Part A. Personal Information
First and Family name JUAN DANIEL PRADES GARCÍA
ID number 47653093Z Gender Male Age 36
Researcher numbers
WoS Researcher ID C-7026-2008
SCOPUS Author ID 21733473300
ORCID 0000-0001-7055-5499
A.1. Current position
Name of University UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA
Department Department of Electronic and Biomedical Engineering
Address and Country C\ Martí i Franquès 1, Planta 2
Phone number 934039159 E-mail dprades@el.ub.edu
Current position Tenured Professor From 21/12/2014
UNESCO Codes 220300-Electronics / 331200-Materials technology
Key Words Nano Materials, Nano Electronics, Nano Devices, Sensors
A.2. Education
Degree University Year
Degree in Physics Universitat de Barcelona 2005
Degree in Electronic Engineering Universitat de Barcelona 2009
Master in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Universitat de Barcelona 2007
Master in University Teaching Universitat de Barcelona 2011
Doctor in Nanosciences Universitat de Barcelona 2009
A.3. Indicators of Quality in Scientific Production
• 5 PhD Thesis Supervised
• Q1 papers in international peer-reviewed JCR journals, all Q1,D1
• Citations > 2100 (Google Scholar) / 2000 (ISI WoK, SCOPUS)
• Average IF = 5.7
• H-index = 27 (Google Scholar) / 25 (ISI WoK, SCOPUS)
• Contributions to conferences >200 (20 invited talks)
• 8 Patents
• 8 Projects Coordinated (4 European)
• 3 Start-ups founded
• 4.5 million € funding raised
Part B. Free Summary of CV
Dr. Juan Daniel Prades García (Barcelona, 1982) is Doctor in Nanoscience (2
nd
February
2009) by the University of Barcelona. His Ph.D Thesis, entitled 'Modelling of the Chemical
and Light Interactions in Individual Metal Oxide Nanowires for Sensing Applications' and
carried out under the supervision of Dr. Albert Cirera, was qualified cum laude and was
awarded with the Honors Doctorate by the University of Barcelona.
In 2009, he started his postdoctoral activity in the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research
(IREC), where he was hired as a postdoctoral researcher. This contract finished in 2010
when he won a position as a Lecturer Professor for 5 years at the Department of Electronics
of the University of Barcelona in public open competition. Since, December 2014, he is
appointed as tenured Associate Professor at the same institution (Professor Agregat Serra
Húnter). He has independently supervised 25 Degree and Master Theses, as well as 5
Doctorate Theses (Dr. Carlos López Gandara, Dr. Núria García, Dr. Martin Hoffmann, Dr.
Sergio Illera, Dr. Oriol Monereo). Currently, he personally supervises the work of 3 more
Ph.D students.
Since 2007, he has published 80 articles in international, peer-reviewed, journals. 60 of
these papers correspond to original, independent research activities carried out during his
postdoctoral period. Overall, his published work has received more than 2000 citations and
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his h-index is currently 25 (source ISI WoK). Additionally, he has co-authored 10 book
chapters and more than 200 contributions to conferences, with 20 invited talks in
international conferences. He serves as regular reviewer for the Spanish, Germany, Swiss,
Polish Science Foundations, as well as for the European Comission and a number of
peer-reviewed specialized Journals.
Along his career he has participated in 7 European Projects and in more than 15 National
Projects. As for the research management, he has been Principal Investigator in 5 R&D
Contracts with the industry, device development, smart system integration and
environmental monitoring, and in 4 Spanish Projects funded in competitive calls. He is also
serving as coordinator in 4 European Projects: ERC Starting Grant (2014), ERC Proof of
Concept (2016), FET Open (2017) and Eureka-Eurostars (2017). In his short career, he
independently obtained and managed about 4.5M€ research funding.
In parallel, he has also carried out technology transfer activities with the industry,
participating in 10 R&D contracts. He holds the co-authorship of 8 Patents, transferred and
extended to several European countries. He has also funded 3 spin-off companies.
“Electronic Nanosystems” (2008), awarded with the prestigious Solvay Prize 2008. Since
2015, he participates in the foundation and development of a transnational start-up between
Germany and Spain: “SuperLight Photonix”. Currently, he is initiating a new start-up project
in Spain with “FoodSensing”, devoted to smart packaging for food processing efficiency,
quality, and safety. His valorization and technology transfer activities have been recognized
with the VALORTEC Prize of the Regional Government of Catalonia.
