Current Team

Staff

Alexandre Perera LLuna

Alexandre Perera LLuna

I hold a degree in Physics, a second degree in electrical engineering, and a PhD in physics by the University of Barcelona. I am currently leading the B2SLab. This lab belongs to the Institut de Recerca i Innovació en Salut (IRIS).

http://b2slab.upc.edu/team/alexandre-perera-lluna/
Jordi Fonollosa

Jordi Fonollosa

Jordi Fonollosa (PhD in Electronic Engineering, 2009) is Associate Professor at the Department of Automatic Control (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya), under the Serra-Hunter program. Currently, I am the UPC coordinator for the Inter-University Master’s Program in Biomedical Engineering (UB+UPC).

http://b2slab.upc.edu/team/jordi-fonollosa/
Montserrat Vallverdú Ferrer

Montserrat Vallverdú Ferrer

I hold a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Electrical Industrial Engineering and a PhD in Industrial Engineering with specialization in Biomedical Engineering from BarcelonaTech. I am currently belonging to Department of Automatic Control (BarcelonaTech) and as researcher at B2SLab group.

https://b2slab.upc.edu/team/montserrat-vallverdu-ferrer/
Pedro Gomis Román

Pedro Gomis Román

Biomedical Engineer working with B2SLab at the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya-Barcelona Tech (UPC). Actually, I work as researcher at the Institut de Recerca i Innovació en Salut (IRIS) and as Associated Professor of Informatics and Biomedical Engineering at Automatic Control Department (ESAII) of UPC.

https://b2slab.upc.edu/team/pedro-gomis-roman/

PhD Students

Aitor Moruno Cuenca

Aitor Moruno Cuenca

I am an industrial PhD candidate in Bioinformatics and a Senior Data Scientist R&D at Almirall S.A. I started my career as a Biostatistician in clinical trials, and currently my research at B2SLab is focused on developing new computational methods to quantitatively assess preclinical disease models using omics data. I completed a BSc Statistics, BA Economics and MSc Biostatistics & Bioinformatics.

http://b2slab.upc.edu/team/aitor-moruno-cuenca/
Blanca Alaejos Pardo

Blanca Alaejos Pardo

I I hold a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering and am currently a PhD student in Bioinformatics at the B2Slab, working in collaboration with Sant Joan de Déu Hospital.

http://b2slab.upc.edu/team/blanca-alaejos-pardo/,
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
Helena Rodríguez González

Helena Rodríguez González

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering and a Master’s in Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation. Currently, I am a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering, specializing in rare neurometabolic disorders through a collaborative research program between B2Slab and Sant Joan de Déu Hospital.

https://b2slab.upc.edu/team/helena-rodriguez-gonzalez/
Joana Gelabert Xirinachs

Joana Gelabert Xirinachs

I hold a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering, as well as a degree in Philosophy. I am currently a PhD student in the Bioinformatics program, working with Electronic Health Records of patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes to analyze and predict the progression of this complex disease.

https://b2slab.upc.edu/team/joana-gelabert-xirinachs/
Joshua Llano

Joshua Llano

Hi! I’m Joshua, a PhD student working on epigenetics and machine learning to improve early classification of pediatric tumors. My research is part of a collaboration with Hospital Sant Joan de Déu in Barcelona for a project funded by La Marató de TV3. I have a Bachelor’s in Biomedical Engineering from UPC (2017) and a Master’s from UB-UPC (2018). Oh, and I also have two bikes!

https://b2slab.upc.edu/team/joshua-llano
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/
Pol Ezquerra Condeminas

Pol Ezquerra Condeminas

I earned my degree in Biochemistry from the University of Barcelona (UB) and later completed a Master’s in Bioinformatics at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF). After that, I spent three years in the biotech industry working as a bioinformatician. Currently, I am a PhD candidate and bioinformatics scientist at CIBER, where my research focuses on uncovering the predictive potential of the blood transcriptome. My doctoral thesis is carried out in collaboration with CIBER, the Research Institute of the Hospital de Sant Pau (IR Sant Pau), and the B2SLab research group.

https://b2slab.upc.edu/team/pol-ezquerra-condeminas

Technical Staff

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/

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