David González Andrade is a Ramón y Cajal researcher at the University of Málaga (UMA). He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Complutense University of Madrid with Cum Laude and international mentions in 2020. His research lines focused on the exploitation of subwavelength metamaterials for the design of high-performance photonic microdevices, for which he was granted with the COIT-AEIT and the Madrid City Council Award for Best Ph.D. Thesis. In 2021, he joined the C2N-CNRS and one year later was granted a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship. During this time, he worked on the development of silicon photonic integrated circuits for applications in high-speed optical communications and Brillouin optomechanics.

His work has led to 54 publications in high-impact journals and international conferences, of which 16 are articles (10 as first author and 1 as senior author). He has also contributed to 92 national and international conferences (39 invited presentations). In addition to having been the principal investigator (PI) of a prestigious Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship, he has participated in 15 competitive R&D projects and 3 projects funded by private companies, with more than 50 international collaborators and over 14 million euros in funding. His scientific activities have resulted in 8 patent applications (2 families). The applied nature and impact on technology transfer of these inventions are demonstrated by the fact that these patents have been licensed to a private company for exploitation in co-ownership and attracted the attention of a private seed capital investment fund for the creation of a spin-off company (Alcyon Photonics).

His research experience is further completed with teaching activities. He has supervised 1 Ph.D. and 3 M.Sc. students and mentored 5 Ph.D. and 2 M.Sc. students from different institutions (IO-CSIC, UCM, UC3M, and C2N).