Currently Research Scientist and Deputy Head of the Space Robotics Research Group (SpaceR) at SnT – Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, University of Luxembourg
Leads research in Intelligent Robotic Manipulation (multi-modal perception and learning), Orbital Robotics (space debris removal, vision-based navigation), and On-Ground Testing of space technology
Former Post-doctoral researcher at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)
Assistant Professor at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ), Bogotá, Colombia (2015–2020)
Research visitor at Queensland University of Technology and University of Bristol, UK
Background
Roboticist and Mechatronics Engineer
Holds an MSc and a PhD in Robotics and Automation
Research focuses on enabling robots to perceive and interact with the world
Inspired by human perception’s ability to understand complex environments, aiming to equip robots with even a fraction of this intelligence
Over the past 18 years, led interdisciplinary research in Computer Vision (CV), classical Machine Learning (ML), and Deep Learning (DL) for automation in industry and healthcare, and robotics (aerial, industrial, space)