Santiago F. Scagliusi
Assistant Professor of Electronics Engineering
University of Seville & IMSE-CNM-CSIC
01Profile
Assistant Professor of Electronics Engineering at the University of Seville (PhD, 2024). My research is on wearable bioimpedance devices for monitoring heart-failure patients, including VOLUM, a wearable that estimates fluid build-up in the legs; the work covers electrode characterization, PCB design, embedded firmware and data analysis. Fulbright predoctoral researcher at Swarthmore College (2022). I teach microcontrollers, computer architecture and the Electromedicine Lab.
02Education
PhD in Electronics Technology
University of Seville (Spain)
Thesis: design of a wearable device for continuous bioimpedance monitoring in congestive heart failure patients.
Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering and Digital Health
University of Seville (Spain)
Double BSc. in Electrical Engineering and Industry Electronics Engineering
University of Seville (Spain)
03Work experience
Assistant Professor in Electronics Engineering (Tenure-track)
University of Seville, Seville, Spain
- Teach MSP430 Assembly, Embedded Systems, and Computer Architecture to 220+ undergraduate students
- Built and deployed a full MSP430 instruction set simulator as a web app, using AI-assisted development (Claude Code) to accelerate UI prototyping while personally designing the instruction decoder, memory model, and step-by-step execution engine
- Integrate AI-powered tools, Notion pages, and fine-tuned LLM chatbots
- Conduct Electromedicine Lab (2nd year) focusing on applied research
- Produce short-form educational content on electronics with 50K+ audience across social media
PCB Design Consultant
PBSCO (Photobooth Company), California, United States (Remote)
- Designed a high-current (25A) power distribution PCB with an integrated USB 3.0 hub for a commercial iPad-controlled LED lighting system
- Handled full schematic capture, component selection, layout, and manufacturing coordination over an 8-month engagement
- Managed mixed-domain design challenges on a single board: USB 3.0 signal integrity (impedance-matched differential pairs), high-current power delivery (thermal management, copper pours, sense resistors), and digital control logic
Technical Lead - Electronics
Biothink, Seville, Spain
- Implemented filtering algorithms for NTC temperature reading system, achieving 10% reduction in measurement errors
- Addressed and resolved design flaws in multi-microcontroller PCBs
- Enhanced device usability through web interface design using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python on Raspberry Pi
Researcher in Electronic and Biomedical Engineering
University of Seville and Institute of Microelectronics, Seville, Spain
- Developed VOLUM, a miniaturized wearable for continuous 24/7 hydration monitoring in heart failure patients
- Engineered hardware and software: circuit analysis, PCB design, microcontroller programming, app development, and data analysis
- Achieved 1% error rate in measuring electrical models of ankle tissue
- Secured €20,000 from entrepreneurship awards for prototype development and spin-off launch
Fulbright Scholar, Predoctoral Research in Biomedical Engineering
Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, United States
- Identified and studied a low-frequency artifact in bioimpedance measurements caused by electrode mismatch
- Characterized measurement errors of up to 90% that had not been documented before
- Developed a measurement method reducing the error to less than 2% in simulations and electronic models
- Optimized data acquisition and analysis using Nordic NRF52 and Matlab
04Publications
- 2023Bioimpedance Spectroscopy-Based Edema Supervision Wearable System for Noninvasive Monitoring of Heart FailureSantiago Fernández Scagliusi, Luis Giménez Miranda, Pablo Pérez García, Daniel Martín Fernández, Francisco Javier Medrano Ortega, Gloria Huertas Sánchez, Alberto Yúfera García · 2023IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and MeasurementDOI 10.1109/TIM.2023.3273662IEEE TIM
- 2023Body posture determination for Heart Failure patients from ankle orientation measurementsSantiago Fernández Scagliusi, Pablo Pérez García, Andreea Oprescu, Daniel Martín Fernández, Alberto Olmo Fernández, Gloria Huertas Sánchez, Alberto Yúfera García · 2023IEEE AccessDOI 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3261554IEEE Access
- 2023From Bioimpedance to Volume Estimation: A Model for Edema Calculus in Human LegsSantiago Fernández Scagliusi, Luis Giménez Miranda, Pablo Pérez García, Daniel Martín Fernández, Alberto Olmo Fernández, Gloria Huertas Sánchez, Francisco Javier Medrano Ortega, Alberto Yúfera García · 2023MDPI ElectronicsDOI 10.3390/electronics12061383Electronics
