Dr Hernandez joined the Applied Photonics Department of MULTITEL in May 2003. He previously worked with Alcatel Optronics in France as responsible of the product development, regarding the reliability of Semiconductor Laser Diodes. From 2003, Dr. Hernandez leads the Fiber Laser Group of the Applied Photonics Department. Since May 2013, Dr. Hernandez is Head of the Applied Photonics Department. He was coordinator of the FP7 Project CHARMING.