Doctoral candidates
Free-space Optical Communications for Aerial-satellite networks
DC1 – Abid Afridi
Aalto Korkeakoulusaatio
Abid Afridi received the B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering (Telecommunication) from the University of Science and Technology Bannu, Pakistan, in 2020 and the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ulsan, South Korea…
DC3 – Xhelja Kodheli
Nokia Denmark
Xhelja Kodheli is a doctoral researcher at Nokia Aalborg, Denmark under the FOCAL MSCA Doctoral Network, working on advanced caching techniques to improve capacity and latency in a multi-layered optical based non-terrestrial networks (NTNs).
DC4 – Mauricio Sotelo González
Airbus Netherlands
Mauricio Sotelo González is a doctoral researcher with strong academic and industrial background in control and system modelling. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Electronics Engineering from the University of Granada (UGR)…
DC5 – Dinesh Kumar Umasankar
Nokia Networks France
Dinesh Kumar Umasankar is currently pursuing his PhD within the FOCAL Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network at Nokia Bell Labs, France. His research centers on Ultra-high-speed cross-atmosphere communication between OGS to LEO and beyond, with a particular focus on investigating and developing…
DC6 – Agustín Gonzalez Uriarte
Ecole Centrale Mediterranee
Agustín Gonzalez Uriarte is a PhD candidate at École Centrale Méditerranée under the FOCAL MSCA Doctoral Network. His research is on the design of efficient diversity and signal transmission techniques for non-terrestrial (NTN)…
DC8 – Ferdaous Tarhouni
Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg
Ferdaous Tarhouni was born in Bizerte, Tunisia. She received the National Engineering Diploma degree from the Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie (EPT), and the M.Sc. degree in electrical and computer engineering…
DC9 – Mahmudul Hasan Abid
Ecole Centrale Mediterranee
Mahmudul Hasan Abid is a doctoral researcher at École Centrale Méditerranée under the FOCAL MSCA Doctoral Network, working on integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) for resilient non-terrestrial networks (NTNs)…
DC11 – Mateusz Mazurkiewicz
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft – und Raumfahrt
Mateusz Mazurkiewicz is a doctoral researcher in the Quantum Communication Systems Group at German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Munich, Germany, within the FOCAL MSCA Doctoral Network. He earned a B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering…
DC12 – Iker Avila Arenas
Thinkquantum
Iker Avila Arenas is a researcher with a strong academic and industrial background in photonics, quantum optics, and space-borne optical instrumentation. He holds two Bachelor’s degrees in Physics and Electronic Engineering…
DC15 – Amir Masoud Jafarpisheh
University of Edinburgh
Amir Masoud Jafarpisheh is a researcher in communication systems, information theory, and cryptography. He is a doctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh under the FOCAL MSCA Doctoral Network…