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Records of our family name first appear in medieval Spain and Portugal, and later, shortly after the discovery of the New World in 1492, in the Canary Islands, from where my ancestors are generally thought to have emigrated to my native Cuba. Two of my great uncles went to Lanzarote in the 1930s to verify the claim. Over 400 years had passed...

Sala dos Brasões - Palácio Nacional de Sintra

According to the 2001 Census, there were 1,083 Cuban-born people living in the UK, 30 of which acquired British citizenship. I am one of these.

I have lived in the following places: Horsham 34 years, Caracas 13, Havana 13, Stockton, Turlock, Winnipeg and Palo Alto 7, Cambridge 5, Valencia 4, and a few other locations like Málaga.

My PhD research (Cambridge University) was in the field of physics, and I have spent more than 25 years in industrial research for large companies. I am a specialist in scientific instrument design and computer control. As a post-doctoral researcher at Stanford University, I worked on the design and construction of laser systems for high resolution spectroscopy. In my early career I worked on solar cell technology, and in the design and construction of automated instruments involving real-time process control computer programming for use in exploration research for the oil industry.

Working for BOC Edwards, and before joining Stanly Associates, I was responsible for accelerated challenge testing of capital equipment for use in the microelectronics industry. I managed the design and construction of several computer automated chemical test laboratories, utilising advanced computer-controlled test procedures and data acquisition techniques.

I am a member of the UK Institute of Physics and the Royal Spanish Society of Physics. I am a past member of the American Institute of Physics, the Optical Society of America, the American Vacuum Society and the Institute of Electrical Engineers.

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