Thermophotovoltaic cells
Selective thermal emitters and photovoltaic components designed to improve infrared-to-electricity conversion.
Computational photonics for energy systems
Optics and Energy
Theoretical and numerical modeling of photonic, nanophotonic, and electromagnetic systems for smart energy control, thermophotovoltaics, radiative cooling, and advanced optical components.
Model
Optimize
Quantify uncertainty
Thermal radiation
Selective emitters and TPV conversion
Wave propagation
Gratings, diffraction, and optical components
Photovoltaic cooling
Passive radiative thermal management
Research Focus
We model, optimize, and quantify uncertainty in optical structures where geometry, materials, and radiation physics determine energy performance.
Computational electromagnetics
Shape derivatives, reduced-basis methods, reliability analysis, and diffraction-efficiency optimization for optical devices.
Radiative cooling
Photonic structures for passive thermal management of photovoltaic cells and energy technologies.
Current position
Associate Professor, Universidad Mayor
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology.
The group conducts theoretical and numerical research in optics and semiconductor physics, with applications in radiative cooling, photo- and thermophotovoltaic energy conversion, light-matter interaction modeling, computational electromagnetics, and uncertainty quantification.
Selected Publications
Recent work from the publication record. The research page contains the fuller list and project context.
- From flat to structured: geometry-driven dual-mode radiative emitters for simultaneous hotspot cooling and water harvesting. Energy & Environmental Science, 2026 (in press). doi:10.1039/D6EE04674F
- A Numerical Study of High-Temperature, Disk-Based Tungsten and Molybdenum Thermophotovoltaic Selective Thermal Emitters. Optics Express, 2025. doi:10.1364/OE.545130
- Uncertainty quantification in diffraction gratings: reliability analysis using a reduced basis method. JOSA A, 2025. doi:10.1364/JOSAA.547823