Sergio Velasco Muñoz Innovation & Technology Strategy Executive
University Appointments & Quality Agencies

Academic Leadership & University Faculty

University evaluation and accreditation, observational astronomy faculty, master's thesis direction, and international research stays across European academic institutions.

Quality Agencies & Accreditation

Official evaluator for university degree evaluation, monitoring, and institutional accreditation under ESG/ENQA and RD 822/2021.

University Faculty & Supervision

Observational astronomy faculty, master's thesis direction in astrophysics & big data, and undergraduate practicum instruction.

International Research Stays

High-angular resolution imaging and optical astronomical instrumentation stay at the I. Physikalisches Institut (University of Cologne).

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2024 – 2028 · 4-Year Term & 2025 Panel Quality Agency · Evaluator
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Appointed as official evaluator in university evaluation and accreditation commissions (2024–2028 term), assessing official university programmes and institutional frameworks under ESG/ENQA and RD 822/2021 criteria:

Universidad de Córdoba
Universidad de Córdoba (UCO)
2025
  • Doctorado en Biociencias y Ciencias Agroalimentarias (UCO)
  • Doctorado en Química Fina (UCO)
  • Doctorado en Recursos Naturales y Gestión Sostenible (UCO)
Universidad de Huelva
Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
2025
  • Doctorado en Ciencia y Tecnología Industrial y Ambiental (UHU)
ACCUA 2024 – 2028 Term UCO & UHU Doctoral Audit ESG / ENQA Accreditation
2016 – 2020 Quality Agency · Evaluator
AQU Catalunya

Official evaluator in degree evaluation, monitoring, and accreditation renewal committees across Catalan public universities (UB and UAB) under the VSMA quality assurance framework:

Universitat de Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
2016 · 2020
  • Grado en Física (2016) — Syllabi, laboratory infrastructure & competencies audit.
  • Máster en Astrofísica, Física de Partículas y Cosmología (2016 & 2020) — Accreditation renewal.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
2017
  • Máster en Astrofísica, Física de Partículas y Cosmología (2017) — Accreditation monitoring report.
AQU Catalunya UB & UAB Physics & Astrophysics VSMA Framework
2026 MSc Big Data
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Postgraduate master's thesis direction and official evaluation tribunal in applied machine learning pipelines and business intelligence:

Master's Thesis Direction
TFM Director · Christina Mercedes Araujo Molano 2026

Master's Thesis Direction in Big Data & Applied Machine Learning Pipelines

M.Sc. in Big Data & Data Science · Formal direction commitment

Examination Tribunals
TFM Tribunal Member · Ángela Vázquez Guerra 2026

"Diseño e implementación de una solución de Business Intelligence para el análisis del mercado eléctrico en España utilizando datos de Red Eléctrica de España"

M.Sc. in Big Data & Data Science · Official examination tribunal

VIU MSc Big Data & Data Science Applied ML & BI
2015 – 2019 MSc Astronomy & Astrophysics
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Postgraduate faculty member and master's thesis supervision in observational astrophysics and lucky imaging:

Observational Practicum Tutoring
Observational Practices Tutor 2016 – 2019

Course tutor for Observational Techniques across 4 academic editions: CCD calibration, stellar photometry, and astronomical data reduction pipelines (NGC2997 ↗, M27 ↗).

Master's Theses Direction & Tribunals
TFM Tribunal Member · César Iñiguez 2016

"Alineamiento activo y medición de calidad de imagen mediante Lucky Imaging del Telescopio T250 del OAJ"

M.Sc. in Astronomy & Astrophysics · Official examination tribunal

TFM Co-Director · Eduardo Quevedo Gutiérrez 2015

"Aplicación de Lucky Imaging a Sistemas Multi-Cámara"

M.Sc. in Astronomy & Astrophysics · Published in SPIE AO4ELT5: arXiv:1811.05606 ↗

VIU IAC80 Telescope Observational Astronomy MSc Astronomy & Astrophysics
2016 Köln Supervision
Universität zu Köln

Co-supervision of master's research thesis in high-angular resolution astronomical imaging and stellar morphology at the I. Physikalisches Institut:

TFM Co-Supervisor · Elena Kokoulina 2016 · Univ. zu Köln

"Investigating YSOs properties with optical high-angular resolution imaging"

M.Sc. in Physics & Astrophysics thesis supervision at the I. Physikalisches Institut, investigating Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) morphology and lucky imaging techniques.

Univ. zu Köln I. Physikalisches Institut YSOs Characterisation
2014 – 2016 ULL / IAC Faculty
ULL / IAC

Academic Supervision & Teaching Assistant

Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) · Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)

Supervision of external university internships in experimental physics and postgraduate teaching assistantship in observational astrophysics:

External Practices Tutor · Mónica Hernández 2016 · ULL / IAC

"Estudio de la linealidad de un detector EMCCD"

External Practices I · Grado en Física · Universidad de La Laguna / IAC

Teaching Assistant · Basic Observational Techniques 2014 · ULL

Photometry & Observational Astronomy Curriculum

M.Sc. in Astrophysics · Universidad de La Laguna

ULL / IAC EMCCD Detector Physics Observational Photometry
2018 – 2019 US Higher Education
Suffolk University

Assistant Professor delivering the laboratory curriculum in practical observational astronomy and experimental data reduction for undergraduate US university students.

Observational astrophysics field practicum at Teide Observatory.
CCD astronomical imaging, aperture photometry, celestial coordinate systems, and scientific reporting.
Observational Astronomy Astronomy Lab Study Abroad
2015 Germany · International Stay
Universität zu Köln

International Research Stay — High-Angular Resolution Imaging & Optical Instrumentation

I. Physikalisches Institut · Universität zu Köln (Germany) ↗

Competitive international research stay hosted by Prof. Lucas Labadie at the I. Physikalisches Institut (University of Cologne, Germany), conducting research on high-angular resolution optical imaging, Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) characterisation, and astronomical instrumentation under the International Doctorate mention framework.

High-Angular Resolution Imaging: Lucky Imaging and optical techniques applied to Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) morphology and stellar characterisation.
International Doctorate Mention: High-level international research stay fulfilling statutory requirements for the European/International Mention PhD.
Univ. zu Köln I. Physikalisches Institut High-Angular Resolution International PhD Stay