About me

Antoni Hernández-Fernández has been an assistant professor of Physics and Educational Science at the Institute of Education Sciences (ICE-UPC) since 2008, and associate professor since 2023. He has also been a part-time teacher in Secondary School and in Vocational Training at the Terrassa Art and Design School since 1997 to 2023. He has degrees in Physics (1997) and Linguistics (2003) and received his doctorate in Linguistics from the Universitat de Barcelona (UB) in 2014, with this transdisciplinar thesis, that include many articles about Quantitative Linguistics. He is also a founding member of the UPC Ethics Committee.

Why Therfer?

On the Internet I am Therfer because that was my first nickname when I started on the networks, in the last century, back in 1991…

Reality should not be confused with the virtuality in Internet…

Fermi? For the sakes of life, I have been Enrico Fermi’s first biographer in Spanish … and then in other languages. Among many other things, I love how Fermi was able to calculate and solve problems directly and with little data, giving fantastic solutions to very complex calculations (Fermi’s problems).

I have written, along with many colleagues, more than 40 high school textbooks and digital materials, with their teaching guides. Scientific and technological education is crucial in the 21st century! If you are a teacher and need some material, do not hesitate to contact me.

Publications, projects and more in: https://futur.upc.edu/antoniohernandezfernandez

…and of course near here: https://cqllab.upc.edu/people/therfer/publications/