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Antonio M. Mercado-Martínez

Visiting Researcher

I am a PhD student specializing in Earth Observation at the University of Malaga. I hold a BSc in Sound and Image Engineering and an MSc in Acoustic Engineering, both from the same institution.

My research journey began with a collaboration on a project framed within the NASA Mars 2020 mission during my Bachelor’s thesis. Following my Master’s, I had the opportunity to contribute to an ESA-funded SatNEx project regarding the integration of semantic and goal-oriented communications in satellite systems, which launched my doctoral studies. Currently, my research focuses on satellite mission planning and scheduling, where I design algorithms to solve complex combinatorial optimization problems.

In 2025, I was awarded an IMFAHE Excellence Fellowship to carry out a three-month research stay at a leading international institution, which I will complete at ESA Φ-lab. Here, I will explore the use of artificial intelligence on data acquisition scheduling in order to enhance the autonomy, efficiency, and resilience of satellite missions.

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