Full Professor of Condensed Matter Physics


Department of Condensed Matter Physics RESEARCH ID: H-7425-2012

Faculty of Physics ORCID: 0000-0002-0397-5255

University of Barcelona


University Education

• Ph.D. Thesis, University of Barcelona, 1985, Supervisor, M. San Miguel

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany, 1985-1986

• Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh, Pittburgh, U.S.A., 1987


Previous Positions and Research Stays

• Assistant Professor, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 1982-1983

• Assistant Professor, University of Barcelona, 1983-1987

• Associate Professor, University of Barcelona, 1987-2011

• Research Consultant, University of Pittsburgh, 1988, 1990

• Member of Institute of Theoretical Physics, U. California (Santa Barbara,

U.S.A.), 1992

• Visiting Researcher, McGill University, Montreal (Canada), 1995

• Sabbatical Stay, University Paris 6 (France), 2001

• Sabbatical Stay, Universidad Nacional Autónoma Metropolitana (Mexico), 2008

• Cientifico de Excelencia del Extranjero (Chile) (2019)


Research Topics

• Topics: Condensed Matter Physics, Statistical Physics out from Equilibrium,

Physics of Complex Systems, Biophysics, Microfluidics, Nanoscience

• Theoretical Expertise: Stochastic Processes, Interfacial Instabilities and Pattern

Formation, Dynamic Wetting, Biological Membranes, Front Microrhelogy,

Micro and Nanopatterning

• Experimental Expertise: Imbibition, Viscoelastic Fluid Flow, Blood Flow


Quality Factors of the Research Activity

114 publications in international peer-reviewed journals and chapters in ISBN books

Isi web of knowledge: hernandez-machad*,a* or hernandezmachado*,a*

Total Times Cited = 1858

h-index = 24

i100index=2

• Most cited publications = 117 citations, 109 citations


Google Scholar:

Number of Citations = 2697 Since 2015 = 755

h-index = 28

• i10index =62

• i100index=4

• Most cited publications: 170 citations, 167 citations,130 citations, 111 citations


1 Nature Materials (2011) with impact factor 30.0

1 Nature Communications (2015) with impact factor 11.47

8 Physical Review Letters with impact factor 7.7

Ph.D. thesis supervision= 9

Masters supervision=10

Supervision of Postdocs=3

Sexenios: 6 in 2020

Quinquenios: 7 in 2020


Aurora Hernandez-Machado (AHM) is full Professor of Condensed Matter Physics at

the University of Barcelona. AHM is an international reknown expert in the general

topic of Physics of Complex Systems, particularly in the fields of Biophysics,

Microfluidics and Nanoscience. AHM has a long-lasting research career since 1981

working in very different subjects such as stochastic processes applied to optics and

turbulence, interfaces and pattern formation of viscous fluid flow, liquid crystals and

solids, phase-separation dynamics and domain growth with spatial dependence and

fluctuations. The resulting publications have obtained a large number of citations until

the present moment. More recently AHM has started a new line of research in the field

of Biophysics of biomembranes. AHM and his student Dr. F. Campelo has developed

the first dynamic phase-field mathematical model of membrane elasticity to appear in

the literature. The Ph.D. thesis of Dr. Campelo has obtained a prestigious award for

“outstanding doctoral thesis research in biological physics 2010” in an international

competition granted by the American Physical Society (APS, U.S.A.) and the results

have been published in Physical Review Letters. AHM has done also significant recent

contributions to other areas of Complexity, particularly in the field of Microfluidics

with important publications in prestigious journals like Nature Materials, Nature

Communications and Physical Review Letters. AHM present interest is focused on the

Biomechanics of biosystems like biofluids, red blood cells, bacteria, malaria and cancer.

