Marta Castro Lopez

Head of Micro- Nanoelectronics & Photonics at Gradiant

Vigo, Galicia, Spain

About

Head of R&D line focused on the application of innovative technologies for different telecommunication products. Following an agile approach and specialised in the fields of nano- and micro-optics and photonics. Expert in the development of instrumentation, fabrication processes and software. PhD in nanophotonics, MsC in Nanotechnology and Engineering degree in Telecommunications. More than 10 years experience in Cleanroom process development for both research and industry.

Experience

  • Head of Micro- Nanoelectronics & Photonics at Gradiant
    Feb 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

    Head of R&D line which aims to introduce nanotechnology and photonics into Gradiant's telecommunication products. Taking advantage of the outstanding benefits of optics to boost the performance of both advanced communication and sensing components.

  • Huawei Technologies (6 yrs 1 mo)
    • Technical Team Leader
      Nov 2020 - Dec 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Team leader of the Optics Group at the Precision Optics Engineering (POE) Laboratory. Focused on research and development of innovative optics solutions for Huawei's consumer and communication products.

    • Senior Research Engineer
      Dec 2016 - Nov 2020 · 4 yrs

      * AATC Lab - German Research Center * - Generation of new ideas and creation of new project proposals, including management as well as technical execution and review. - Development and implementation of advanced processes and machines for the manufacture of Huawei’s components in different consumer domains. - Involvement in all development phases, from initial design following precise product and/or machine requirements, to fabrication and assembly, characterization, calibration, metrology, reliability and acceptance testing.

  • King's College London (2 yrs 9 mos)
    • Instrumentation Engineer
      Sep 2015 - Sep 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo

      - Design, assembly, testing and calibration of instrumentation combining sensors and actuators for real-time manipulation of nano-, micro-systems and acquisition of optical data. - Development of GUIs and control software including data processing and presentation.

    • Research Associate
      Jan 2014 - Sep 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos

      - Wave propagation through hybrid waveguides, diffusive media and plasmonic networks. - CAD design of components, fabrication of nanosctructures and numerical simulations. - Teaching course: "Experimental Techniques in Condensed Matter Physics" (4th year Physics @ King's)

  • Ph.D. Student at ICFO
    Nov 2008 - Dec 2013 · 5 yrs 2 mos

    * Control Light-Matter Interaction at the Nanoscale * - Cleanroom processes (nanofabrication). - Metrology (optical, ultrafast, nonlinear, spectral, momentum, polarisation, surface, composition). - Development of optical instrumentation and data analysis algorithms. - Speaker at international conferences and workshops.

  • Software Engineer at BABEL
    2007 - 2007 · Less than a year

    Realtime GUI Synchronization