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Curriculum vitae

Updated October 2026

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Education

  • B.S. Physics

    2025 — 2029 (expected)

    University of California, Santa Barbara

    College of Letters and Science. GPA 3.70 through Spring 2026. Dean's Honors, Fall 2025.

    Coursework: linear algebra, mathematical methods, differential equations, vector calculus I and II, general physics I–III, programming for physics, embedded systems prototyping. This quarter: experimental physics, and thermodynamics and statistical physics.

    RISE for the World Fellow.

    Society of Physics Students · Physics Organization for Innovation in Technology · Physics Circus.

  • International Baccalaureate Diploma (38/45)

    2023 — 2025

    Mahindra United World College of India

    Full UWC Spain / La Caixa Foundation scholarship.

    Physics HL 7 · Computer Science HL 6 · Mathematics AA HL 5 · Catalan Literature SL 7 · Global Politics SL 6 · English Language & Literature SL 5, plus 2 points from the Extended Essay and TOK.

  • IB Diploma, year one

    2022 — 2023

    Col·legi Salesians Sarrià, Barcelona

  • Primary and ESO

    2009 — 2022

    Escola Pia de Granollers

    10/10 in the final year, with a high ESO average.

Research and experience

  • Undergraduate researcher

    October 2026 — present

    Omar Saleh Lab, Materials Department, UC Santa Barbara

    Lab website →

    Member of the group. Single-molecule biophysics with magnetic tweezers, and self-assembled DNA materials.

    Mentored by Sylvia Green and Ziqi Li.

  • Research intern

    Summer 2026

    Small Biosystems Lab, Universitat de Barcelona

    Optical and magnetic tweezers. CAD design and 3D-printed instrument parts, including microfluidics chambers.

  • Volunteer Coordinator

    2024 — 2025

    Mahindra United World College of India

    Coordinated a group of up to 25 students for weekly science and astronomy club activities, made the onboarding and training materials, and worked with local organisations to widen the programme.

  • Intern

    June 2024

    RMedia, Granollers

    Computer systems maintenance, server and database support, AV systems and videoconferencing installs, wired and wireless network configuration, IP telephony and projection rooms. 80 hours.

Talks

  • Measuring the Free Energy of a Single Molecule with Optical Tweezers

    September 2026

    Undergraduate Research Symposium, KITP, UC Santa Barbara

    Watch the talk →

    A 10-minute talk on the six weeks in Fèlix Ritort's Small Biosystems Lab. Mentored by Isabel Pastor del Campo and Lukas Kühnemann.

Programmes and short courses

  • Equitech Futures Institute

    June — August 2026
    Alumni profile →

    Around 30 scholars across 18 time zones, admitted by application and interview, fully funded. 20–25 hours a week.

  • RISE Residential Summit, Rhodes House and Brasenose College, Oxford

    August 2025

    The residential component of the RISE for the World fellowship, with the other fellows of the 2024 cohort.

  • Yale Young Global Scholars: Solving Global Challenges

    July 2024

    Financial aid covering $5,500 of the $6,500 cost.

  • NewSpace summer program on small satellites

    August 2023

    Designed a satellite, its parachute, programming and mission, flown on a weather balloon.

  • Bojos per la Ciència at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center

    2022 — 2023

    Ran simulations on MareNostrum 4 replicating researchers' datasets, and saw MareNostrum 5 installed.

  • UWC short courses: (RE)defining Equality, Austria · Action for Peace, Madrid

    2022

    Scholarship for (RE)defining Equality.

  • Algorithms and Programming, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

    September 2020

    A selective 25-hour course for students from across Catalonia.

Honours and awards

  • RISE for the World Fellow (Rhodes Trust and Schmidt Futures)

    2024
    Fellow profile →
  • Finalist, Crimson Education 18 Under 18

    2024
  • F1 in Schools: selected as one of 16 from the Spanish competition for the Aston Martin Aramco workshop in Oviedo

    2024
  • Full UWC Spain / La Caixa Foundation scholarship

    2023
  • Admitted to Mensa International after a supervised test, above the 99th percentile

    2023
  • Prova Cangur, Societat Matemàtica de Catalunya: top 4.65%

    2019
  • Robotics: see CiberEdu's competition record

    2014 — 2022
    CiberEdu's record →

Skills

Programming
Python · Java
AI-assisted development
Android apps, websites and tools in Kotlin, TypeScript and JavaScript, built and shipped with AI coding agents (Claude Code). This site is one of them
Hardware and tools
CAD · 3D printing, FDM and resin · Raspberry Pi · microcontrollers · Git · self-hosted services
Research
Experimental design · data modelling · computational simulation · supercomputing
Languages
Catalan (native) · Spanish (native, bilingual) · English (C2) · French (basic)

Volunteering and outreach

  • Physics teacher, village schools near MUWCI

    2023 — 2025

    Roughly four hours a week across two years.

  • Astronomy outreach with Astroblancs, JovAAS and the Triveni Astronomy Club

    2021 — 2025

    Founded the astronomy club at MUWCI and coordinated it.

    Board member of the JovAAS youth section and its social media manager.

  • Elected representative for Infrastructure, College Assembly, MUWCI

    2023 — 2025
  • Fundació Mona, primate rescue centre

    2022 — 2023
  • Cooking workshop for young men aged 16–25, Restaurant Cuynes

    2022

Writing

  • Bombolles verdes. Bombolles blaves

    April 2023

    Social.cat

    Read it →

    An opinion piece, in Catalan, published under the CiberEdu byline.