- 2023A Novel Wearable Device for Continuous Bioimpedance Monitoring in Congestive Heart Failure PatientsSantiago Fernández Scagliusi, Maggie Delano, Pablo Pérez, Daniel Martín, Gloria Huertas, Alberto Olmo, Alberto Yúfera · 202316th International Workshop on Impedance Spectroscopy (IWIS)DOI 10.1109/IWIS61214.2023.10302805IWIS
- 2023Enhancing the Precision of AD5940 Segmental Bioimpedance Measurements through Self-CalibrationSantiago Fernández Scagliusi, Pablo Pérez, Daniel Martín, Gloria Huertas, Alberto Olmo, Alberto Yúfera, Maggie Delano · 2023IEEE Biosensors ConferenceDOI 10.1109/BioSensors58001.2023.10280870BioSensors
- 2023Characterization and Correction of Low Frequency Artifacts in Segmental Bioimpedance MeasurementsSantiago Fernández Scagliusi, Maggie Delano · 2023Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)DOI 10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340666EMBC
- 2023Bioimpedance Simulations for the Monitoring of Fluid Overload in Heart Failure PatientsAlejandro Pliego Prenda, Alberto Olmo Fernández, Alberto Yúfera García, Santiago Fernández Scagliusi, Pablo Pérez García, Gloria Huertas Sánchez · 2023Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2023)DOI 10.5220/0011744700003414BIOSTEC
- 2022DC electrical stimulation enhances proliferation and differentiation on N2a and MC3T3 cell linesDaniel Martín Fernández, Jesús Bocio Núñez, Santiago Fernández Scagliusi, Pablo Pérez García, Gloria Huertas Sánchez, Alberto Yúfera García, Mercè Giner García, Paula Daza Navarro · 2022Journal of Biological EngineeringDOI 10.1186/s13036-022-00306-8J. Biol. Eng.
- 2022Oscillation-Based Spectroscopy for Cell-Culture MonitorizationPablo Pérez García, Juan A. Serrano-Viseas, Santiago Fernández Scagliusi, Daniel Martín-Fernández, Gloria Huertas Sánchez, Alberto Yúfera García · 2022Frontiers in ElectronicsDOI 10.3389/felec.2022.836669Front. Elec.
- 2022A low power approach to body position estimation for HF patient monitoring by an ankle positioned Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)Santiago Fernández Scagliusi, Daniel Martín Fernández, Pablo Pérez García, Gloria Huertas Sánchez, Francisco Javier Medrano Ortega, Alberto Yúfera García · 202237th Conference on Design of Circuits and Integrated Systems (DCIS)DOI 10.1109/DCIS55711.2022.9970113DCIS
- 2021A Plethysmography Capacitive Sensor for Real-Time Monitoring of Volume Changes in Acute Heart FailureEnrique Rando Carrión, Pablo Pérez García, Santiago Fernández Scagliusi, Francisco Javier Medrano Ortega, Gloria Huertas Sánchez, Alberto Yúfera García · 2021IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and MeasurementDOI 10.1109/TIM.2021.3091483IEEE TIM
- 2021Modeling Edema Evolution with Electrical Bioimpedance: Application to Heart Fail PatientsMartín Puertas, Luis Giménez Miranda, Ana Pérez Polo, Santiago Fernández Scagliusi, Pablo Pérez García, Alberto Olmo Fernández, Gloria Huertas Sánchez, Alberto Yúfera García, Francisco Javier Medrano Ortega · 20212021 XXXVI Conference on Design of Circuits and Integrated Systems (DCIS)DOI 10.1109/DCIS53048.2021.9666158DCIS
05Awards and honors
1st Place in Pfizer Innomakers4Health
Pfizer and Wayra (Telefonica)
Best Researcher Under 30 in Experimental Sciences in Seville
City Council of Seville
1st Place in HackForGood Spain
HackForGood Spain
Nodal Award (Shark Tank Edition)
IMFAHE Excellence in Entrepreneurship and Innovation International Program
1st Place in Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®)
International Doctorate School
Best Paper Award in 16th International Workshop on Impedance Spectroscopy
Chemnitz University of Technology
Fulbright Predoctoral Research Grant
Fulbright Commission
1st Place in XVI Entrepreneurship Ideas Competition
University of Seville
1st Place in II University Spin-offs Competition
University of Seville
Finalist (Top 5) Product and Business Model Development
European Innovation Academy
Best Master's Thesis in Biomedical Engineering
Telefonica Spain
06Technical skills
Electrode characterization, error reduction, wearable device integration, measurements in electronic lab setting and in hospital inpatients.
PCB design (KiCad, Altium, Fusion 360), high-current power boards (up to 25A), USB 3.0 hubs and signal integrity, circuit simulation (LTspice), 4-layer mixed-signal PCB prototyping, microcontroller integration (STM32, NRF52, MSP430), soldering and wiring.
Embedded systems programming (C for STM32, NRF52), Android app development, databases (InfluxDB, Grafana), web interfaces (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flask).
Algorithm development (Matlab, Python), data acquisition, plotting (matplotlib, pandas), filtering algorithms.
07Languages
Native
Advanced – TOEFL 105/120 (May 2020)
Basic