After a long period of theoretical mathematical modeling and collaboration with

international and national experimental groups, AHM has complemented her theoretical

research by establishing a Laboratory of Microfluidics and Nanoscience at the Faculty

of Physics of the University of Barcelona. In this Laboratory AHM has opened a new

line of research on Microrheology which has given rise to a new concept that she has

dub Front Microrheology with an associated international patent by the European Patent

Office of Munich and U.S.A. patent. AHM has established along her career an

extensive network of national and international contacts in Spain, U.S.A., Germany,

France, Canada, United Kingdom, Hungary, Belgium, Portugal, Mexico, Finland, Israel

and Brasil and she has been research leader of numerous research projects. AHM has

organized international conferences and has been lecturer in international schools,

conferences and seminars. She has supervised 9 Ph.D. thesis, 10 masters, 3 postdocs

and has contributed to the career of excellent researchers as supervisor of Ph.D. thesis

and postdocts that have obtained permanent positions in national and international

universities and centers of research. AHM is currently member of the Editorial Board of

an international Journal and referee of many prestigious journals and has been involved

in evaluation of quality of research in numerous committees. AHM has obtained an

award of Cientifico de Excelencia de Extranjero de CONYCIT (Chile) (2018) and she is

Miembro Correspondiente de la Academia de Ciencias de Mexico (2019).


10 Selected Publications

Citations number are according to Isi Web of Knowledge and Google Citations Webpages

1. J. Garcıa-Ojalvo, A. Hernandez-Machado, J.M. Sancho, Effects of external noise on

the Swift-Hohenberg equation, Physical Review Letters, 71, 1542-1545 (1993), Impact

factor= 7.7, Citations= Isi:117, Google:170

2. J. Soriano, J.J. Ramasco, M.A. Rodriguez, A. Hernandez-Machado, J. Ortin,

Anomalous roughening of Hele-Shaw flows with quenched disorder, Physical Review

Letters, 89, 026102-1-4 (2002), Impact factor=7.7, Citations= Isi: 44, Google: 89

3. J. Soriano, A. Mercier, R. Planet, A. Hernandez-Machado, M. Rodriguez, J. Ortin,

Anomalous roughening of viscous fluid fronts in spontaneous imbibitions, Physical

Review Letters, 95, 104501-1-4 (2005), Impact factor= 7.489, Citations= Isi: 29,

Google: 54

4. F. Campelo, A. Hernandez-Machado, Model for curvature-driven pearling instability

in membranes, Physical Review Letters, 99, 088101 (2007). Impact factor= 6.944.

Citations= Isi: 48, Google: 70

5. M. Castro, M. Bravo-Gutierrez, A. Hernandez-Machado, E. Corvera Poire, Dynamic

characterization of permeabilities and flows in microchannels, Physical Review Letters,

101, 224501-1-4 (2008), Impact factor= 7.18

6. F. Campelo, A. Hernandez-Machado, Polymer-induced tubulation in lipid vesicles,

Physical Review Letters, 100, 158103-1-4 (2008), Impact factor= 7.18, Citations=

Isi: 26, Google: 41

7. R. Ledesma-Aguilar, R. Nistal, A. Hernandez-Machado, I. Pagonabarraga, Controlled

drop emission by wetting properties in driven liquid filaments, Nature Materials, 10,

367-371 (2011). Impact factor= 30. Citations= Isi: 54, Google: 73

8. M. Queralt-Martin,, M. Pradas, R. Rodriguez-Trujillo, M. Arundell, E. Corvera Poire,

A. Hernandez-Machado, Pinning and avalanches in hydrophobic microchannels,

Physical Review Letters, 106, 194501 (2011), Impact factor= 7.3798, Citations= Isi:

16, Google: 29


9. R. Ledesma-Aguilar, A. Hernandez-Machado, I. Pagonabarraga, Theory of wetting-

induced fluid entrainment by advancing contact lines on dry surfaces, Physical Review


Letters, 110, 264502 (2013), Impact factor= 7.728, Citations= Isi:11, Google: 19

10. S.A. Setu, R.P.A. Dullens, A. Hernandez-Machado, I. Pagonabarraga, D.G.A.L.

Aarts, R. Ledesma-Aguilar, Superconfinement tailors fluid flow at micro-scales, Nature

