Curriculum vitae

Associate Lecturer, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW Sydney. Sydney, Australia.

Appointments

Associate Lecturer
2025–present
University of New South Wales
Teaching and research position, Level A-8. Course convenor for ELEC1111 and ELEC3105.
Research Assistant
2024–2025
University of Technology Sydney
Postdoctoral researcher on ARC Discovery Project DP240102646, extending the remaining useful life of second-life battery energy systems.
Casual Academic
2022–2025
University of Technology Sydney
Control Design, Control Studio A and B, Intelligent Control.
Founder and Director of Innovation
2020–2025
Andes Electronics SpA
Chilean startup building battery management systems and battery energy storage systems: design, testing, and consulting.

Dual PhD, Electrical Engineering
2024
University of Technology Sydney and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Thesis: Advanced Power Control System for Enhancing Second-Life Battery Energy Storage Systems Integration and Reliability.
Electrical Engineer
2019
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Summa Cum Laude.

30 peer-reviewed papers: 14 journal articles and 15 conference papers, 10 as first author. 231 citations, h-index 9, i10-index 9.

Energy Management System for Combustion-Engine Starting
2025
PCT International Patent WO2025102183A1
Co-inventor. Hybrid energy storage combining supercapacitors with lithium batteries for reliable engine cranking.
Battery Management System
2022
Chilean Patent Reg. 65618 · PCT WO2023272405A1
Inventor. Control and grid integration of second-life battery energy storage across mixed chemistries, voltages, and states of health.

Create and Validate, Chilean Government Start-up Grant
2024
Andes Electronics SpA · AUD 300,185
Hybrid energy storage combining supercapacitors with lithium batteries for reliable heavy-vehicle and diesel-generator engine cranking.
Start-Up Science, Chilean Government Start-up Grant
2023
Andes Electronics SpA · AUD 250,000
Industrial prototype of a battery energy storage and management system using second-life electric vehicle batteries.
Start-Up Science, Chilean Government Start-up Grant
2021
Andes Electronics SpA · AUD 245,800
200 kW industrial second-life battery energy storage prototype for peak shaving.

Best Doctoral Thesis Award
2025
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Best Paper Award
2024
IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference (SPEC)
Best Paper Award
2022
IEEE Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC)
People's Choice Award, Poster Competition
2022
IEEE Australian NSW Universities Symposium on Sustainable Energy Systems
Award for the Best Undergraduate Thesis for National Development
2020
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, DICTUC
Best Teaching Assistant Scholarship and Award
2019
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Programming: AI agent automation, Python, MATLAB, C/C++, RTOS, Arduino
Software: Simulink, PLECS, TIA Portal, Altium Designer, Code Composer Studio, LTspice, PSCAD
Languages: English (IELTS Superior), Spanish (native, NAATI credentialed)
Membership: IEEE: Power Electronics Society, Industrial Electronics Society