
Navarro-Cia, Miguel
Senior Lecturer
Electromagnetic metamaterials technology
Metamaterials Research Group, University of Birmingham
Dr. Miguel received the MEng and PhD degrees in Telecommunication Engineering, and MRes degree in Introduction to Research in Communications from the Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain, in 2006, 2010, and 2007, respectively. From 2006 to 2010, he was a Pre-Doctoral Researcher, FPI Fellowship recipient, with the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, Universidad Pública de Navarra, where he was also a Research and Teaching Assistant from 2010 to 2011. In 2008, he was a Visiting Researcher with the Valencia Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain, for two months. In 2008, 2009, and 2010, he was a Visiting Researcher with Imperial College London, U.K., for four, six, and three months, respectively, where he was a Research Associate in 2011 and a Junior Research Fellow from 2012 to 2015. In 2010, he was a Visiting Researcher with the University of Pennsylvania, USA, for three months. In 2012, he was a Research Associate with University College London, U.K. He is currently a Senior Lecturer with the Metamaterials Research Group, University of Birmingham, U.K. He is also a Visiting Researcher with Imperial College London and University College London. His current research interests include theory, technology and applications of Terahertz (near-field) time-domain spectroscopy/microscopy/imaging, metamaterials, plasmonics, antennas and frequency-selective surfaces. Dr. Navarro-Cía is a Senior Member of IEEE and OSA, and a Member of the Institute of Physics and the European Optical Society. He was a recipient of the Best Doctoral Thesis in Basic Principles and Technologies of Information and Communications, and Applications corresponding to the XXXI Edition of Awards “Telecommunication Engineers” 2010, the CST University Publication Award (twice) for the best international journal publication using CST Microwave Studio in 2012 and 2016, and the 2011 Junior Research Raj Mittra Travel Grant.
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