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Welcome to
Cristina Masoller homepage I am Associate Professor of Physics at UPC in the Nonlinear
Dynamics, Nonlinear Optics and Lasers research group. I am interested in nonlinear photonics, dynamical
complex systems, interdisciplinary physics and time series analysis. Google scholar
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Wikipedia page,
August 2016 Publications o
Unravelling the community structure
of the climate system by using lags and symbolic time-series analysis.
Scientific Reports, July 2016 Projects o
H2020 ITN BE-OPTICAL Lab
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Research
I am interested in dynamical
complex systems: systems that evolve in time, which are composed by interacting
nonlinear elements. My research is aimed at:
– extracting
new information from observed data (for understanding underlying phenomena,
identification of transitions and interactions, etc.)
– exploiting
nonlinear dynamics for innovative applications.
Here is the list of my publications (pdf
files available) and here, a few selected publications.
Here is my CV
(updated April 2016).
Research lines:
‒ Nonlinear dynamics of lasers: semiconductor lasers (laser diodes); optical rogue
waves; optical spikes; synchronization and time-delays.
‒ Time-series analysis:
symbolic ordinal analysis, temporal correlations in models of spiking
neurons (FitzHugh Nagumo, integrate-and-fire); complex networks and
network inference from data (Kuramoto oscillators,
chaotic electronic circuits, logistic maps, etc).
‒ Climate data:
directionality of climate interactions; nonlinear atmospheric response to solar
forcing; large-scale climate communities.
Semiconductor lasers and
climate data analysis might seem unrelated research fields; however, we exploit
the experimental laser setup for recording time-series under controllable
conditions, which allow for testing novel data analysis tools. Semiconductor
lasers with optical feedback generate complex intensity fluctuations (neither
fully random, nor fully regular) that involve a wide-range of time-scales;
thus, they are appropriate for testing novel data analysis tools (of
classification, for the identification of recurrent patterns, for identifying
signatures of determinism, etc.).
Teaching
I teach undergraduate
courses at The School of Industrial,
Aeronautical and Audiovisual Engineering of Terrassa
(ESEIAAT) and a graduate course at the Barcelona Master in Photonics.
Here is more information about my teaching activities
(including slides of lectures in English).
Funding
‒ ICREA ACADEMIA award
(Engineering Sciences, 2016-2020).
‒ ITN
BE-OPTICAL (H2020 675512, 2015-2019). Within
this project, which I coordinate, my research is aimed at developing novel
semiconductor-based light sources and data analysis tools for biomedical
applications.
‒ Research
in semiconductor laser dynamics
is funded by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación through
grant FIS2015-66503-C3-2-P (2015-2017).
‒ Research
in climate data analysis
was funded by the ITN LINC that I coordinated (FP7
289447, 2011-2015).
‒ Research
in neuron-like optical spikes was partially funded by ITN NETT (FP7 289146, 2012-2016).
Here is more information
about my projects.
People
involved
I am a member of the
research group on Nonlinear Dynamics, Nonlinear
Optics and Lasers. Here is a list of
present and former undergrads, PhD students and postdocs and image gallery.
Conferences,
workshops, seminars, schools
Here is a list of events
that I have attended,
including presentations and photos.
Here is the list of the
events that I have co-organized
and here is the list of the proceedings.
Biography
I received my Bachelor
(1989) and MSc (1991) degrees in physics from Universidad de la República, Uruguay. I received my PhD (1999) degree in
physics from Bryn Mawr College (BMC), Pennsylvania, USA. My PhD thesis was on Nonlinear Dynamics in Semiconductor Lasers with Optical Feedback,
supervised by Prof. Neal B. Abraham. Before joining
UPC in 2004, from 1986 to 2004 I was Associate Professor at the Instituto de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad
de la República, Uruguay, where I still have many
friends and collaborators (you might have noticed that I keep my web page in
Uruguay). At UPC I was a Ramon and Cajal researcher
(2004-2009).
Honors and Awards
ICREA ACADEMIA
(2010-2014 and 2016-2020)
Fellow
of the Optical Society (2016)
Member
of professional societies
I am a member of the
European Physical Society (EPS), the Optical Society (OSA), the Catalan network
COMPLEXITAT.CAT and the Spanish
network IBERSINC II. I am
vice chair of the IUPAP Commission on Laser Physics and Photonics and Spanish
Representative in the COST Action MP1403 - Nanoscale Quantum Optics
Hobbies
and other personal stuff
Here are some of my
favourite photos.
Looking for an undergraduate
project (TFG or TFM), a summer internship, a PhD project or a postdoc? Contact
us!
Contact
information
My office and the
semiconductor laser lab are located at Gaia Building (map), UPC Campus Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain.
cristina.masoller
@ upc.edu, cristina.masoller @ gmail.com
Colom 11, Terrassa 08222,
Barcelona, Spain
Tel: (0034)937398507