Communications, 6, 7297 (2015). Impact factor= 11.47, Citations= Isi:11, Google: 18


Other Selected Publications:

Citations number are according to Isi Web of Knowledge and Google Citations Webpages

1. R. Folch, J. Casademunt, A. Hernandez-Machado, L. Ramirez-Piscina, Phase-field

model for Hele-Shaw flows with arbitrary contrast I: theoretical approach, Phys. Rev., E

60, 1724-1733 (1999) Citations= Isi: 109, Google: 165

2. C. Van den Broeck, J.M.R. Parrondo, J. Armero, A. Hernandez-Machado, Mean field

model for spatially extended systems in the presence of multiplicative noise, Phys. Rev.,

E 49, 2639-2643 (1994) Citations= Isi: 90, Google: 132

3. A. Hernandez -Machado, M. San Miguel, .M. Sancho, Relaxation time of processes

driven by multiplicative noise, Phys. Rev. A 29, 3388-3396 (1984) Citations= Isi:82,

Google: 96

4. R. Travasso, E. Corvera Poire, M. Castro, J. C. Rodriguez-Manzaneque, A.

Hernandez-Machado, Tumor angiogenesis and vascular patterning: A mathematical

model, Plos-one, 6, 19989 (2011) Citations= Isi:59, Google: 105

5. R. Folch, J. Casademunt, A. Hernandez -Machado, L. Ramirez-Piscina, Phase-field

model for Hele-Shaw flows with arbitrary contrast II: numerical study, Phys. Rev. E

60, 1734-1740 (1999) Citations= Isi:54, Google:76

6. F. Campelo, A. Hernandez –Machado, Dynamic model and stationary shapes of

fluid vesicles, European Phys. J. E 20, 37-45 (2006) Citations= Isi: 53, Google: 680

7. A. Hernandez-Machado, J. Soriano, A. M. Lacasta, M. A.Rodriguez, L.

Ramirez- Piscina, J.Ortin, Interface roughening in Hele-Shaw flows with quenched

disorder: experimental and theoretical results, Euro. Phys. Lett. 55, 194-200 (2001)

Citations= Isi: 43, Google: 69

8. C. Yeung, T. Rogers, A. Hernandez-Machado, D. Jasnow; Phase separation

dynamics in driven diffusive systems, J. Stat. Phys. 66, 1071-1088 (1992)

Citations=Isi: 48, Google: 63

9. L. Ramirez-Piscina, J.M. Sancho, A. Hernandez-Machado, Numerical algorithm for

Ginzburg-Landau equations with multiplicative noise: Application to domain growth,

Phys. Rev. B 48, 125-131 (1993) Citations= Isi:55, Google: 64

10.Y. Couder, J. Maurer, R. Gonzalez-Cinca, A. Hernandez-Machado; Side- branch

growth in two-dimensional dendrites.I: Experiments, Phys. Rev. E 71, 031602-1-12

(2005) Citations= Isi: 37, Google: 42

11.C. Trejo-Soto, E. Costa-Miracle, I. Rodriguez-Villareal, J. Cid, M. Castro,T.Alarcon,

A. Hernandez-Machado, Front microrheology of the non-Newtonian behavior of blood:

scaling theory of erythrocite aggregation by aging, Soft Matter, 13, 3042 (2017)


Selected Invited Chapters in Collective Volumes


1. A. Hernandez-Machado, The effect of noise on spatio-temporal patterns, Santa Fe

Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, 21, 521-527, Addisson Wesley (1994)

(ISBN 0-201-40987-9) (invited)

2. T. Toth-Katona, T. Borzsonyi, A. Buka, R. Gonzalez-Cinca, L. Ramirez-Piscina,

J. Casademunt, A. Hernandez-Machado, L. Kramer, Pattern forming instabilities of the

nematic smectic-B interface, Physics Reports 337, 37-65 (2000) (invited)

3. R. Gonzalez-Cinca, L. Ramirez-Piscina, J. Casademunt, A. Hernandez-Machado,

Sidebranching in solutal dendritic growth, Branching in Nature, 403-408, EDF Sciences,

