Dr. Manuel Fuentes Conde

He is an Industrial Engineer (U.N.E.D) and PhD in Photovoltaic Solar Energy (University of Jaén, 2009). He worked as designer in automobile industry during two years (Valeo S.L.) and then, he worked as lecturer at University of Jaén (2000), where he got his accreditation as Tenured Associate Professor (2012). Nowadays he is Associate Professor in Electronics and Automation Engineering Department at University of Jaén.

His first research line was focused in Photovoltaic Systems, specifically, in Grid Connected Photovoltaic Systems (GCPVS), developing measurement devices for PV modules and PV systems quality controls. After his postdoctoral stays in ANU (Canberra, Australia, 6 months) and Tianjin University (Tianjin, China, 4 months), he opened a new research line focused on water purification thanks to hybrid photovoltaic-photocatalytic systems and hybrid autonomous systems (renewable energies-fuel) based on low cost design for its monitoring and management.

He has participated in 23 research projects, contracts and agreements, being the leader and principal researcher in some of them. The research results include 13 papers in international journals (JRC), 8 papers in national journals, more than 30 publications in international conferences, 3 invited talks and one patent. He is reviewer of 6 journals gathered in the ISI Science JCR and supervisor of more than 20 honour student projects of Technical Degrees.