Experience

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  Hydromea SA

  • Lausanne, Switzerland

  • Co Founder and COO

    • Jan 2015 - Present
    • Lausanne, Switzerland

    Hydromea is developing robotic underwater sensing systems and provides underwater sensing services, deploying swarms of autonomous underwater robots collects physical/chemical water parameters with unprecedented detail and consistency.

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  École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

  • Lausanne, Switzerland

  • Postdoctoral associate

    • Jan 2009 - Dec 2014
    • Lausanne, Switzerland

    Working on wireless sensor networks for environmental engineering.Participated in SwissExperiment (www.swiss-experiment.ch) which uses the latest developments in wireless sensor networks hardware and algorithms to implement new ways to efficiently acquire environmental data. Assisted and tought classes on distributed intelligent systems, robotics and signal processing.

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  MIT

  • Cambridge, MA, USA

  • PhD

    • Jan 2004 - Dec 2008
    • Cambridge, MA, USA

    PhD thesis:"Cooperative Navigation for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles"Student in the Joint Program between MIT and the "Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution"Participated in several research cruises (1 to 4 weeks long) which involved the deployment of multiple autonomous underwater and surface crafts. Carried out and published research in various aspects of underwater navigation and communication as well as intra-vehicle cooperation.

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  Australian National University

  • Canberra, Australia

  • Researcher

    • Jan 2003 - Aug 2003
    • Canberra, Australia

    Developed a small-scale Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ("Serafina") for swarm experiments.Carl-Duisberg Scholarship

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  Intercept Technology Inc.

  • Atlanta, GA, USA

  • Junior programmer

    • May 1998 - Sep 1998
    • Atlanta, GA, USA

    Programmed an application which converts circuit board libraries.

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  Siemens Elasa

  • Zaragoza, Spain

  • Summer intern

    • May 1997 - Aug 1997
    • Zaragoza, Spain

    Tested billing mechanisms of pay phones. Tested pay phone system development tools.