Biography

Professional Career

I am Enrique Manuel Moreno Pérez, originally from Maracena, Granada, Spain. I obtained my first degree in Applied Physics and Instrumentation at the Cork Institute of Technology (Ireland) in 2008. Later, I completed a degree in Fundamental Physics at the University of Granada (Spain) in 2010, followed by a master's degree in Advanced Methods and Techniques in Physics in 2011, and in 2015, I earned a PhD in Physics and Mathematics from the same university.

Throughout my career, I have followed a philosophy that resonates with the ideas of Martin Heidegger, who reminds us that life is finite and that we must consciously make use of time. Heidegger spoke of "being-toward-death," meaning that the awareness of our mortality drives us to live an authentic existence. This reflection has motivated me at every stage of my career, knowing that time is limited and that a full life requires seizing every opportunity to advance in knowledge and research. Living with this purpose is not easy, but it is essential to achieving an authentic and meaningful existence (watch this video to explore more https://youtu.be/2Sa6iGz3PAA?si=LvnP4gDIPUUrQj6u).

Institutions and Roles: Between 2016 and 2018, I worked in cooperation with various research groups from the University of Granada.

After completing these projects, I continued my postdoctoral career with several international stays:

• At the University of Chile (2018-2021), I participated in projects focused on numerical modeling and simulation in electromagnetism.

• At the Laboratoire Hubert Curien in Saint-Etienne, France (2020-2021), I worked on research in nanophotonics and terahertz lasers. This period overlapped with the end of my stay in Chile.

• At the Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic (2022), I focused on terahertz devices and advanced numerical simulation.

Between January and August 2022, I worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Alcalá de Henares, where I combined teaching mathematics with research on numerical methods applied to physics and engineering.

Since September 2022, I have been part of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, where I initially worked as an Assistant Professor until February 2023 in the Department of Building Structures and Physics. In February 2023, I took up the position of Permanent Lecturer in the same department. In my current role, my research focuses on the application of numerical methods for modeling devices such as memristors, multi-gate MISFET transistors, and terahertz photoconductive antennas. Additionally, given my desire to explore other fields of knowledge, I am currently involved in the development of studies related to passive architectural models with high resilience, integrated into ecosystems.