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, G. Tirabassi, C. Masoller, M. Barreiro, Detecting transitions and quantifying differences in two SST datasets using spatial permutation entropy, Earth Syst. Dynamics 17, 533–561 (2026). S. Torres Serra, J. Tiana Alsina, C. Masoller, Y. Hong, Coherence characterization of multimode VCSELs via speckle contrast under optical feedback and bias variation, Opt. Express 34, 12041 (2026). 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