Faculty
Manuel Soler
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…
Javier García-Heras
PhD Aerospace Engineering (UPM 2014) and currently lecturer and researcher at UC3M. His primary research interests include air navigation, 4D trajectory management, machine learning, avionic systems and system engineering.
María Cerezo
María Cerezo studied Aerospace Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. In 2022, she received her PhD from the Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC). She is currently Assistant Professor in UC3M within the Aerospace Engineering Department. She has formerly been working as…
Postdoctoral researchers
Álvaro Moreno
Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral researcher at UC3M. He studied Aerospace Engineering in Universidad de Sevilla and a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering in Technische Universität München, where he specialized in Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics…
Abolfazl Simorgh
Postdoctoral researcher at UC3M. His research interests include optimization, mathematical control theory, optimal control systems, robust control, aircraft trajectory optimization, and climate change. He earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Control Engineering in…
Amin Jafarimoghaddam
Postdoctoral researcher at UC3M
Communications and Management
Virginia Villaplana
Scientific journalist working to foster communication, dissemination and exploitation for the SESAR research projects carried out by the Aircraft Operations Lab UC3M. She studied a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication at UC3M, and specialised in digital communication and marketing strategies.
Gracia Pérez
Project manager and administrative support of the Aircraft Operations Lab UC3M. Gracia has a MSc in Psychology and an expert course on HR. She has six years of experience in management and administration in the private sector.
R&D Engineers
Luis Cirujano
Geospatial Engineer, specialized in AI, Big Data, and Python-based algorithm development. His B.S. thesis focused on the transformative impact of AI and deep learning on geospatial imagery analysis. Luis was awarded a scholarship for the Big Data course at Samsung Innovation Campus.
PhD students
Fateme Baneshi
PhD thesis: “Network-wide Robust Climate Optimal Aircraft Trajectory Planning.”
Raúl Quibén
PhD thesis: “H2-fuelled aircraft configuration and trajectory optimisation to reduce aeronautic environmental impact.”
Irene Ortiz
PhD thesis: “Artificial Neural Networks for the Prediction of Contrails and Aviation Induced Cloudiness.”
Bûn-Kim San
PhD thesis: “Prediction of adverse weather events and climate impact using neural networks.”
Iván Martínez
Industrial PhD thesis: “Improving Severe Weather Hazard Prediction for Aviation using Machine Learning.”
Alejandra Martín
Industrial PhD thesis: “Implementation and analysis of climate models in a commercial flight planning optimization system. Development of a climate cost function and proposal of environmental policies for operators.”
Rémi Chevallier
Industrial PhD thesis: “Evaluation and Minimization of airlines operations climate impact by Trajectory Optimization.”
Danial Akbari
PhD thesis: “Collaborative Learning for Intelligent Meteorological Aviation.”
Xiaoqing Deng
PhD thesis: “Disrupting the Skies: Formation Flight for Aviation Sustainability.”
Oumarou Moussa Bola
PhD thesis: “Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Aircraft Trajectory Optimization for Climate Impact Mitigation.”
Eva Cobos
Industrial PhD thesis: “Development of Comprehensive Environmental Performance Indicators for Aviation from the Perspective of Air Navigation Service Providers.”