Computational Biology and Complex Systems. BIOCOMSC

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).