Education

  • 2009 PhD in computational spine biomechanics  /  Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering (CMEM) / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) / SpainSupervisors: Dr Damien Lacroix, Prof Josep A Planell
  • 2001 MScin Acoustics / Doctoral School MEGA (Mechanics, Energy, Civil engineering, Acoustics)/ Laboratoire Vibrations Acoustique / Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) de Lyon / France
  • 2001 European Engineer and Master in Materials Engineering / EcoleEuropéenne d’Ingénieurs en Génie des Matériaux (EEIGM) / Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine (INPL) / France

 

Current Position

  • 2019– Tenure Track Faculty/ Department of Information and Communication Technologies (DTIC) / Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) / Spain
  • 2016– Ramon y Cajal Research Fellow / Department of Information and Communication Technologies (DTIC) / Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) / Spain

 

Previous Positions

  • 2015–2016 Senior Researcher, Principal Investigator Multiscale Computational Biomechanics & Mechanobiology -MBIOMM) / Department of Information and Communication Technologies (DTIC) / Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) / Spain
  • 2012 –2015 Senior  Research  Associate,  Principal  Investigator  Biomechanics  and  Mechanobiology  /  Institute  for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) / Spain
  • 2011 –2012 Senior Researcher IBEC / Spain2009–2011Post-doctoral Marie Curie Fellow/IBEC / Spain
  • 2008–2009Visiting Researcher /Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) / The Netherlands
  • 2007–2009Post-doctoral Marie Curie Fellow /AO Research Institute (ARI) / Switzerland

 

Institutional Responsabilities

  • 2018– Coordinator of the Bachelor Programme in Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering / Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)
  • 2016– Coordinator of the research infrastructures, Department of Information and Communication Technologies (DTIC) / Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) / Spain
  • 2017–2020 Subdirector of the Chair QUAES-UPF Computational Tools for Healthcare, between the UPF and the QUAES Foundation

 

Competitive Phellowships & Merits

  • 2019- Selected as Tenure-Track Associate Professor out of 100+ candidates, in the 2018 DTIC call for faculty positions
  • 2018- Advanced Research Accreditation as Full Professor awarded by the Quality Agency for University System of Catalonia (AQU)
  • 2017- Ramon y Cajal Research Grant awarded (RYC-2015-18888)by the Spanish Government with the second highest score at the Spanish national level in Mechanical, Naval and Aeronautic Engineering
  • 2014- LABEX Visiting Researcher Grant from the Laboratory of Excellence MS2T "Control of Technological Systems-of-Systems", Agence National pour la Recherche (ANR) –Institution: Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
  • 2009Marie  Sklodowska-Curie  Postdoctoral Reintegration Grant awarded (SEVBIOM-PERG05-GA-2009-249210) by the European Comission.
  • 2009- Recipient of the Best Doctoral Thesis Award in Engineering by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
  • 2007- Marie  Sklodowska-Curie Intra-European Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded (MECNOR-MEIF-CT-2006-518768) by the European Comission
  • 2003- Predoctoral Grant Formación de Personal Universitario (FPU-AP2002-239) awarded by the Spanish Government