Luis Fonseca Chácharo

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ABOUT LUIS FONSECA CHÁCHARO

Dr. Luis Fonseca was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1966. He received his Ph.D. degree in Physics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 1992. He has developed his whole professional career in the National Center of Microelectronics (CNM). He joined it in 1989 as a post-graduate student and he is now one of its deputy directors. After a first research period on thin dielectrics, he worked as a process engineer, being in charge of the diffusion and deposition areas of the CNM production facilities, till he joined the Microsystems department as a full senior researcher in 2001. He has supervised four thesis, counts with over 140 publications (Scopus) including 90 published papers, near 2300 citations (h-index 23), and has participated in near 250 conferences, mostly international. He has been involved in 65 national (46) and international (19) projects, having led 13 of the national actions and being CSIC PI of 12 of the EU ones. The responsibilities in the latter have been of special relevance in the projects GoodFood (FP6, first Integrated Project coordinated by CSIC, acting as deputy coordinator), SiNERGY (FP7, acting as coordinator), NFFA and NEP (H2020, participating with research management duties). He is currently WP leader in two H2020 FET projects: HARVESTORE and EPISTORE.It is also noteworthy his participation as a member of advisory committees, and the representation of the CNM/CSIC in EU societies and platforms, as well as in delegations at global events (e.g. Micromachine Summit). Among the latter, he is member of the Board of the EU Thermoelectricity Society and of the steering committee of the EU Technological Platform on Smart Systems (EPoSS), where he also has a seat in its Scientific Council and is an active contributor to the different editions (2018, 2021, 2022) of the Electronic Components and Systems Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, in which he has led and co-led different chapters. He is also vice-chair of the International Advisory Board of CERIC-ERIC, a consortium of large scientific facilities in Central and Eastern Europe.At Spanish level, he belongs to the steering committee of the Spanish Information and Communication Technology Platform (PLANETIC), and was active for a few years as member of the AENOR nanotechnology committee. At institutional level, he led the MESSI group in the period 20••••21, was deputy director of the IMB from June 2012 to May 2016, and is his current director since May 2021. En Julio de 2023 fue designado como uno de los diez expertos que asesoran al Comisionado del PERTE Chip.