Daniel Andres Penares

Daniel Andres Penares currently serves as the Product and Innovation Management Lead at Specac Ltd, overseeing portfolio strategy and innovation roadmaps since February 2023. Previously, Daniel worked as an Application Scientist, focusing on customer engagement and project management for product development. Prior experience includes a Research Associate position at Heriot-Watt University, managing teams and projects in Photonics and Quantum Technologies, and a Predoctoral Researcher role at the University of Valencia, specializing in device fabrication and characterization techniques. Daniel holds a PhD in Physics, with a focus on Nanotechnology, and an MSc in Advanced Physics, specializing in Photonics, from the University of Valencia.