CV

Education

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering, 2003, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, USA, Advisor: Ted Belystschko

• BS, MS in Civil Engineering, 1998, Universitat Politècnica de Cataluya, Barcelona, Spain

Current positions

• Full Professor, Universitat Politècnica de Cataluya, Barcelona (from 2017)

• Associated Researcher, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona (from 2017)

• Associated Researcher, International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), Barcelona (from 2019)

Previous positions

• Associate Professor, Universitat Politècnica de Cataluya, Barcelona, Spain (2007-2017)

• Assistant Professor, Universitat Politècnica de Cataluya, Barcelona, Spain (2004-2007)

• Postdoctoral scholar in Aeronautics advised by Prof. Michael Ortiz,  California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA (2003-2004)

Fellowships and awards

• ICREA Academia fellow (2021-2025)

• Fellows Award of the International Association for Computational Mechanics--IACM (2020)

• ICREA Academia fellow (2016-2020).

• ERC Consolidator Grant (2016)

• O.C. Zienkiewicz Young Investigator Award, by the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences--ECCOMAS (2010).

• ICREA Academia fellow (2009-2013).

• ERC Starting Grant (2009)

• ASME/BOEING Structures and Materials Award (2003)