Springer-Verlag (2001) (ISBN 3-540-41888-1) (invited)

4. R. Folch, J. Casademunt, A. Hernandez-Machado, Branching transition in viscous


fingering with a liquid crystal, Branching in Nature, 439-444, EDF Sciences, Springer-

Verlag (2001) (ISBN 3-540-41888-1) (invited)


5. R. Gonzalez-Cinca, R. Folch, R. Benitez, L. Ramirez-Piscina, J. Casademunt, A.

Hernandez-Machado, Phase-field models in interfacial pattern formation out of

equilibrium, Advancesin condensed matter and statistical mechanics, 203-236, Nova

Science Publishers (2004) (ISBN 1-59033-899-5) (invited)

6. R. Gonzalez-Cinca, Yves Couder, J. Maurer, A. Hernandez-Machado, Deterministic

versus noisy behavior in sidebranching, Noise in Complex Systems and stochastic

Dynamics II, 5471, 280-288, The International Society for Optical Engineering (2004)

(ISBN 0-8194-5393-5) (invited)

7. F. Campelo, A. Hernandez-Machado, Shape instabilities in vesicles: A phase-field

model, European Physics J. Special Topics 143, 101-108 (2007) (invited)

8. F. Campelo, A. Hernandez-Machado, Dynamic instabilities in biological membranes,

ASP Conference Series Proc. Appl. Math. Mech 7, 1121403(2007) (invited)

9. R.A. Barrio, C. Varea, T. Alarcon, C.B. Picallo, A. Hernandez-Machado, Dynamics

of Z-ring formation in liposomes, International Symposium on Mathematical and

Computational Biology, Ed. R.B. Mondaini. World Scientific Publ. Co. (2015) (ISBN

978-981-4667-93-7) (invited)

10. G.R. Lazaro, I. Pagonabarraga, A. Hernandez-Machado, Phase-field theoriesfor

mathematicalmodeling of biologicalmembranes, Chemistry and Physics of Lipids,

Special Issue on Membrane Mechanics: from molecular to cellular scale, 185, 4660

(2015) (invited)

11. C. Trejo-Soto, E. Costa-Miracle, I. Rodriguez-Villareal, J. Cid, M. Castro, T.

Alarcon, A. Hernandez-Machado, Front microrheology of biological fluids, J. of

Physics: Conf. Series, 1043, 012058 (2018) (invited)


Recent Projects

1. Microfluidics and biomembranes: Experiments and theory, Ministerio de Ciencia e

Innovacion, Proyecto I+D+i de Programa Estatal de Generacion de Conocimiento N.

Proj. PID2019-106063GB-100, (2020-22), 104.060 euros, RESEARCH LEADER: A.

Hernandez-Machado

2. Biomechanics of biofluids and biomembranes at the microscale: Experiments and

theory, Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, Programa Estatal de Fomento de

la Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnica de Excelencia, Proj. FIS2016-78883-C2-1-P (2017-

19), 72.600 euros, COORDINATOR: A. Hernandez-Machado

3. Dynamics of interfacialsystems at the micro and nanoscale: Biomembranes and

microfluidics, Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, Programa Estatal de

Fomento de la Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnica de Excelencia, Proj. FIS2013-47949-

C2-1-P (2014-17), 72.600 euros, COORDINATOR: A. Hernandez-Machado

4. Interfacial dynamics in fluids and biological systems, Ministerio de Ciencia e

Innovacion. Programa Nacional de Fisica, Proj. FIS2009-12964-C05-02 (2009-13),

177.870 euros, RESEARCH LEADER: A. Hernandez-Machado

5. Interfacial dynamics in nanotechnology, fluidics and biophysics. Ministerio de

Ciencia y Tecnologia, Programa Nacional de Fisica, FIS2006-12253-C06-05 (2006-09),

65.340 euros, RESEARCH LEADER: A. Hernandez-Machado

6. Interfacial dynamics in nanostructures and complex fluids, Ministerio de Ciencia y

Tecnologia, Programa Nacional de Promocion General del Conocimiento, BFM2003-


07749-C05-04 (2003-06), 102.740 euros. RESEARCH LEADER: A. Hernandez-

Machado


7. Towards novel nano-scale technologies based on phoretic flow effects

(NANOPHLOW), FET-Open research and innovation actions (H2020-FETOPEN-1-

2016-2017), European Union (2018-2021), 573.750 euros. COORDINATOR: I.

