Carles Fernández Prades (Barcelona, 1976) received the MS and PhD (cum-laude) in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) in 2001 and 2006 respectively. During the pursuit of his PhD, he was recipient of a 2001-2004 PhD scholarship granted by the Spanish Ministry of Education.

He joined the Department of Signal Theory and Communication at UPC as a research assistant, getting involved in European and National research projects, which has resulted in more than 20 scientific publications in international conferences and journals. In 2002, he engaged an educational innovation project funded by the Catalan Government. In 2003, he became the technical manager at UPC for an European Space Agency research related to the search and rescue service to be included in Galileo. He was Teaching Assistant in the field of Analog and Digital Communications (UPC 2001-2005), and he directed 6 Master Theses.

In May 2006 he joined the CTTC, where he currently holds a position as a Research Associate and the coordinator of the Communications Subsystems Area. His primary areas of interest include statistical and array signal processing, estimation theory, GNSS synchronization, digital communications and design of RF front-ends. During the second semester of 2007 he was a Visiting Lecturer at Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana (UTEM), Santiago, Chile.