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	Álvarez Martínez, Ariel aalvmar@www.iteam.upv.es	PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHER


	Álvarez Moncada, Abelardo aalvmon@doctor.upv.es	PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHER


	Apolo, Juan Andrés juaapgon@teleco.upv.es	PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHER bio »
	I am a research assistant (Ph.D. student) at the iTEAM Research Institute at Universitat Politècnica de València. As part of the Photonic Research Labs where I currently work full-time. My research is focused on free-space optics, specifically visible light communications for indoor environments. The research aims to design and implement a hybrid wired and wireless optical network in the visible spectrum for indoor communications and lighting. I obtained a B.E. degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (Ecuador) in 2018; during these years, I registered three national patents related to IoT. In 2020 I obtained an M.Sc. degree in telecommunication technologies, systems, and networks from Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Spain. I am also an assistant lecturer in the subject of optical communications as part of the telecommunications degree program at the same university.

	Arqués Garrigós, Lucía larques@www.iteam.upv.es	PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHER


	Benacloche LLácer, Cristina cribella@teleco.upv.es	PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHER bio »
	In 2021, I obtained a BSc in Telecommunications Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), followed by a MSc in Telecommunications, also at UPV. I worked as a research engineer at the Nanophotonic Technology Center, where I developed low-power, ultra-compact photonic switches for sustainable data centers, collaborating in a high-precision, multi-disciplinary environment. Currently, I work as a Packaging Engineer at the Photonics Research Labs.

	Botella Campos, Marta marbocam@www.iteam.upv.es	PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHER


	Cano Vásquez, Christian Camilo cccanvas@doctor.upv.es	PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHER


	Català, Cristina ccatala@www.iteam.upv.es	PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHER bio »
	In 2020 I obtained a BSc in Telecommunications Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), and I have recently finished an MSc in Telecommunication Technologies, Systems and Network from the same university. I am currently working as a researcher in the Photonics Research Labs (PRL), at the iTEAM Research Institute, focusing on the field of integrated reconfigurable photonic circuits in microwave photonics filtering applications.

	Darío Riaño, Rubén rdriaalv@www.iteam.upv.es	PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHER


	Drozdowska, Monika mdrozdo@www.iteam.upv.es	PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHER bio »
	Monika Drozdowska received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in radio communication from Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland, in 2018 and 2019, respectively. In 2019, she joined Televic Conference Belgium as an Early Stage Researcher (ESR) associated with the "WaveComBE" Innovative Training Network (ITN) of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). She was working on a project titled "Intelligent design of mmWave conference networks in built environments". She joined the iTEAM Research Institute of the Universitat Politècnica de Valencia (UPV) as a PhD student. Her current research interests are focused on indoor network planning and channel modelling.

	Garzón Vargas, María Juliana mjgarva1@www.iteam.upv.es	PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHER


	González Pérez, Mario Annier magonpe8@doctor.upv.es	PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHER bio »
	Mario received a B.Sc. (1st class honors, 2019) degree in Telecommunication and Electronic Engineering from the Central University of las Villas (Cuba) and an M.Sc. (2022) in Photonics Engineering at the University of Cantabria (Spain). From 2019-2021, he served as a specialist in telematics at the Cuban Telecommunications Company (ETECSA) in the Fiber Optic Group. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the Photonics Research Labs (PRL), at the iTEAM Research Institute, focusing on Specialty Fiber Exploiting Spatial Multiplexing for signal processing and sensing.