About Me

I am a researcher passionate about making air transportation more open and more sustainable . I am an assistant professor at TU Delft, working and researching in the domain of air traffic management at the Aerospace Engineering Faculty.

I enjoy creating open-source tools, and developed a few popular open tools for aviation research, including pyModeS and OpenAP. I have authored the book The 1090 Megahertz Riddle.

Research interests

• Air traffic management
• Aviation sustainability
• Data science and AI
• Emission modeling, assessment, and mitigation
• Future air-ground transport operations

Research links

• My research projects
• GitHub / open-source tools
• TU Delft research portal
• Research Gate
• Google Scholar

Teaching at university

• AE4321 (2020-present): Air Traffic Management
• IFEEMCS520100 (2022-present): Fundamentals of AI
• TI3150TU (2021-present): Capstone Applied AI project
• AE2223 (2017-present): Test, Analysis and Simulation
• CS4305TU (2020-2021): Applied Machine Learning
• AE3200 (2020-2021): Design Synthesis
• Online courses
  • Regression for Data Science
  • gate.io app
  • Becoming a pandas expert
  • AI Skills for Engineers: Data Engineering and Data Pipelines

Work experience

• 2022 - present: Tenured Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
• 2019 - 2022: Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
• 2015 - 2019: PhD Candidate, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
• 2012 - 2015: Academic Program Coordinator, International Space University, Strasbourg, France
• 2011 - 2012: Aerospace Researcher, ASCAMM Technology Centre, Barcelona, Spain
• 2007 - 2011: Aerospace Engineer & IT Manager, Barcelona Aerospace Technology Centre, Spain

Education

• 2015 - 2019: Ph.D. in Air Traffic Management, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. (dissertation: Open aircraft performance modeling)
• 2007 - 2010: M.Sc. of Aerospace Science and Technology, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona.
• 2003 - 2007: B.Sc. of Electronic and Information Technology, Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication, Beijing, China.

Awards and scholarships

• 2023: Open Science Fund, Dutch Research Council (more info)
• 2023: Best session paper, 41th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (PAMANSLOT)
• 2022: Climate Action Seed Fund, TU Delft (more info)
• 2022: Embassy Science Fellowship, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Dutch Research Council (more info)
• 2022: Best paper award, 10th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (first author, paper)
• 2020: Best paper award, 9th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (first author, paper)
• 2019: SESAR Young Scientist Award, SESAR Joint Undertaking (more info)
• 2017: Best paper award, 12th USA/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar

Other activities

• Journal of Open Aviation Science: curator and editor-in-chief (2022-present)
• OpenSky Network: honorary member (2022-present)
• OpenSky Symposium: program chair (2021), general chair (2022), program committee (2020-present)
• SURGA99: board member (2023-present)
• TU Delft open science community: member (2019-present) / board member (2023-present)
• Open Aviation Data initiative
• (Past) TU Delft AE: Workers council’s personnel committee member (2020-2023)