Carlos Cruz holds an M.Sc. in Electronic Engineering from the University of Granada and a Ph.D. in Electronics from the University of Alcalá (Spain). Since 2022, he has been a Lecturer in the Electronics Department of the University of Alcala. His areas of research are digital embedded systems, electronic design, and data analysis, and he has acquired extensive experience in detector evaluation, software simulation, and hardware design. Fellowships include CSIRC UGR (2007), JAE-TEC 2009, International research organizations and infrastructures (2011), and PTA 2018. Between 2009 and 2022, Carlos has worked in several research centres, including CSIC, CIEMAT, ESSBilbao, ESRF, and ALBA Synchrotrons. At CSIC, he focused on detector and sensor evaluation as well as data acquisition systems. At CIEMAT, he developed a digital readout prototype for a calorimeter and a CCD digital processing system. During his time at ESSBilbao, he led the design of diagnostic beamline instrumentation. He also contributed to X-ray detection instrumentation as part of the detectors and electronics teams at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in France and ALBA Synchrotron in Spain. He has participated in 16 research projects and 4 research contracts with public private funding. He is co-author of some 20 high-impact factor papers and has contributed to 20 national and international conferences. He has been awarded a six-year research evaluation (Sexenio de Investigación) for the period 2013–2019, recognizing his high-impact contributions in the field of electronic development. Over the past five years, he has published 11 peer-reviewed articles in JCR-indexed journals, including 9 in Q1, 1 in Q2, and 1 in Q3 categories. He serves as an Editorial Board Member for several international journals published by Elsevier, including Sustainable Cities and Society (Impact Factor: 10.696, ISSN: 2210-6707), e-Prime – Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy (ISSN: 2772-6711), and Utilities Policy (ISSN: 0957-1787). Additionally, he is a Section Editor in Computational Physics for the Frontiers journal. He participates in international and national evaluation committees, such as the Erasmus+ program, the Service for the Promotion and Coordination of Research Government of Aragón, and the «Doctores Emergentes» Program CM-UAH. In 2023, he served as Guest Editor for several MDPI Special Issues, including Sensors («Sensor Application for Smart and Sustainable Energy Management»), Electronics («New Insights into Smart and Intelligent Sensors»), and Energies («Smart Energy Management and Sustainable Urban Communities»). He is also a Topical Advisory Panel Member for the MDPI journals Computation, Technologies, Sustainability, Sensors, Applied Sciences, and Electronics journals. Finally, Carlos is a Scientific Committee member of SEGRE “International Conference on Smart Electrical Grid and Renewable Energy”; “Energy Informatics Academy Conference”; MCCSIS “Computer Science and Information Systems”; TAEE International Conference of Technology, Learning and Teaching of Electronics; and Academic member of IEEE EDUCON.
Research Engineer (Research), CSIC, Spain
2022–Present
Assistant professor at the University of Alcalá
Research Engineer (Research), CSIC, Spain
2019–2022
New technologies on sensor instrumentation.
Research Engineer (Research), CIEMAT, Spain
2016–2019
New technologies on space instrumentation.
Responsibilities: Development of a digital processing system for CCDimage sensors using digital correlated double sampling readout technique. Digital design and characterization process.
Electronic Engineer (Research), ESS Bilbao, Spain
2015–2016
In charge of designing beam instrumentation and diagnostics for the Medium Energy Beam Transport (MEBT) for the ESS proton accelerator in Lund (Sweden).
Responsibilities: sensor/detector physics, mechanical design, electronic design, prototyping and tests.
Detector Engineer (Research), European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, (France) and ALBA, (Spain)
2012–2015
Member of the Detector & Electronics Group at the ESRF from April 2012 to March 2014.
Responsibilities: consulting, support and development capabilities in the area of X-ray detectors and diagnostics for the beamlines, including assistance in the selection, specification and characterisation of detectors. Responsible for the detector’s development for diagnostics at ALBA CELLS Synchrotron during the last year.
Electronic Engineer (Research), Institute of Applied Physics and Structure of Matter Institute, Spanish National Research Council, Spain
2009–2012
Research and development of advanced systems for aircraft using the eco-efficiency system (Airbus Company).
Responsibilities: development of a complete LabVIEW data acquisition system for an electronic nose and automatic gas line; development of multi-sensor systems using different detection principles.
Contributing to experimental nuclear physics R&D in a number of European projects.
Responsibilities: testing and maintenance of gamma and charged particle detectors and the related electronics; responsible for the electronic setup during experiments carried out at different international research facilities.
Computer Science Technician, Service Centre and Data Communications Networks, University of Granada, Spain
2007–2009
Responsibilities: providing advice on services available in the university, such as scientific data networks, support in matters of security for computer science systems and use of scientific applications.