BRIEF VITA

    • I started my Ph.D. (2003–2006) at the University of Zaragoza exploring localization phenomena (discrete breathers) in nonlinear discrete systems, closely collaborating with the Center of Nolinear Studies of the Los Alamos National laboratory. During this years I also delved into the structure of interaction networks in complex systems and studied nonequilibrium phenomena like synchronization, chaos, and congestion. This work earned me the Extraordinary Doctorate Award in 2006 and the Young Researcher Award from the Spanish Royal Society of Physics in 2007.

      My postdoc years took me to the Scuola Superiore di Catania (Italy) as research associate, the Weizmann Institute as visiting researcher, and the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona) as a Juan de la Cierva fellow. During this time I broadened my focus to include disease spreading and social dynamics on networks, tackling topics like evolutionary game theory, the emergence of social consensus and the design of mitigation measures for epidemic control. In 2009, I joined the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid) as a faculty member in Applied Mathematics, where I began working on explosive phase transitions and multilayer networks.

      The former research themes stayed at the core of my research when, as a Ramón y Cajal fellow (2011–2015), I finally come back at the University of Zaragoza. In 2017, as an Associate Professor, I founded the Theoretical and Applied Modeling Group (GOTHAM) at the Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), where I continue as Principal Investigator and, since 2023, as Full Professor of the Department of Condensed Matter Physics.

      Over my career, I’ve published more than 150 JCR-indexed papers in top journals, including Physics Reports, Nature Physics, PNAS, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review X, Science Advances, and Nature Human Behavior. These findings have also been presented as an invited speaker at more than 100 conferences, workshops, schools, and other scientific events.
  • Research interests
    • Nonlinear dynamics
      Complex Systems and Networks
      Epidemic spreading
      Emergence of behaviors and culture in Social systems
      Synchronization phenomena
  • AWARDS, Honors, Fellowships & APPOINMENTS

    • Beca Doctorado I3P – call 2002
    • Beca de Formación de Profesorado Universitario FPU – call 2003
    • Visiting researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory 2005
    • Premio Extraordinario de doctorado - 2006
    • Premio Investigador Novel en Física Teórica de la RSEF- 2006
    • Beca postdoctoral Juan de la Cierva – call 2007
    • Postdoctoral Fellowship of Weizmann Institute of Technology – call 2007
    • Beca postdoctoral Ramon y Cajal – call 2010
    • Academic Editor of PLoS One 2011-2022
    • Scientific Committee of GEFENOL Summer School - 2013-2023
    • Elected member of the Complex Systems Society (CSS) Council - 2013-2019
    • Associate Editor of Chaos, Solitons & Fractals (Elsevier) - since 2013
    • Distinguished Visitor of SUPA (Scottish Universities Physics Alliance) - 2014
    • Profesor Visitante Especial (CNPq Centro Nacional Pesquisas, Brasil) - 2014-2016
    • Associate Editor of J. of Complex Networks (Cambridge UP) - since 2015
    • Visiting Researcher of the London Mathematical Society – 2015
    • BIFI Physics Coordinator - 2015-2024
    • Board of directors of BIFI - 2015-2024
    • Steering Committee of Latinamerican  Network Conference - since 2017
    • Program Chair International Conference COMPLENET - 2019 & 2020
    • Associate Editor of Journal of Physics: Complexity (IoP) - since 2019
    • Research Fellow of the Center for Computational Social Science (University of Kobe, Japan) – since 2019
    • Elected member of the directors board of COMSOTEC – since 2022
    • Scientific Committee of FISES - since 2024
    • Board Member of GEFENOL - since 2024