Experience

2022 - Present
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Medicine
University of Cambridge, UK

Research Associate at the Bioelectronics Laboratory.
Supervisor: Prof. George Malliaras

Application of wearable electronics and mobile apps to understand visceral pain as part of the ADVANTAGE consortium, part of the UK's Advanced Pain Discovery Platform

2022 - Present
Associate Lecturer
Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
The Open University, UK
The OU was founded to open up higher education to all, regardless of background or circumstances. Our mission is to be open to people, places, methods and ideas — and as such, equality and diversity are at the heart of everything we do.
2023 - Present
Postdoctoral By-Fellow
Churchill College
Cambridge, UK

Education

2018 – 2022
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology – KAIST
Daejeon, Korea
Doctor of Philosophy Degree
Electrical Engineering
Research Assistant at the Integrated Organic Electronics Laboratory.
Supervisor: Prof. Seunghyup Yoo
Funds secured through the Attachable Photo Therapeutics Center for e-Healthcare, Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea for living and research expenses. Involved in projects such as: Wearable Cardiac Sensor Patch for Biopotential Measurement and See-through Phototherapy Platform for Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders.
2016 – 2018
Korea University
Seoul, Korea
Master in Engineering Degree
Micro/Nano Systems
Research Assistant at the Display and Nanosystems Laboratory.
Supervisor: Prof. Byeong-Kwon Ju
Funds secured through the Korean Government Scholarship Program for living expenses and the BK21 Project for research expenses. Thesis in Electron Injection in Alkali Metals for Organic Light Emitting Diodes, where different alkali metal compounds were characterized as efficient electron injection materials in OLED devices.
2006 – 2013
Armed Forces University – ESPE
Quito, Ecuador
Bachelor in Engineering Degree
Mechatronics
Research Intern at the Computer Integrated Manufacture Laboratory.
Supervisor: Prof. Alejandro Chacon
Participated in the Refurbishment of the Automation and Remote Operation of the Industrial Process Control Station PS-2000 at the CIM Lab.

Professional Skills

Electronic and Biomedical Device Design
Electronic, Electromechanical and Mechatronic Systems
Sensors and Signal Processing
Wired/Wireless Communication Protocols
Fluency in English and Spanish Languages
Proficiency in Korean language

Techniques

Photolithography, Furnace Annealing, Plasma Treatment
Sputtering, Thermal Evaporator, SEM, AFM
SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Inventor, COMSOL for mechanical simulation
Electronic Design and Analysis skills for PCB fabrication
Linux/Windows, Office, HTML, LaTeX
C/C++, Java, Python, LabView, MATLAB