People

Joan Francesc Alonso Lopez

Associate Professor - BIOART(SHP)
PhD. Serra Húnter Fellow. Research in multichannel EMG & EEG for rehabilitation & therapy.

Josep Amat i Girbau

Emeritus Professor - GRINS
Research in the field of surgical robotics. CSO of Rob Surgical Systems, UPC spin-off.

Noelia Aparicio Bádenas

Manager - BBT
Broad experience in Project Management, Communication and Events’ organization.

Joan Aranda López

Associate Professor - GRINS
Robotics, computer vision and their medical application.

Alejandro Bachiller Matarranz

Assistant Professor - BIOART
Biomedical signal processing focused on pathologic and physiologic brain signals and neuroimage.

Raul Benítez Iglesias

Associate Professor - ANCORA
Pattern Recognition in biomedical images.

Marta Borras Argemí

PhD Student - BIOART
PhD development on biomarkers for motor rehabilitation of stroke patients.

Ramon Bragós Badia

Associate Professor - IEB
Biomedical Engineering. Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy. Engineering Education.

Judit Buxadera Palomero

Technician - BBT
PhD in Science and Engineering of Materials. Chemical, physical and biological analysis of biomaterials.

Anna Camp Brunes

Researcher - DRM
Research in dosimetry and radiation protection focused on interventional radiology staff.

Cristina Canal Barnils

Associate Professor - BBT
Biomedical applications of cold plasmas, current focus on cancer therapy with plasmas + biomaterials.

Alicia Casals Gelpí

Full Professor - GRINS
Professor at UPC. Research in surgical, assistance and rehabilitation robotics.

Massimo Cenciarini

Assistant Professor - BIOMEC
Research on exoskeletons for impaired gait. Expertise: system ID and modeling of human motion.

Daniel Clos Costa

Assistant Professor - BIOMEC
Mechanical design. Biomechanical assistive devices.

Laura del Mazo Barbara

PhD Student - BBT
PhD student - Biomedical Engineering Doctoral Programme.

Maria Amor Duch Guillen

Research Director - DRM
Researcher and Head of the Radiological Protection Service of the UPC.

Montserrat Español Pons

Assistant Professor - BBT
Calcium phosphates: for bone regeneration, as antimicrobial properties and for cancer treatment.

Albert Espona Noguera

Researcher - BBT
Cold Atmospheric Plasma in combination with Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications.

Alessandra Favata

PhD Student - BIOMEC
Research focus: Motion analysis of people affected by motor diseased.

Míriam Febrer Nafría

PostDoc Researcher - BIOMEC
Investigates on the prediction of human movement using optimal control.

Mireya Fernández Chimeno

Associate Professor - IEB
Research areas: medical instrumentation for e-health, EMC for medical devices and environments.

Josep Fernández Ruzafa

Associate Professor - GRINS
Research areas: computer vision, robotics, telerobotics and telelaboratories.

Jordi Fonollosa Magriñà

Associate Professor - B2SLab
Human activity monitoring, Chemical sensors, Machine Learning, ECG signals.

Josep Maria Font Llagunes

Full Professor - BIOMEC
Full Professor and Head of the Biomechanical Engineering Lab. Co-founder and CSO at ABLE Human Motion.

Manel Frigola Bourlon

Associate Professor - GRINS
PhD in Computer Science. Research in areas of Computer Vision and Medical Robotics.

Sonia Mañé Vernia

Communications Manager
Working at CREB UPC and the Xartec Salut network driving health innovation with a strong background in science communication.

Víctor García Balcaza

PhD Student - DRM
Monte Carlo simulation codes applied to Ocupational dosimetry.

Miguel Ángel García González

Associate Professor - IEB
PhD in Electronic Engineering. Research focus: time series signal processing.

Gabriel García Hernando

PhD Student - B2SLab
Nonlinear-dynamics analysis of physiological signals under anaesthesia.

José Manuel García Torres

Associate Professor - BBT
Electrochemistry; flexible composites materials; organic electronics.

Jon Garrido Aguirre

PhD Student - B2SLAB
Working in the design and development of data analysis and visualization in Share4Rare (EU Project).

Jessyca Gil Rojas

PhD Student - IEB
Biomedical Engineer, in the area of e-Health.

Maria Pau Ginebra Molins

Full Professor - BBT
Full professor and Head of the Group of Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering.

Mercè Ginjaume Egido

Researcher - DRM
PhD in Physics from UAB. Senior researcher and head of the Calibration and Dosimetry Lab at UPC.

Pedro Gomis Román

Associate Professor - B2SLab
Mentoring biomedical engineering and working with cardiac signals using advanced and AI techniques.

Manel González Piñero

Innovation Manager
Innovation manager (CREB) & Adjunct prof. Innovation and Cultural Management (Economics School, UB).

Jordi Guillem Martí

PostDoc Researcher - BBT
Design of cell instructive biomolecules for improving the bioactivity of biomaterials.

Marc Iglesias Fernández

PhD Student - BBT
Antibiotic-free strategies to combat infections in bone regeneration calcium phosphate biomaterials.

Linh Johansson

PhD Student - BBT
Industrial PhD student - BBT/Mimetis Biomaterials. Research on 3D-printed synthetic bone grafts.

Joan Lobo Prat

PostDoc Researcher - BIOMEC
Biomechatronics.

