Computational Biology and Complex Systems. BIOCOMSC

Former Members

Former Researchers

Angelina Peñaranda

Associate Professor at the department of Physics

 

Anna Gras

Associate Professor at the department of Agri-food Engineering and Biothecnology

Antoni Giró

Full Professor at the department of Physics

 

Quim Valls

Associate Professor at the department of Physics

 

Rosa Carbó

Associate Professor at the department of Agri-food Engineering and Biothecnology

Carlota Auguet

Associate Professor at the department of Physics

 

 

Former students and postdocs

 

Post-docs

  • Ana Tost: Project "Upgrading BrainFocus for successful technology transfer in epilepsy care". Funding Agency: Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR).
  • Víctor López De Rioja: Project "Epidemiological modelling of SARS-CoV2 in a post-pandemic surveillance context: an open platform for mid-term scenarios and short-term predictions" Project BBVA Foundation.
  • Laura Bernáez Timón: Project “Upgrading BrainFocus for successful technology transfer in epilepsy care“. Funding Agency: Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR).
  • Francesc Font: One year post-doctoral research stay in the group (2017-2018). Currently at the Center for Mathematical Research (CRM).
  • Carlos A Lugo-Vélez: Three year postdoctoral research stay in the group (2009-2012). Currently at the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

PhD Students

  • Xavier Marimon: Caracterització multiescala de dades fisiològiques en la cardiologia translacional. 2023, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
  • Gustavo Montes: Uncertainty Quantification and Stochastic Variables for Models of Cardiac Myocytes. 2023, One year visiting PhD Student of the Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (Brazil).
  • Eduardo Moreno: Computer modeling of the polarity and amoeboid motion of living cells. 2022, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
  • Martí Català: Mathematical modelling to study infectious diseases: from understanding to prediction. 2021, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
  • Miquel Marchena: Development and application of atrial myocyte models to investigate mechanisms that confer patients a high risk of atrial fibrillation. 2020, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
  • Allisson Dantas: Federal University of Riu Grande do Norte (UFRN). 2020, co-supervised in the department of Physics.
  • Nura Ahmad: Multiapproach computational modelling of tuberculosis. Understanding its epidemiological dynamics for improving its control in Nigeria. 2020, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
  • Pablo Araujo: PhD at the department of Agri-food Engineering and Biothecnology. Developing an individual-based model to study the bacterial denitrification process. 2017, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 
  • Pedro André Arroyo: One year visiting PhD Student of the Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (Brazil): Semi-continuum approach to discreteness. 2018.

Master Students

  • Víctor Villegas: Center-based modelling of embryonic organoid development (Master in Advanced Mathematics and Mathematical Engineering).
  • Dylan Valencia: Calcium oscillations in cardiac cells with stochastic RyR2 dynamics (Master in Engineering Physics, 2024).
  • Ferran López: Modelling of the formation of pseudopodia by an instability of the membrane in living cells (Master in Advanced Mathematics and Mathematical Engineering, 2024).
  • Raül Adell: Inferring activity statistics in stabilized supralinear networks (Master in Advanced Mathematics and Mathematical Engineering, 2024).
  • Pablo Usan: Mathematical modeling of the Epidemiology of virus interference (Master in Engineering Physics, 2023).
  • Quim Frigola: Mathematical modelling of embryonic tissue elongation (Master in Advanced Mathematics and Mathematical Engineering, 2023).
  • Alejandro Dias: Development of the automation and control of a microgravity experiment by means of LabVIEW (Master in Aerospace Science and Technology, 2023).
  • Manuel Cachón: Magnetic systems for the ADCS of a femtosatellite (Master in Aerospace Science and Technology, 2023).
  • Ioana El Kraye: Design and implementation of an electronic system for a microgravity experiment (Master in Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022).
  • Àlex Drago: Simulations of acoustically enhanced heat transfer in fluids (Master in Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022).
  • Sònia Miani: Improving the development and testing of an EEG medical software for Epilepsy diagnosis according to regulatory guidelines (Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Engineering, 2022).
  • Benjamin Harun Tezcan: Establishing links between image segmentation and deep learning interpretability methods (Master in Automatic Control and Robotics, 2022).
  • Yago Ferreiro: Heat transfer enhancement in air by means of acoustic fields (Master in Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022).
  • Julia Cabrera: Simple mathematical model of the Tuberculosis lesion formation in a secondary lobe of the lungs (Master in Engineering Physics, 2022).
  • Eva Rifà: Study of the evolution of new variants during an epidemic (Master in Engineering Physics, 2021).
  • Mateo Alonso:  Development of a cardiac model for the study of sudden cardiac death in infants (Master in Engineering Physics, 2021).
  • Silvia Alvarez: Spatially distributed SIR models for COVID-19 propagation (Master in Atomistic and Multiscale Computational Modelling in Physics, Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2021).
  • Nica Gutu: Biochemical model for the amoeboid motion of Dictyostelium discoideum cells (Master in Engineering Physics, 2020).
  • Nora Wieczorek i Masdeu: Numerical model of cardiac electromechanics (Master in Mathematics, 2019).
  • Thomas Prade: Measurement of sarcoplasmic reticulum passive leak current and its relation with spark characteristics in atrial myocytes (Master in Photonics, 2019).
  • David Conesa: Integration of a subcellular calcium model with cardiac action potential in human atria. (Master in Atomistic and Multiscale Computational Modelling in Physics, Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2019).
  • Nikolina Krizanec: Mathematical modeling of calcium handling dysfunctions leading to atrial fibrillation (Master in Advanced Mathematics and Mathematical Engineering, 2017)
  • Miquel Marchena: Development of a computational model of calcium singalling in cardiac cells at the submicron scale (Master in Atomistic and Multiscale Computational Modelling in Physics, Chemistry and Biochemistry 2016).

