91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó

Focus Area

Structural & Material Systems

Education

PhD, Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, 2011
MSc, Aerospace Engineering, California Institute ofÌý Technology, 2007
Engineering Degree, Mechanical Engineering, University of Seville (Spain), 2006

Professional Experience

2025 - Present, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó
2017 - 2025, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó
2013 - 2016, Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2011 - 2013, Postdoctoral Associate, Laboratoire de Mécanique des Solides, École Polytechnique (France)
2007 - 2011, 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Assistant, California Institute of Technology

Awards

AIAA Associate Fellow (2025)
Young 91ÃÛÌÒ¸óer Award for the best oral presentation, 8th European Solid Mechanics Conference (ESMC), Graz, Austria, 2012.
Graduate student fellowship, Keck Institute for Space Studies, California Institute of Technology, 2009-2010.

91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Interests

Deployable structures
Composite materials
Slender structures and soft solids
Instabilities and buckling
Pattern formation and self-organization