He has carried out 10 stays abroad (more than 1 month each) in laboratories all over
Europe (Germany, Italy, France, Poland) with the support of competitive grants (Spanish:
José Castillejos, ACCIÓ Mobilitat de Professorat; German: DAAD, Humboldt Foundation,
Mercator Professorship, European: COST Action Grants, Marie Courie Short Stays). He
carries out his research in close collaboration with the Braunschweig University of
Technology (Germany), where he expends more than 20% of his working time, yearly. He is
the EuroSensors Fellow 2017, the most prestigious award within the European community
of academics and companies working on sensor technology.
As a member of the Department of Engineering: Electronics Division, he is ascribed to the
Group of Micro-Nanotechnologies and Nanoscopies for Electron and Optoelectronic Devices
(MIND), in which he leads the research in design, fabrication, and characterization of
optoelectronic nanomaterials for energy efficient devices and sensors. The research of
his current work-group, formed by 2 postdoctoral researchers and 4 Ph.D students.
Part C. Relevant accomplishments
C.1. Publications (including books)
A full record of publications can be found elsewhere http://bit.do/dprades
C.2. Coordinated Research Projects and Grants
ID: Grant no. 336917
Title: Nanodevice Engineering for a Better Chemical Gas Sensing Technology
(BetterSense)
Agency/Call: European Commission, FP7, ERC Starting Grant
PI: J. Daniel Prades (Universitat de Barcelona)
Duration: 01/02/2014 – 31/01/2019 Budget: 1.480.000€
Role: European project coordinator
ID: Grant no. 727297
Title: Making Complex Gas Analytics Friendly and Available ASAP (GasApp)
Agency/Call: European Commission, H2020, ERC Proof of Concept
PI: J. Daniel Prades (Universitat de Barcelona)
Duration: 01/01/2017 – 30/06/2018 Budget: 148.000€
Role: European project coordinator
ID: Grant no. 7370893 of 4
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Title: Overcoming the Limits of Diffraction with Super-Resolution Lighting on a Chip
(ChipScope)
Agency/Call: European Commission, H2020, FET-Open
PI: Ángel Diéguez / J. Daniel Prades (Universitat de Barcelona)
Duration: 01/01/2017 – 31/12/2020 Budget: 950.000€
Role: European project co-coordinator
ID: 2016 PROD 000036
Title: A Software-as-a-Services platform for automated color recognition (ColorChecker)
Agency/Call: Generalitat de Catalunya, ACCIÓ, Producte
PI: J. Daniel Prades (Universitat de Barcelona)
Duration: 31/11/2017 – 31/11/2019 Budget: 100.000€
Role: Project coordinator
ID: E!11453/17/Q
Title: A smartphone-based dosimeter of the exposure to toxic gases (SnapGas)
Agency/Call: European Commission, H2020, Eureka Eurostars
PI: J. Daniel Prades (Universitat de Barcelona)
Duration: 25/07/2017 – 24/07/2018 Budget: 65.000€
Role: Partner coordinator
ID: IPT-2011-1055-900000
Title: Sistemas de detección y cuantificación de biomarcadores de la Enfermedad de
Alzheimer (KIT-ALZHEIMER)
Agency/Call: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, INNPACTO
PI: J. Daniel Prades (Universitat de Barcelona)
Duration: 04/05/2011 – 31/12/2014 Budget: 128.000€
Role: Partner coordinator
ID: VALTEC09-2-0053
Title: Xarxa de Nanosensors de Gas Autònoms (XaNaGAuto)
Agency/Call: Generalitat de Catalunya, ACCIÓ, VALTEC
PI: J. Daniel Prades (Universitat de Barcelona)
Duration: 2010 – 2011 Budget: 100.000€
Role: Project coordinator
ID: TECSPR15-1-0001
Title: MicroLEDs for Fluorescence in Endoscopic Diagnosis (InnerLight)
Agency/Call: Generalitat de Catalunya, ACCIÓ, TecnioSpring
PI: J. Daniel Prades (Universitat de Barcelona)
Duration: 2016 – 2018 Budget: 101.300€
Role: Project coordinator
C.3. Main Contracts with Industry
Title: Corrección Cromática de Imágenes Médicas Mediante Visión por Computadors
Company: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya – Programa Leonardo, S.A.U. (FAE)
PI: J. Daniel Prades (Universitat de Barcelona)
Duration: 2017 – 2019
Budget: 35.000€
Title: SuperLight Photonix
Company: Photonik Inkubator GmbH (Niedersachsen)
PI: Andreas Waag (TU Braunschweig), J. Daniel Prades (Universitat de Barcelona)
Duration: 2016 – 2018
Budget: 1.200.000€
Title: Sistema de mesura elèctrica d'alta impedància
Company: Francisco Alberto Electrónica, S.A.U. (FAE)
PI: J. Daniel Prades (Universitat de Barcelona)
Duration: 2009 – 2010
Budget: 19.500€
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Company: Gometrics S.L.
