David Gascon Fora

Senior lecturer

Scopus Author ID: 6603560938

Researcher ID: L-8464-2014

Knowledge area: Astronomia i Astrofísica

Grup de física experimental d'altes energies (HEPUB)

Contact Information
Department of Quantum Physics and Astrophysics
Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos (ICCUB). Facultat de Fisica. C/ Marti i Franques 1
934037607
dgascon(a)fqa.ub.edu

My profile

I am working on instrumentation and technologies for scientific applications (mainly for astrophysics and particle physics) and for related fields as medical imaging. Additional details in the website ... + info

Academic training

Technical Telecommunications Engineering Degree (Bachelor equivalent) . Universidad Ramón Llull . 01/10/1995 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Electronics Engineering Degree (Master equivalent) . Universidad Ramón Llull . 10/11/1998 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

PhD on Electronics Enginnering (Doctor en Ingeniería Electrónica) . Universitat de Barcelona . 15/10/2008 . (Ph.D.)

Teaching imparted

Disseny Analògic Integrat (Bachelor's degree) - Ingeniería Electrónica de Telecomunicación - Universidad de Barcelona.

Microxips Biomèdics (Bachelor's degree) - Ingeniería Biomédica(1) - Universidad de Barcelona.

Participation in projects

Desarrollo de detectores ultra-rápidos para una nueva generación de sistemas de imagen médica basados en luz Cherenkov . 2016 - 2018 . Ref.FPA2016-80917-R . Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad . PI: David Gascon Fora

Technology Transfer Agreement. Technology in PET-ToF (Positron Emission Tomography - Time-of-Flight) . 2016 - 2031 . Ref.308926 . Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. . PI: David Gascon Fora; Joan Mauricio Ferre

Búsqueda de Nueva Física con Sabor en el experimento LHCb del CERN . 2018 - 2019 . Ref.FPA2017-85140-C3-1-P . Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad . PI: Eugeni Graugés Pous; Ricardo Graciani Diaz

Contribución del ICCUB a la puesta en marcha y primera ciencia del observatorio CTA-N . 2018 - 2019 . Ref.FPA2017-82729-C6-2-R . Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad . PI: Marc Ribó Gomis

Contribución a la definición y desarrollo tecnológico de HERD . 2019 - 2020 . Ref.PGC2018-099541-B-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . PI: David Gascon Fora

Integrated Signal Processing for a New Generation of Active Hybrid Single Photon Sensors with ps Time Resolution (FastICpix) . 2019 - 2020 . Unió Europea . PI: David Gascon Fora

Journal Publications

CTA consortium (977 authors including: Garrido, L.; Gascon, D.; Graciani, R.; Munar-Adrover, P.; Paredes, J.M.; Ribo, M.; Sanuy, A.; Sieiro, J.; Zabalza, V.; Zanin, R.) (2013). Introducing the CTA concept. Astroparticle Physics, 43, pp. 3 - 18 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.01.007 . ISSN: 0927-6505

Gascon, D.; Chanal, H.; Comerma, A.; Gomez, S.; Han, X..; Mazorra, J.; Mauricio, J.; Pillet, N.; Yengui, F.; Vandaele, R. (2015). PACIFIC: A 64-channel ASIC for scintillating fiber tracking in LHCb upgrade. Journal of Instrumentation, 10(04), p. C04030 . https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/10/04/C04030 . ISSN: 1748-0221

CTA Consortium (152 authors including: Gascón, D.; Paredes, J. M.; Ribó, M.; Sanuy,A.; Sieiro, J. (2014). Development of the camera for the large size telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array. Proceedings of SPIE, 9151, pp. 1 - 8 . https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054619 . ISSN: 0277-786X

Picatoste, E.; Bigbeder-Beau, C.; Duarte, O.; Garrido, L.; Gascon, D.; Grauges, E.; Lefrançois, J.; Machefert, F.; Mauricio, J.; Vilasis, X. (2015). Low noise 4-channel front end ASIC with on-chip DLL for the upgrade of the LHCb Calorimeter. Journal of Instrumentation, 10(C04017) . https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/10/04/C04017 . ISSN: 1748-0221

Jose Mazorra; Herve Chanal; Albert Comerma; David Gascón; Sergio Gomez; X. Han; Nicolas Pillet; R. Vandaele. (2016). PACIFIC: the readout ASIC for the SciFi Tracker of the upgraded LHCb detector. Journal of Instrumentation, 11 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1748-0221

Gascon, D.; Barrio, J. A.; Blanch, O.; Boix, J.; Delagnes, E.; Delgado, C.; Freixas, L.; Guilloux, F.; Coto, R. L.; Griffiths, S.; Martinez, G.; Martinez, O.; Sanuy, A.; Tejedor, L. A. (2016). Reconfigurable ASIC for a low level trigger system in Cherenkov Telescope Cameras. Journal of Instrumentation, 11, p. P11017 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1748-0221

Patents, Software and Database

Circuito en modo corriente de primera etapa frontal para la lectura de sensores y circuito integrado (SPAIN, 11/04/2011)

Readout circuits for multi-channel photomultiplier arrays (European Patent Convention Countries, 20/12/2012)

Summation for multi-channel photomultiplier array signals (European Patent Convention Countries, 02/10/2015)

Resistive interpolation mesh circuit for time-to-digital converters (European Patent Convention Countries, 31/01/2017)

Reducing optical crosstalk effects in SiPMs (European Patent Convention Countries, 28/05/2018)