PERSONAL PROFILE
I am an engineer who focused his research in computational continuum mechanics and who specialized in complex and non-linear biomechanical simulations using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) with a clear multidisciplinary vocation. It drive me to be an internationally recognized expert in the use of computational biomechanics in vertebrate paleobiology and anthropology and I am one of the pioneers in the Iberian Peninsula to use reverse engineering techniques to analyze bony structures of vertebrates. Despite beginning my work in cardiac biomechanics, which was the focus of my dissertation work, I now direct my research to questions important to the field of paleobiology and anthropology. My work involves analysis on skeletal elements ranging from the cranium to those relevant to the study of locomotion located in the postcranium. I am also interested in exploring new methods as evidenced by my development of novel comparative methodologies in the post-processing stages and interpretations of Finite Element Analysis (FEA).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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2022-present
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Associate Professor at the Departament d'Enginyeria Mecànica of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, (Catalonia)
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2020-2022
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Serra-Húnter tenure-elegible lecturer at the Departament d'Enginyeria Mecànica of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, (Catalonia)
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2019
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Researcher scientist at the Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York (USA)
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2015-2018
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PostDoc researcher at the Center of Natural History of Hamburg (Germany)
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2012–2015
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Postdoc researcher at the Departament de Resistència de Materials i Estructures a l’Enginyeria (RMEE) in Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria i Aeronàutica de Terrassa of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Terrassa (Catalonia)
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2010-2015
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Adjunct lecturer at the Departament de Resistència de Materials i Estructures a l’Enginyeria (RMEE) in Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria i Aeronàutica de Terrassa of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Terrassa (Catalonia)
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2005-2009
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Assistant lecturer at the Departament de Resistència de Materials i Estructures a l’Enginyeria (RMEE) in Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria i Aeronàutica de Terrassa of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Terrassa (Catalonia)
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EDUCATION
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2009
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PhD from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain / Thesis: “A Theree-Dimensional Fibre-Based Model Adapted for a Computational Biomechanical Simulation of the Helical Ventricular Myocardial Band”, with honours.
During the PhD I had a secondment at the Department of Aeronautics of the Imperial College of London (UK). |
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2003
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Degree in Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain / Thesis: “Guia operativa per al càlcul de corretges en zeta i la normativa eurocodi 3 (part 1-3)”, Awarded as the best Thesis Degree of 2003 in structural analysis. |
I am also an associated researcher of the Institut Català de Paleontologia and I also taught in master and postgraduate courses in Catalonia, in the Universidad Autònoma de Chiapas (UNACH, México) and in the Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango (UJED, México) and doctoral courses in Lappeenranta University of Technology (Finland). I teach regularly a course for researchers about finite element analysis applied to life sciences and seminars organized by Transmitting Science that brouhght me over the world.
Educational and professional experience
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Teaching experience
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I have been involved in different initiatives aimed at a variety of audience from primary schools to general public. My research has been disseminated with impact in the general media (Spanish media such as El Mundo, La Vanguardia, Diario.es, or international such as the New York Times) and been commented in several scientific and news blogs. I have been interviewed many times in generalist written press and radio. In addition, I am a sustained user of social media tools as twitter in @featunning, to connect with my scientific community but also to reach other audiences.
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