Bachelor Students

  • Aina Sánchez: Effectiveness of Human Papillomavirus vaccines to prevent sexually transmitted cancers (Engineering Physics, 2024).
  • Elena Ruiz de la Cuesta: Prediction and Modelling of Influenza with Machine Learning (Engineering Physics, 2024).
  • Fernando Muñoz: Computational modelling of the dynamics of tuberculosis lesions in lungs: from animal models to humans (Engineering Physics, 2024).
  • Oriol Calsina: Models predictius de la dinàmica de la grip a països europeus (Biosystems Engineering, 2024).
  • Marina Silva: Estudi de la distribució estacional de comunitats microbianes (Biosystems Engineering, 2024).
  • Berta Valette: Effects of Nirsevimab Introduction on Bronchiolitis and Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Catalonia (BSc in Biosystems Engineering, 2024).
  • Ariadna Font: Anàlisi i modelització de les infeccions per enterovirus en població pediàtrica a Catalunya (BSc in Biosystems Engineering, 2024).
  • Albert Vila Vidal: Anàlisi de la dinàmica epidemiològica d'escarlatina a Catalunya (BSc in Biosystems Engineering, 2024).
  • Marta Alcalde: Mendelian randomisation to triangulate causal inference knowledge (BSc in Engineering Physics, 2023).
  • Sara Iniesta: Computational study of proarrythmic effects giving rise to atrial fibrillation (BSc in Engineering Physics, 2023).
  • Núria Mercadé: Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines on the prevention of post-COVID cardiac and thromboembolic complications (BSC in Engineering Physics, 2023). 
  • Qiaoling Ye: Analyses of the coinfection of respiratory viruses using compartmental mathematical models (Biosystems Engineering, 2022).
  • Jordi Guillem Condom: Interpretabilitat de models d'aprenentatge profund en problemes de classificació d'imatges (Mathematics, 2022).
  • Martina Colas Navarro: Modelització matemàtica del creixement d'Alexandrium minutum en aigües litorals (Mathematics, 2022).
  • Blanca Pavón Castillo: An approach of an ISRU thermal system to sustain long-term missions for lunar rovers (Aerospace Systems Engineering, 2022).
  • M. Cayetana López Cano: Integration of Covid19 data bases for visualization and prediction based in AI algorithms (BSc in Data Science and Engineering, 2021).
  • Tomàs Urdiales: The role of deprivation, ethnics and risk factors in the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (BSc in Engineering Physics, 2021).
  • Carla Xifra: Influence of fibrosis in the genesis of atrial fibrillation: a simulation study in human atrial tissue (BSc in Engineering Physics, 2021).
  • Oriol Bertomeu: Analysis of homeostatic effects of buffering levels in a human ventricle computational model (BSc in Engineering Physics, 2021).
  • Ana García: Numerical model of cardiac electromechanics (BSc in Mathematics, 2021).
  • Maria Inmaculada Villanueva Baxarias: Identificació i caracterització automatitzada de lesions de tuberculosi en imatges de tomografia axial computada (Engineering Physics, 2020).
  • Armando Estevez Garcia: Machine learning en proves neurològiques de model de ratolins per l’ictus (Engineering Physics, 2020).
  • Ivan Caro Mañas: Continuation methods: application to a biophysical problem (Mathematics, 2019)
  • Miquel Bosch: Effect of reactive oxygen species in the development of cardiac arrhythmias (Physics Engineering, 2019)
  • Montserrat Torres: Stability of intracellular calcium in cardiac myocytes (Mathematics, 2019).
  • Nora Wieczorek: Mechanisms of control of cardiac alternans (Mathematics, 2018).
  • David Conesa: Analysis of homeostatic regulation in cardiac cells (Engineering Physics, 2018).
  • Luis Martin: Coordination of calcium alternans in ventricular Z-Planes due to recovery from inactivation of RyR2 (Engineering Physics, 2017).
  • Ferran Pla: Study of calcium sparks and calcium wave propagation in cardiac cells (Mathematics, 2016).
  • Pol Canal: Measurement and modeling of atrial cell electrodynamics and atrial arrhythmias (Engineering Physics, 2016).
  • Guillem Sanchís: Simulation of calcium release units in cardiomyocytes to study pulsus alternans (Engineering Physics, 2016).
  • David Casas: Gpu-accelerated simulations of the chemotactic response of amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum (Engineering Physics, 2016).

