 23, pp. 14571–14583, 2019.
2018
Research on aerosols, clouds, and water vapour in Polar Regions Conference
10th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences , University of Aveiro Portugal, 2018.
Assessment of Sun photometer Langley calibration at the high-elevation sites Mauna Loa and Izaña Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 18, pp. 14555-14567, 2018.
Observación atmosférica en zonas polares llevada a cabo por el grupo GOA-Uva Conference
SCAR, CSIC, IGME Madrid, Spain, 2018, (IX Simposio Español de Estudios Polares).
Sun photometer and lidar collocated aerosol measurements at ALOMAR: a long-term comparison Conference
ISF Kiruna, Sweden, 2018, (45th Annual European Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods).
CÆLIS: A SYSTEM FOR AEROSOL MEASUREMENT NETWORK Conference
IEEE Valencia, Spain, 2018, (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium).
Aerosol optical depth characterization in middle and polar latitudes Conference
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) Valencia, Spain, 2018.
Impact of long-range transport over the Atlantic Ocean on Saharan dust optical and microphysical properties based on AERONET data Conference
ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA FEDERAL DE LAUSANA LA HABANA, CUBA, 2018, (CONFERENCIA INTERNACIONAL SOBRE LA GESTIÓN DE ENERGÍA, CLIMA Y AIRE PARA UNA SOCIEDAD SOSTENIBLE).
Radiometric and photometric measurements (solar and lunar) in the A-LIFE field campaign in Cyprus Conference
UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO 2018, (REUNIÓN IBÉRICA DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE AEROSOLES).
UPV and UNED Bilbao, Spain, 2018.
Atmospheric observation in Polar Regions carried out by GOA-UVa Conference
6th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology (RICTA2018), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) Bilbao, Spain, 2018.
Columnar aerosol observations by sun-sky-lunar photometry in Ny-Alesund (79ºN) Conference
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research SCAR and the International Arctic Science Committee IASC. Davos, 2018, (XXXV SCAR Biennial Meetings Arctic Science Summit Week 2018 & IASC Business Meetings SCAR/IASC Open Science Conference 2018 Arctic Observing Summit).
Changes of optical and microphysical Saharan dust properties caused by long-range transport over the Atlantic Ocean Conference
IZAÑA ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH CENTRE – AEMET LA LAGUNA, CANARIAS, ESPAÑA, 2018, (THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SAND / DUST STORM AND ASSOCIATED DUSTFALL).
CÆLIS: Software for assimilation, management and processing data of an atmospheric measurement network Journal Article
In: Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 67-81, 2018.
Impact of long-range transport over the Atlantic Ocean on Saharan dust optical and microphysical properties based on AERONET data Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 18, no. 13, pp. 9411–9424, 2018.
Aerosol optical depth characterization in middle and polar latitudes Proceedings Article
In: IGARSS 2018-2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. , pp. 9138 - 9140, 2018, ISBN: 978-1-5386-7150-4.