Manuel Soler, a Full Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at UC3M, serves as the Director of the Doctoral Program in Aerospace Engineering and is a member of the Aerospace Engineering research group, where he leads the UC3M Aeronautical Operations Lab (https://aircraftoperationslab.com/). He has been a visiting scholar at ETH Zürich and U.C. Berkeley, as well as a visiting professor at MIT.
Currently, his research focuses on two primary areas: (1) applying artificial intelligence techniques to address challenges in aeronautical meteorology, air traffic management, and climate change, and (2) optimizing aircraft trajectories to mitigate climate impact. Since joining UC3M, he has served as Principal Investigator (PI) for 17 competitive projects, including nine European projects—three of which he coordinated—and has supervised or is supervising 17 doctoral theses.
Professor Soler has authored over 50 JCR-indexed articles, three book chapters, and more than 50 conference proceedings (a complete record is available at http://www.aerospaceengineering.es/publications/). Many of these publications are the result of international collaborations.
He is deeply committed to the communication and transfer of research outcomes. Notable achievements include the development of the open ClimaCCF library within the FlyATM4E and ALARM SESAR projects, participation in dissemination activities such as Researchers’ Night and Science Week, and the widespread communication of results from projects like ALARM, START, and E-CONTRAIL SESAR. These dissemination efforts have included videos, radio interviews, and press releases translated into multiple languages. Furthermore, he has contributed to the establishment of the Spin-Off AI-Methods (https://www.aimethods.com/).