PI: J. Daniel Prades (Universitat de Barcelona)
Duration: 2012 – 2013
Budget: 20.400€
Title: Assessorament en temes de Xarxes de sensors sense fils
Company: Worldsensing S.L.
PI: J. Daniel Prades (Universitat de Barcelona)
Duration: 2010 – 2014
Budget: 19.000€
C.4. Patents
Inventor/s: Hernandez-Ramirez, F.; Prades, J.D.; Morante, J.R.; Cirera, A.; Romano-Rodríguez, A.
Title: Sensor para gases energéticamente eficiente, red de sensores y procedimiento de medida
empleando dicho sensor
Application number: P200900334 First priority country: SPAIN Date of priority: 2009
Main institution: Electronic Nanosystems, SL
Inventor/s: Prades, J.D.; Hernandez-Ramirez, F.; Morante, J.R.; Cirera, A.; Romano-Rodríguez, A.
Title: Sensor fotoactivado de la concentración de un gas, red de sensores y procedimiento de
medida de la concentración a partir de dichos sensores
Application number: P200930050 First priority country: SPAIN Date of priority: 2009
Main institution: Electronic Nanosystems, SL
Inventor/s: Prades, J.D.; Hernandez-Ramirez, F.; Morante, J.R.;
Title: Procedimiento de medida de las concentraciones de monóxido de carbono y humedad en un
gas y sensor basado en nanoestructuras para llevarlo a cabo
Application number: P201030102 First priority country: SPAIN Date of priority: 2010
Main institution: Departament d'Electrònica, Universitat de Barcelona
Inventor/s: Prades, J.D.; Hernandez-Ramirez, F.; Cirera, A.; Romano-Rodríguez A.; Morante, J.R.
Title: Gas sensor, equipped with threadlike nanostructures, network of sensors and measurement
method using said sensor (PCT num. PCT/EP2010/051206)
Application number: P24696PCES First priority country: SPAIN Date of priority: 2010
Main institution: Departament d'Electrònica, Universitat de Barcelona
Inventor/s: Shen, H.; Mathur, S.; Hoffmann, M.; Gad, A.; Prades, J.D.; Hernandez-Ramirez, F.;
Title: Fluid Detector and Method for Detecting Fluids
Application number: EP11179783.3 First priority country: GERMANY
Date of priority: 2011
Main institution: Universität zu Köln
Inventor/s: Hoffmann, M.; Waag, A.; Prades, J.D.
Title: Light emitting device, optical detection device, its method for operating and computer program
Application number: EP15175671.5 First priority country: EUROPEAN UNION
Date of priority: 05/07/2015
Main institution: TU Braunscwheig / Universitat de Barcelona
Inventor/s: Benito, I.; Casals, O.; Fàbrega, C.; Waag, A.; Prades, J.D.
Title: An automated method for color colibration and correction
Application number: EP17213154.3 First priority country: EU Date of priority: 31/08/2017
Main institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Inventor/s: Casals, O.; Alonso, O.; Waag, A.; Prades, J.D.
Title: Light emitting device with self-regulation for sensing applications
Application number: EP17222121.5 First priority country: EU Date of priority: 31/08/2017
Main institution: TU Braunschweig / Universitat de Barcelona
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