- Presentation -

I am the head of the Applied Algebra research group at the Department of Mathematical Sciences. Our research focuses on problems in applied algebraic geometry, and specifically in the study of positive solutions to parametric systems of polynomial equations. Our motivation arises from the mathematical study of interaction networks, mainly on understanding their properties at equilibrium.

I hold a PhD in Mathematics (2007), from the Universitat de Barcelona, in the area of Arakelov Geometry/Algebraic K-theory. Furthermore, I hold a Master in Bioinformatics (2008) from the Universitat de Barcelona and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. I have been working in my current research area since 2010.

Applied algebraic geometry and algebra, semi-algebraic geometry, chemical reaction network theory.

- Upcoming Workshop on Real Applied Algebra -

Stay tunned for the upcoming Workshop on Real Applied Algebra taking place 23-25 March 2026 in Copenhagen!

- Open positions-

PhD and postdoc positions within the Applied Algebra Research Group will be announced via the department's regular calls, see Vacant positions. The annual PhD calls have deadlines late November and April. The annual postdoc call will open in October with a deadline in mid-November. If you are interested in visiting the group with your own funding, or in applying for external funding, such as Marie Curie postdoc grants or fellowships from your country of origin, contact me!

- Highlights -

Holder of an ERC Consolidator grant, call 2021.

Board member of the European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ESMTB) (2021-2026)

Chair of the diversity committee at the Department of Mathematical Sciences (2018- ).

- Selection of previous achievements -

Member of the mathematics panel, Spanish Research Agency (Agencia Estatal de Investigación). June 2021- December 2024.

Chair of the early career SIAM AG prize committee 2022.

Member of the executive committee of the conference Effective Methods in Algebraic Geometry (MEGA) 2022. Krakov.

Secretary of the scientific committee of the Royal Society of Mathematics of Spain RSME (2021- )

Plenary speaker at the 28th Nordic Congress of Mathematicians, Aalto University, Finland, August 2022 (postponed from 2020). (webpage)

Organizer of the online seminar on the Mathematics of Reaction Networks, taking place twice a month (2020- 2022.

Associate editor of the journal SIAM Journal on Applied Algebra and Geometry (SIAGA) (2015-2021)

Granted a Sapere Aude Starting Grant from the Independent Research Fund of Denmark (2015-2020)

Member of the Danish Young Academy, Det Unge Akademi (2015-2020) (webpage)

Former elected secretary of the SIAM activity group on Algebraic Geometry (webpage), (2018-2019).