Irene Lodoso Torrecilla

PostDoc Researcher - BBT
Researcher in biomaterials for bone regeneration (calcium phosphate cements). Focus in 3D printing.

Patricia López Gómez

PhD Student - BBT
Multifunctional hydrogels for advanced regenerative therapies.

Filippo Maceratesi

PhD Student - BIOMEC
Human motion prediction using optimal control theory and subject-specific musculoskeletal models.

Andrea Malandrino

Associate Professor - BBT
Mechanobiology, Material properties of biological tissues / Serra-Húnter Professor.

Enrico Manzini

Technician - B2SLab
Working on models for prediction of Diabetes type 2 evolution and asthma-type crisis.

Miquel Àngel Mañanas Villanueva

Associate Professor - BIOART
Founder and leader of BIOART Group composed of engineers and physicians working on R+I.

Maria Maqueda González

PhD Student - B2SLAB
Research area focused on applying machine learning techniques to biological data.

Hamid Reza Marateb

Researcher - BIOART
Cognitive Informatics in Health focusing on Computational Neurosciences and Medical Data mining.

Xavier Marimon Serra

PhD Student - ANCORA
Development of new biomarkers to study the heart rhythm at the cellular level.

Carles Mas Moruno

Researcher - BBT (RYC)
Ramon y Cajal researcher and Principal Investigator at the UPC - Peptides and biomaterials.

Christian Mata Miquel

PostDoc - ANCORA
Computer Vision, Medical imaging, Image processing, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science.

Miguel Mateu Sanz

PhD Student - BBT
Cold atmospheric plasma, bone cancer, osteosarcoma, bone cancer modelling.

Meritxell Molmeneu Trias

Laboratory Manager - BBT
Head of BBT laboratory. Associate Professor. Technology transfer research.

Imanol Morata

PhD Student - B2SLab
Mathematician (B.Sc, M.Sc.) and Data Scientist.

Luis Miguel Muñoz Morgado

Assistant Professor - GRINS
Robotics, Teleoperation, Human-Robot interaction, Human-Machine interfaces.

Lexa Nescolarde Selva

Associate Professor - IEB
Working on the medical applications of electrical bioimpedance measures since 1997.

Cristina Páez Avilés

Business Development - Xartec Salut
Co-creation of open innovation activities by fostering synergies.

Rosa Pàmies Vilà

Associate Professor - BIOMEC
Biomechanics, Dynamic simulation, foot‐ground contact modelling, pediction of human movement.

Marta Pegueroles Neyra

Associate Professor - BBT
Cardiovascular stents, bioresorbable materials, PLLA, Zn alloys, 3D printing, functionalization.

Alexandre Perera Lluna

Full Professor - B2SLab
Head of CREB, B2SLab group Leder, research on health data science.

David Piñera Avellaneda

PhD Student - BBT
Biomedical Engineering.

Miquel Punset Fusté

Researcher - BBT
Biomaterials, Surf. treatments and coatings, Biomedical & Forensic Eng., Medical implants.

Juan José Ramos Castro

Associate Professor - IEB
Design of ultra low noise electronic biomedical measurement systems.

Pere Riu Costa

Full Professor - IEB
Full Professor at UPC Electronics Department. Vice-president of ISEBI. Member of COMAR (IEEE-EMBS).

José Rodellar Benedé

Full Professor - ANCORA
Machine learning and application to artificial recognition of blood cells in hematological diseases.

Alberto Rodríguez Cañada

Research and Innovation Promoter - Xartec Salut
Health Tech Transfer

Antonio Rodríguez Fernández

PhD Student - BIOMEC
Biomedical Engineer.

Daniel Rodríguez Rius

Associate Professor - BBT
Associate Professor at BBT, EEBE-UPC. Research interests: new bioactive surfaces; nanotechnology.

Sergio Romero Lafuente

Associate Professor - BIOART
Engineer ... researcher ... dreamer ...

Xavier Rosell Ferrer

Full Professor - IEB
Research on new measurement methods in biotechnology, medicine and sports based on bioimpedance.

Elisa Rupérez de Gracia

Researcher - BBT
Development of bioactive and antibacterial metal porous structures for orthopedic applications.

Josep Sempau Roma

Associate Professor- DRM
Radiation transport physics and Monte Carlo simulation of the transport process.

Leidy Yanet Serna Higuita

PostDoc Researcher - BIOART
Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering.

Pol Solà de los Santos

PhD Student - B2SLab
Study and generation of processing and quality control tools for metabolomics.

Francesco Tampieri

PostDoc Researcher - BBT
Post doctoral researcher on plasma chemistry.

Ana Tost Abadias

PhD Student - BIOART
Takes part of the research group BIOART in which she develops her PhD studying Rett Syndrome disease.

Daniela Tost Pardell

Associate Professor - CG
Computer Graphics, medical images, serious games and gamifications.

Montserrat Vallverdú Ferrer

Researcher - B2SLab
Nonlinear-dynamics analysis of physiological systems and characterization of their signals.

Tània Vilella i Crosas

PhD Student - BBT
Research on biocompatible shape memory alloys produced by 3D printing.

Ángel Viteri León

PhD Student - BBT
Multifunctional scaffolds for tissue engineering applications.

Milica Zivanic

PhD Student - BBT
Cold atmospheric plasma for immunogenic and selective cancer cell death.