I am an atmospheric and environmental scientist from Granada, Spain, now based in Helsinki, Finland. My research is driven by an interest in understanding how solar radiation, atmospheric composition, and environmental processes interact across the Earth system. My work focuses particularly on atmospheric radiation, aerosols and clouds, spectral and diffuse solar radiation, and the ways in which radiative processes propagate into ecosystem responses and atmosphere–biosphere feedbacks.
My academic background is deliberately interdisciplinary. I began in Environmental Sciences and later specialised in aquatic systems through an MSc in Water Quality Science and Technology before choosing to move into atmospheric physics. I completed my PhD in Physics and Space Sciences at the University of Granada, where I studied aerosol–cloud–radiation interactions. This trajectory—from ecosystems to atmospheric radiation and increasingly back toward their coupling—has shaped the way I approach environmental research.
I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Helsinki, within the Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR). My current research increasingly centres on developing physically constrained and transferable representations of environmental systems, including the Lozano Closure and broader work on spectral radiation, atmospheric processes, and ecosystem-relevant radiative interactions.
Research trajectory
My research has developed across atmospheric physics and environmental science, with method development, observations, and the search for physically meaningful explanations as recurring threads.
Atmospheric radiation.
My research in atmospheric physics focuses on solar radiation and the processes controlling its propagation through the atmosphere. My work has included aerosol–cloud–radiation interactions, spectral and diffuse radiation, radiative forcing, observations and remote sensing, together with the development and evaluation of methods for atmospheric-radiation research.
Environmental systems & ecosystem research.
My research background also spans ecosystem science, from aquatic ecosystems and limnology to terrestrial and forest systems. Across these areas, I have worked with experimental, observational, analytical, and modelling approaches to investigate ecosystem functioning and responses to environmental change. This experience continues to influence how I formulate environmental questions and interpret environmental processes.
Toward coupled atmosphere–ecosystem science.
My current research increasingly brings these perspectives together. I am interested in physically interpretable and transferable representations of atmospheric radiation and environmental systems, from spectral closure and atmospheric processes to their consequences for ecosystems and atmosphere–biosphere feedbacks. This convergence provides the scientific basis for the developing Photonsphere research programme.
How I approach research
How I work
Physical interpretability.
I favour approaches that retain a clear connection with the physical or environmental processes being represented. Predictive performance matters, but I am equally interested in understanding why a method works, under which conditions it should work, and where its assumptions may fail.
Observations as a foundation.
Much of my research begins with environmental measurements. Careful quality control, methodological validation, and attention to measurement limitations are central to how I develop and evaluate scientific methods.
Transferability.
I am particularly interested in methods that remain useful across sites, conditions, and environmental systems without depending excessively on local calibration. This principle increasingly guides my work in atmospheric radiation and physically constrained environmental modelling.
Reproducibility and open science.
I aim to make research methods increasingly transparent and reusable through documented workflows, scientific software, and open computational tools.
Across disciplines
Atmospheric physics.
Solar radiation, aerosols, clouds, radiative forcing, spectral and diffuse radiation, and atmosphere–surface interactions form the central physical core of my current research.
Environmental and ecosystem science.
My background spans aquatic, terrestrial, and forest systems, providing a complementary perspective on how physical environmental processes interact with ecosystem functioning and responses.
Measurements, experiments and modelling.
My work has involved environmental observations, experimental design, laboratory methods, remote sensing, statistical analysis, process-based modelling, and data-driven approaches.
Quantitative and computational methods.
Mathematical reasoning, programming, statistical analysis, and computational modelling provide a common methodological language across much of my research, allowing me to work across disciplines while retaining a physically grounded perspective.
“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”
Sherlock Holmes, in Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902).
This sentence has accompanied me since the beginning of my doctoral research and has remained a guiding principle in the way I approach science.
A little more about me
A few details beyond the academic profile, the path that brought me here, and the things I enjoy outside research.
Beyond the academic path
My path to academia was not entirely conventional. After finishing school, I spent several years working in very different environments, including carpentry, computer technology, hospitality, and as a video-store clerk — still one of the jobs I remember most fondly. I later returned to formal education, eventually studying Environmental Sciences and beginning the scientific trajectory described above.
Sport has also been an important part of my life. I grew up playing basketball and swimming competitively and later spent several years training for and running marathonss, often accompanied on training runs by my Dalmatian, Amy. Basketball remains the sport I enjoy most, and after some years away from regular running I am now gradually returning to it.
Outside research, I cook and bake almost every day, mostly Mediterranean food but increasingly with some Finnish influences. Music occupies an equally broad space in my life: my listening can move from Bach and Baroque music to hard rock and stoner rock. I also remain a technology enthusiast, enjoy science fiction and horror, and keep a small collection of retro games chosen for their personal meaning rather than for the sake of collecting.
A few things I enjoy
Granada → Helsinki
From southern Spain, now Finland.
Basketball & Running
The sports that have stayed with me
Cooking & Baking
Mediterranean · Finnish influences
Music
Bach & Baroque · Hard rock & stoner rock
Technology & retro games
Games with personal meaning
Science fiction & horror
Books · films · series
Profiles
ORCID · Google Scholar · ResearchGate · LinkedIn