Former Members Team

Former Staff

Pere Caminal Magrans

Pere Caminal Magrans

I am a former researcher at the B2SLab. This lab belongs to the Institut de Recerca i Innovació en Salut, at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).

I developed a large expertise in the modeling of risk prediction in the clinical environment. Main research interests in my carrer focused on the joint analysis of genetic and physiological signals in several areas (e.g. Cardiac Risk Assessment, Anesthesia Depth Assessment).

https://b2slab.upc.edu/team/pere-caminal-magrans/
Samir Kanaan

Samir Kanaan

I was with the Department of Computer Science at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). I am a former researcher at the B2SLab (Bioinformatics and Biomedical Signals Laboratory).

https://b2slab.upc.edu/team/samir-kanaan/

Former PhD Students

Angela Lopez del Rio

Angela Lopez del Rio

Angela is a biomedical engineer (BSc from the Technical University of Madrid and MSc from the University of Barcelona/Polytechnic University of Catalonia). She did her PhD at the B2SLab between 2017-2021, focusing on ways to ensure the quality and reliability of deep learning models used to predict how proteins and compounds interact in the early stages of drug discovery. During her PhD, she collaborated with the start-up Mind the Byte and did a research stay at Uniprot, in the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL) in Cambridge, UK. Since 2020, she’s been working as a Data Scientist at the pharma company Boehringer Ingelheim, first in R&D in Biberach (Germany) and now back in Barcelona, in the Business Operations department.

https://b2slab.upc.edu/team/angela-lopez-delrio/
Enrico Manzini

Enrico Manzini

Hi! I’m Enrico, a PhD student at the B2SLab. I work with deep learning and Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to better understand and predict outcomes for chronic diseases like Type 2 Diabetes and COPD. I have a double master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from UNIPD (Italy) and Automatic Control & Robotics from UPC (Spain).

https://b2slab.upc.edu/team/enrico-manzini
Giovana Gavidia

Giovana Gavidia

I’m Giovana Gavidia, a computer science engineer, I achieved my Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at Polytechnic University of Catalonia and working as a biomedical researcher at B2SLab.

https://b2slab.upc.edu/team/giovana-gavidia/
Maria Barranco Altirriba

Maria Barranco Altirriba

I have a background in biomedical engineering, having completed both my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the field. Currently, I’m working on my PhD, focused on metabolomics—both designing algorithms to enhance data analysis and interpretation, and analyzing metabolomics data to gain deeper insights into diabetes mellitus and its complications.

http://b2slab.upc.edu/team/maria-barranco/
Sergi Picart Armada

Sergi Picart Armada

Welcome to my small site! My name is Sergi Picart and my background is Industrial Engineering and a Degree in Mathematics. I deeply thank CFIS (UPC, Barcelona, Spain) for offering me this excellent opportunity. I used to be a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering, advised by Alexandre Perera in the B2SLab. The defense took place virtually in Covid19 times and can be found here. You will find further information about the publications and the software in the sections below. I enjoy playing with math, statistical learning and programming. Likewise, computational biology is an amusing and rewarding field to explore. My main research topic included interpretable diffusion algorithms on biological networks, combined with functional analysis on metabolomics, transcriptomics and proteomics studies.

http://b2slab.upc.edu/team/sergi-picart/

former students working in a Master thesis or degree thesis at b2slab

Leonardo Andrea Marcon

Leonardo Andrea Marcon

Hi! I’m Leonardo. I hold a bachelor’s degree in Energy Engineering from Università degli Studi di Padova (UNIPD), and I’m currently finishing my Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary and Innovative Engineering at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). I’m also working on my Master’s thesis with B2S Lab, focusing on whether extreme temperature shifts have a greater impact on people with diabetes and/or cardiovascular diseases.

http://b2slab.upc.edu/team/leonardo-andrea-marcon/
Niclas Schippan

Niclas Schippan

I hold a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Hamburg (UHH) and the HAW Hamburg from Germany. I’m currently finishing my master’s degree in “Interdisciplinary and Innovative Engineering” at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). For that I´m working on my master’s thesis at the B2S Lab, developing a predictive model for the onset of Type-2-Diabetes based on high blood sugar.

https://b2slab.upc.edu/team/niclas-schippan
Rafael León Carrasco

Rafael León Carrasco

Hello! My name is Rafael León Carrasco. I have a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering and a Master’s in Interdisciplinary & Innovative Engineering from the UPC. I am passionate about technology and data science, focusing on developing Machine Learning models for rare disease diagnosis and collaborating with hospitals for data analysis. I specialize in using graph models and neural networks for clinical data insights. I also have experience in programming and server management. With a strong engineering background, I enjoy facing complex challenges and quickly adapting to new technologies.

http://b2slab.upc.edu/team/rafael-leon-carrasco/