Berruezo-Sánchez, Diana

Humanities

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

I am a scholar of literature recovering a missing chapter in the cultural history of Afro-Iberian diasporas in the 16th and 17th centuries. With a focus on Spain and in connection with the Iberian World, I aim to provide a new framework to challenge our understanding of Europe’s past and its people.

Biagetti, Stefano

Humanities

Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)

My research focuses on human adaptation to climate change and food security in drylands. I am developing new geo-ethnoarchaeological methodologies to study pastoralism using a multiproxy approach. 

Böke, Elvan

Life & Medical Sciences

Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG)

Our research focuses on the strategies and mechanisms that allow egg cells to evade ageing for decades, and why these strategies eventually fail with advanced age. 

De les Coves, Gemma

Humanities

Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)

While my background and academic career is centered around quantum information and mathematical physics, in recent years I have been thinking about questions in philosophy and linguistics, mainly around notions of universality and unreachability.

Eskicioglu, Cigdem

Engineering Sciences

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

As an environmental engineer, I develop technologies to convert waste into valuable resources, aiming for a biorefinery and circular economy. My research tackles industrialization and urbanization challenges by designing advanced reactor processes for contaminant removal and waste-to-biofuel conversion.

Gualtieri, Marco

Experimental Sciences & Mathematics

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

Guxens Junyent, Monica

Life & Medical Sciences

Institut de Salut Global Barcelona (ISGlobal)

My research focuses on investigating how environmental factors, mainly air pollution, temperature, electromagnetic fields, and persistent and non-persistent chemicals, affect children's health, in particular brain development. 

Heyn, Holger

Life & Medical Sciences

Centre Nacional d'Anàlisi Genómica (CNAG)

Genomics scientist investigating cellular mechanisms in health and disease. Expert in single-cell and spatial genomics with a focus on immune diagnostics and therapies. Dr Heyn leads CNAG’s Single Cell Genomics group, merging tech and computational expertise for translational and clinical research.

Mazzocco, Marta

Experimental Sciences & Mathematics

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

Marta is a mathematician specializing in Integrable Systems. Her research fuses geometry, quantum algebra and analysis to attack complex challenges in Theoretical Physics. She obtained her PhD at SISSA, Italy, and is now based at UPC.

Moreno Lax, Violeta

Social & Behavioural Sciences

Universitat de Barcelona (UB)

I am an interdisciplinary lawyer, specialising in international migration, critical security studies, and human rights. My current project 'Towards Border Justice' problematizes the mechanisms of 'crisification' and 'crimmigration' as new means of global migration governance in search of alternative models.

Novoa Pardo, Eva Maria

Life & Medical Sciences

Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG)

Dr. Novoa aims to decipher the language of RNA modifications, and how its orchestration can regulate our cells in a space-, time- and signal-dependent manner. Through the use of single molecule technologies, she is studying their functional relevance and exploiting them for clinical applications. 

Rasella, Davide

Social & Behavioural Sciences

Institut de Salut Global Barcelona (ISGlobal)

I am driven to develop innovative approaches and advanced methods to evaluate the impact of social protection policies and primary health care on poverty-related diseases, health disparities, and preventable mortality, particularly among the most vulnerable populations.

Roca Aparicio, Anna

Life & Medical Sciences

Institut de Salut Global Barcelona (ISGlobal)

As an infectious disease epidemiologist, I design tailored interventions to reduce viral & bacterial mortality among the world’s most vulnerable populations. My research integrates epidemiology, microbiology and genomics to investigate transmission and develop strategies that drive global impact.