PROFESSOR LUCAS CUADRA was born in Madrid, Spain. He received the B.S. degree in Telecommunication Engineering, the M.S. degree in Physics of Electronic Devices ("Ingeniero de Telecomunicación") from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain, the Diploma of Advanced Studies (Department of Physical Electronics, UPM), and the Ph.D. degree (UPM), with a doctoral thesis focused on Quantum Dot Intermediate Band Solar Cells. He spent 8 months in the Department of Electronics, The University of Glasgow, U.K. Currently, he is a Full Professor at the University of Alcalá, Spain. He is co-author of more than 100 international journal and conference papers in the fields of nanomaterials, complex networks, electronic devices, and artificial intelligence. He has researched within the framework of 28 Competitive Public Projects (2 European) and is co-author of 1 patent. His research has been awarded with 7 Research Awards, and 1 Knowledge Transfer Award. His current research focuses on seeking positive synergies between Network Science, Quantum Mechanics, and Artificial Intelligence to be applied in complex systems (nanomaterials, atmospherics, nanodevices, etc.)
University of Alcalá
Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Department of Signal Processing and Communications
"Premios 2017 Campus de Excelencia Internacional Energía Inteligente (Segundo accésit)"
University Rey Juan Carlos and University of Alcalá
"Premios 2016 Campus de Excelencia Internacional Energía Inteligente (Segundo accésit)"
University Rey Juan Carlos and University of Alcalá
"Premios 2015 Campus de Excelencia Internacional Energía Inteligente (Primer accésit)"
University Rey Juan Carlos and University of Alcalá
VI PREMIO UAM-ACCENTURE: Agenda Digital e Innovación (finalista). Accenture y UAM
Accenture y Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
III Concurso de ideas para la Creación de Empresas de Base Tecnológica de la Universidad de Alcalá
Universidad de Alcalá y Oficina del Emprendedor de Base Tecnológica madri+d
III Concurso de ideas para la Creación de Empresas de Base Tecnológica de la Universidad de Alcalá (finalista).
III Premio del Consejo Social a la Transferencia de Conocimiento Universidad-Sociedad
Consejo Social de la Universidad de Alcalá
Premio COIT/AEIT a la Mejor Tesis Doctoral en Fundamentos y Tecnologías Básicas de la Información
Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación
Poster Award in the thematic area Fundamentals, Novel Devices and New Materials
WIP - Renewable Energies: Munich, DE
"Phonon Bottleneck Effect and Photon Absorption in Self-ordered Quantum Dot Intermediate Band Solar Cells", the 19th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, (pp. 250-254).
Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado 2003/2004 de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid