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José Capmany, professor at the Universitat Politècnica de València and researcher at the Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications (iTEAM), has been elected as a full member of the Real Academia de Ingeniería de España (RAI). With this appointment, the RAI recognizes his career and contributions in the field of integrated photonics and optical communications.

Winner of the National Research Award in 2021 and the Jaume I Award in 2012, Capmany has dedicated much of his professional career to research in the field of telecommunications. He is one of the global pioneers in the development of Microwave Photonics—a technology that today forms the foundation for the implementation of mobile communication networks—as well as in the field of programmable integrated photonics and photonic computing.

“As a full member, I aspire to contribute my effort and dedication to strengthening Engineering in Spain, fostering its internationalization, and promoting its understanding and appreciation throughout society. I also aim to attract young talent to this professional field, which is key to common well-being,” adds Capmany.

The UPV professor also states that he will continue working to maintain global leadership in the research areas of programmable photonics and optical computing. In this regard, he highlights the work he is developing alongside Pascual Muñoz, also a researcher at iTEAM, in the creation of the PERTE-CHIP Chair on Integrated Photonics and the PIXEurope pilot line, recently awarded by CHIPS-JU, in which UPV is a participant.

A Global Reference

Among his numerous accolades, in addition to the 2012 Rey Jaume I Award for New Technologies and the 2020 National Research Award Leonardo Torres Quevedo in the Engineering area, Capmany received the IEEE Photonics Society Engineering Achievement Award in 2021 and the Physics, Innovation, and Technology Award from the Spanish Royal Society of Physics-BBVA in 2022.

With more than 650 scientific publications, two Advanced Grants from the European Research Council (ERC), and the supervision of around 25 Ph.D. theses and over 100 research projects, José Capmany has carried out extensive technology transfer activities through the founding of the spinoff companies VLC Photonics (acquired by Hitachi in 2020) and iPronics (recently invested in by Triatomic, Fine Structure Ventures, Bosch Ventures, Amadeus Capital, and Criteria Venture Tech).