Cristina Masoller Profesora Catedratica, Physics Department, UPC Google scholar ORCID ResearcherID SCOPUS Wikipedia Publications Projects People Theses Talks Events Teaching Press news & outreach

Recent Publications: J. Gancio, C. Masoller, M. Marconi, “Identifying and anticipating the threshold bifurcation of a complex laser with permutation entropy”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 093802 (2025). arXiv K. Ji, G. Tirabassi, C. Masoller, G. Li, A. M. Yacomotti, “Photonic neuromorphic computing using symmetry-protected zero modes in coupled nanolaser arrays”, Nature Communications 16, 9203 (2025). Research lines: Semiconductor lasers: Experimental and numerical studies of nonlinear dynamics of semiconductor lasers. Complex systems and data analysis: Complex networks and nonlinear data analysis tools applied to biomedical signals and climate data with focus on early warning indicators of tipping points and critical transitions. Neuronal dynamics: Numerical studies of neuronal models with focus on neural coding, synchronization phenomena and stochastic processes. You can find information about the research group here; PhD theses here; Talks with slides here; Organized scientific events here; Press articles and videos here. Funding: Agencia Estatal de Investigación (PID2024-160573NB-I00); European Doctoral Network BE-LIGHT) and European Office of Aerospace Research and Development (EOARD FA8655-24-1-7022). You can find information about ongoing projects here and finished projects here. Teaching: I teach in the School of Industrial, Aerospace and Audiovisual Engineering of Terrassa (ESEIAAT), in the School of Mathematics and Statistics (FME) and in the Barcelona Master in Photonics. I also taught at several schools for PhD students. The slides of the courses imparted in English are available here. Editorial activity: I am Topical Editor of Optics Letters (Optica) and Editor of Scientific Reports (Nature). Book: Networks in Climate co-authored with H. A. Dijkstra, E. Hernandez-Garcia and M. Barreiro (Cambridge University Press 2019, ISBN: 9781316275757). Biography: I received the bachelor and master degrees in physics from Universidad de la República, Uruguay, where I was Assistant and Associate Professor (1989-2004). I received the PhD degree in physics from Bryn Mawr College (USA) in 1999. I joined Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya in 2004 as a Ramon and Cajal researcher, became Associate Professor in 2009 and Professor (Catedratica) in 2018. You can find here my CV. Awards: I received three ICREA ACADEMIA awards (you can find my ICREA profile here). I am fellow of the OPTICA society (formerly OSA, you can find my fellow profile here). Contact me: My office and the semiconductor laser lab are located in Gaia Building, UPC Campus Terrassa. Address: Rambla St. Nebridi 22, Terrassa 08222, Spain. cristina.masoller @ upc.edu, cristina.masoller @ gmail.com