Internship Students

  • Mireia Montaña (INIREC fellowship, Engineering Physics, 2024).
  • Gerard Roca (INIREC fellowship, Engineering Physics, 2024).
  • Martí Massó (INIREC fellowship, BSc in Engineering Physics and BSc in Aerospace Technology Engineering, 2023).
  • Berta Ros (INIREC fellowship, BSc in Engineering Physics, 2023).
  • Marc Molla (INIREC fellowship, BSc in Engineering Physics, 2023).
  • Jana Liu Bonet (INIREC fellowship, BSc in Engineering Physics, 2023).
  • Pol Floriach (INIREC fellowship, BSc in Engineering Physics, 2023).
  • Raül Adell: Human neural correlates of working memory during a visuospatial detection task (Master in Advanced Mathematics and Mathematical Engineering, 2023).
  • Marta Alcalde: Analysis and prediction of COVID-19 for EU-EFTA-UK and other countries (Engineering Physics, 2021-2022).
  • Núria Mercadé: Analysis and prediction of COVID-19 for EU-EFTA-UK and other countries (Engineering Physics, 2021-2022).
  • Radu Diaconescu: Spatio-temporal reaction-diffusion model exploring the role of fibroblasts in the formation of granuloma in tuberculosis (DAAD RISE Scholarship, Life Sciences - Liberal Arts & Sciences, 2022, University of Freiburg).
  • Sammy Mustafa (undergraduate student funded by the Northwestern University, 2022).
  • Anna Bandoni: An epidemiological model for malaria that accounts for gene deletions (BioFam Master internship, 2022).
  • Fabian Puga: Alternans in homogeneous and heterogeneous cardiac tissue (BioFam Master internship, 2022).
  • Inmaculada Baxarias: Analysis and prediction of COVID-19 for EU-EFTA-UK and other countries (Engineering Physics, 2021) (Research support staff).
  • Ann-Kathrin von Mickwitz: Analysis of X-Ray scattering images from three-dimensional cardiac infarcted myocardial tissue (DAAD fellowship. Mathematics 2021, University of Bremen).
  • Pablo Palacios: Analysis and prediction of COVID-19 for EU-EFTA-UK and other countries (Engineering Physics, 2021) (Learning Scholarship) .
  • Tomàs Urdiales: Analysis and prediction of COVID-19 for EU-EFTA-UK and other countries (Engineering Physics, 2021) (Learning Scholarship) .
  • Daniel Molinuevo: Analysis and prediction of COVID-19 for EU-EFTA-UK and other countries (Engineering Physics, 2021).
  • Katerina Krassakopoulou: Computational modelling of interactions between immune system and Mycobacterium tuberculosis inside an alveolus (Erasmus+ student from University of Patras, 2019).
  • Friedrich Puttkammer: Biophysical computational modeling of the intracellular electrophysiology of a single cardiac cell (Biophysics, 2019, student from the Humboldt University of Berlin).
  • Maria Franz: Deterministic and stochastic modeling of calcium dynamics (Biochemistry, 2019, student from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich).
  • Dafni Giannari: Comparison study of the Electrophysiology of neurons and cardiac cells. (Erasmus+ student from University of Patras, 2018).
  • Pablo Navarro: From ABM to continuous: A tuberculosis alveolar infection model (Engineering Physics, 2018).