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Currently is responsible of the Nonlinear Optics and Lasers laboratory of the Nonlinear Dynamics, Nonlinear Optics and Lasers research group, where has participated in more than 35 financed competitive research projects. He has been also working in the group of Materials Processing by Laser at the Optics Institute of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC, 1991) and in the group of Lasers and Ultrashort Pulses at Universita degli Studi dell’Insubria (Italy, 2001-2003). His research activity is focused in experimental studies in nonlinear optics and photonics including topics such as the enhancement of nonlinear processes in photonic crystals, diffraction control and filtering in photonic crystals, nonlinear interactions in disordered media, characterization techniques of ultra-short optical pulses, semiconductor laser dynamics or laser induced ultrasound generation for 3D fracture detection.
He is co-author of over 90 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 6 book chapters and 1 book. and co-inventor in one European patent, extended to USA, Canada, China and Portugal, and licensed to Sphere Photonics (Portugal). He has collaborated with different research groups in CNRS (France), Australian National University (Australia), Sofia University (Bulgary), Vilnius University (Lithuania), Universidad de Salamanca, Universidad de Porto (Portugal), US Army Charles M. Bowden Laboratory, Brescia University and others. 
He has been vice-director of the Physics Department in the period 2004-2012 and is involved in teaching activity since 1992 in different Degrees and Master courses at UPC such as General Physics, Photonics, Non linear Optics, Ultrafast and Ultraintense Laser Light and Photonics laboratory.