The Team
«A collaborative team of researchers pushing the boundaries
of electronic security»
Marta Portela García
Associate Professor
I hold an MSc in Electronic Engineering (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2002) and a PhD with European mention from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2007). From 09.2020 until the end of 2023, I was Electronics Team Leader at Arquimea Research Center, where I launched a research line on post-quantum cryptographic circuits. My research interests focus on the hardware security of cryptographic implementations, including secure circuit design, fault injection, and the robustness of embedded and microprocessor-based systems.
+34916246021
marta.portela@uc3m.es
Honorio Martín González
Associate Professor
I received my Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from UC3M in 2015. My work focuses on hardware security, spanning true random number generators (TRNGs), hardware Trojans, Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and secure implementations. I am also part of the ePIQ university–industry chair (PERTE-CHIP), in the Microelectronics for Post-Quantum Cryptography line, working towards ASICs that integrate secure post-quantum cryptography modules.
+34916249496
honorio.martin@uc3m.es
Eric Gutiérrez Fernández
Associate Proffessor
I received my B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and my M.Sc. in Advanced Electronic Systems from UC3M, and my Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the same university in 2017. My research focuses on mixed-signal integrated circuit design, in particular analog-to-digital converters and VCO-based, time-encoded architectures, with applications in edge computing and low-power signal processing.
+34916249496
eric.gutierrez@uc3m.es
Elena Romero Perales
Assistant Professor
I am an Assistant Professor in the Electronic Technology Department at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M). My research focuses on wireless sensor networks, wearable devices and embedded systems, with a strong emphasis on affective computing for emotion and fear detection. I am a member of the UC3M4Safety team, where I work on smart-wearable solutions for the detection and prevention of gender-based violence, approaching electronic design from a gender perspective.
+34916248390
elena.romero@uc3m.es
Pedro Marcos Solórzano
PhD Student
I am researching on Formal Verification aimed at fault injection countermeasurements.
+34916245979
pedro.marcos@uc3m.es
Jose Pedro Martín Yubero
PhD Student
I received my B.Sc. in Telecommunications Engineering and my M.Sc. in Quantum Technologies and Engineering from UC3M. My research focuses on hardware security of cryptographic implementations, with particular emphasis on the cross-effects of countermeasures against fault injection and side channel attcks on FPGA-based platforms.
+34916245979
josepedr@ing.uc3m.es
José Javier Lledó Morante
Master Tesis Student
Graduated in Industrial and Automation Engineering from the Carlos III University of Madrid, currently studying the Microelectronic Design Engineering Master.
My work at the DMA-SEC, under the supervision of Marta Portela, focuses on secure hardware design, specifically, on the creation of eFPGAs (embedded FPGAs), both conventional and secure (DRP gadgets with masking), using open-source software such as FABulous and AGEMA. These frameworks enable the automated and simplified development of FPGAs.
+34916245979
josejavi@pa.uc3m.es
Gonzalo Cosials Encinal
Master Thesis Student
Graduated in Industrial and Automation Engineering from the Carlos III University of Madrid, currently studying the Microelectronic Design Engineering Master.
For my Bachelor’s Thesis, I worked together with Marta Portela in the implementation of a secure AES on a microcontroller, focusing on resistance against side-channel attacks and fault injection. Now, I am working on the hardware-software co-design of an ASIC for the post-quantum cryptographic scheme FrodoKEM, integrating a RISC-V processor with a hardware accelerator.
+34916245979
gcosials@pa.uc3m.es
Ignacio Gimeno Saiz
Undergraduated Student
Final-year student of the Industrial Electronic and Automation Engineering Degree at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
My Bachelor’s Thesis at the DMA-SEC group under the supervision of Marta Portela focuses on the implementation of the SHA-3 hashing algorithm in VHDL for FPGA deployment. The objective is to generate secure key hashes for KEM (Key Encapsulation Mechanism) applications. This project also incorporates the development of side-channel attack countermeasures to support post-quantum cryptography systems.
+34916245979
igimeno@pa.uc3m.es
Ernesto Ramos Urquiola
Master Thesis Student
Graduated in Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering from the University of Pinar del Río (Cuba), currently pursuing a Master’s in Electronic Systems Engineering and Applications at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
I am working together with Elena Romero on securing the boot process and firmware updates for resource-constrained embedded systems, with a specific emphasis on applying «Security by Design» methodologies to wearable devices.
+34916245979
ernestor@ing.uc3m.es
Miguel Moreno García
Undergraduated Student
Currently completing my final year of the Industrial Electronic and Automatic Engineering Degree at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
I am working together with Marta Portela on the characterization of a quantum-based microscope designed for high-precision electromagnetic field measurement. The goal is to use this technology to develop a novel detection method for hardware Trojans by identifying specific EMI signatures triggered during their activation.
+34916245979
miguelal@pa.uc3m.es
Sergio Cruz Expósito
Undergraduated Student
Final-year Telecommunication Technologies Engineering student at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
For my Bachelor’s Thesis, under the supervision of Honorio Martín González and Eric Gutiérrez Fernández, I am designing and implementing PLL-based True Random Number Generators (TRNGs). My primary interests lie in secure hardware design and mixed-signal integrated circuits.