Pagonabarraga, PARTICIPANT: A. Hernandez-Machado

8. Flowing Matter (MP1305), European Union Framework Programme Horizon 2020,

Cost Action (2014-2018), 100.000.000 euros, COORDINATOR: F. Toschi,

PARTICIPANT: A. Hernandez-Machado

9. Barcelona Graduate School of Mathematics (BSGMATH), Excelencia Maria de

Maeztu 2015 (2015-2018), 2.000.000 euros, COORDINATOR: Marc Noy,

PARTICIPANT: A. Hernandez-Machado

10. Grup de Fisica No Lineal, Grup de Recerca de Catalunya, Generalitat de Catalunya,

Proj. 2017 SGR 1061 (2017-2019), 20.00 euros, COORDINATOR: J. Ortin,

PARTICIPANT: A. Hernandez-Machado


Patents

1. T. Alarcon, A.I. Rodriguez-Villarreal, J. Colomer, A. Hernandez-Machado, P.L.

Miribel, Method, apparatus and micro-rheometer for measuring rheological properties

of newtonian and non-newtonian fluids, European Patent Office number: 15382248.1

(2016), United States Patent Application Serial Number; 15/574.021 (2017)


Transfer of Technology and Innovation

Patent in operation by the start-up Company Rheo Diagnostics, S.L.

Capital Rise= 700.000 euros


Awards and Prizes

1. A. Von Humboldt-J.C. Mutis 1994, Recipient: L. Kramer, Proposed by A.

Hernandez-Machado

2. F. Campelo, Award for outstanding doctoral thesis research in biological physics

2010, American Physical Society (U.S.A.) International Competition, SUPERVISOR:

A. Hernandez-Machado

3. Premio de Científicos de Excelencia del Extranjero, Concurso Atracción de Capital

Humano Avanzado del Extranjero, CONICYT (Chile) (2018)

4. Winner application of the Collider Programme of the Mobile World Foundation for

highly innovative technology startups (2017)

5. Selected Project of Accio Programm of EADA Business School (2017)

6. Miembro Correspondiente de la Academia de Ciencias de Mexico (2019)


Organization of International Conferences

1. Scientific Coordinator of the “International focus workshop on phase-field

simulations: Material science meets biology and medicine”, Max Planck Institute,

Dresden, Germany (2008)

2. Scientific Coordinator of the Conference “Frontiers in interface physics:

microfluidics, biomembranes and nanostructures”, Centro de Ciencias Pedro Pascual.

Benasque, Spain (2010)

3. Scientific Coordinator of the Conference “Microfluidics and nanofluidics: From

technology to science”, Centro de Ciencias Pedro Pascual. Benasque, Spain (2019)


Supervision of Ph.D. Students

1. Inestabilidades interfaciales yformación de estructuras en presenciade campos

externos, Ph.D. STUDENT: J.L. de los Mozos, Becario de Formacion de Personal


Investigador (FPU), Ph.D. DEFENSE: December 1993, SUPERVISOR: A. Hernandez-

Machado


2. Dinámica de separación de fases en sistemas con difusión dependiente de la

concentración, Ph. STUDENT: A.M. Lacasta, Profesora Ayudante, Universitat

Politécnica de Catalunya, Ph.DEFENSE: October 1994, SUPERVISORS: J.M. Sancho

and A. Hernandez-Machado

3. Din ́amica de Hele-Shaw mediante modelos de phase-field, Ph.D. STUDENT: R.

Folch, Becario de Formacion de Personal Investigador (FPU), Ph.D. DEFENSE:

September 2000, SUPERVISORS: J. Casademunt and A. Hernandez-Machado

4. Rugosidad con desorden est ́atico en celdas de Hele-Shaw, Ph.D. STUDENT: J.

Soriano, Becario de Formaci ́on de Personal Investigador (FPI), Ph. DEFENSE: February

2003, SUPERVISORS: J. Ortin and A. Hernandez-Machado

5. Shapes in cells. Dynamic instabilities, morphology and curvature in biological

membranes, Ph.D. STUDENT: F. Campelo, Becario de Formaci ́on de Personal

Investigador (FPU), Ph.D. DEFENSE:November2008, , AWARD: Premio

extraordinario de doctorado Universidad de Barcelona, WARD: For oustanding doctoral


thesis research in biological physics by APS (U.S.A.), SUPERVISOR: A. Hernandez-

Machado


6. Interfaces in disordered media. Scaling growth, avalanche dynamics and

microfluidic fronts, Ph.D. STUDENT: M. Pradas, Becario de Formaci ́on de Personal


Investigador (FPI), Ph.D. DEFENSE: Septembre 2009, SUPERVISOR: A. Hern ́andez-

Machado


7. Hydrophobicity in capillary flows, Ph.D. STUDENT: R. Ledesma-Aguilar, Becario

Predoctoral de la Fundacion Carolina (Mexico-Spain), Ph.D. DEFENSE: Septembre

2009, SUPERVISORS: A. Hernandez-Machado and I. Pagonabarraga

8. Red blood cells mechanics: from elasticity to blood rheology, Ph.D. STUDENT: G.

R. Lazaro, Contrato Predoctoral del Plan Nacional 2009-2012 and Becari Predoctoral,


Generalitat de Cataluna, Ph.D. DEFENSE: June 2014, SUPERVISORS: A. Hernandez-

Machado and I. Pagonabarraga


9. Front microrheology of biological fluids, Ph.D. STUDENT: C. Trejo- Soto, Becaria

Predoctoral del Gobierno de Chile, Ph.D. DEFENSE: July 2016, SUPERVISOR: A.

Hernandez-Machado


10. Dynamics of erythrocyte flickering with a stochastic phase-field model, Ph.D.

STUDENT: Andreu Fernandez-Gallen. Becario de Formacion de Personal Investigador

(FPI), STARTING DATE: May, 2018, SUPERVISOR: A. Hernandez-Machado

11. Design and development of a microfluidic device for front microrhelogy for quality

control and monitoring of blood during storage, Ph.D. STUDENT: Lourdes Mendez

Mora. STARTING DATE: June, 2018, SUPERVISORS: A.Hernandez-Machado and T.

Alarcon

12. Mathematical modeling of front microrhelogy as a method for diagnosis and

monitoring of haematological diseases, Ph.D. STUDENT: Josep Ferre-Torres.

STARTING DATE: September 2018, SUPERVISORS: A. Hernandez-Machado

13. Numerical study of dynamic wetting on microstructured surfaces. Ph. D. STUDENT:

Sergi Granados Leyva. STARTING DATE: September, 2019, SUPERVISORS: I.

Pagonabarraga and A. Hernandez-Machado


Supervision of Postdocts

1.Cell division in bacteria, POSTDOC: C.B. Picallo, Postdoctoral position of the Plan

Nacional Project FIS2009-12964-C05-02 (2011- 2012)

2. Experiments in rheology of red blood cells, POSTDOC: A.I. Rodriguez-Villarreal,

Postdoctoral position of the Plan Nacional Project FIS2009-12964-C05-02 (2012-2013)

3. Microfluidic experiments with pulsatile fluxes, POSTDOC: P. Vazquez-Vergara

Postdoctoral position of CONACYT (September 2019-October 2020)


Major contributions to early careers of excellent researchers

1. F. Campelo, Investigador Ramon y Cajal (2018); Research Fellow, Institut Catala de

Fotonics (ICFO); Juan de la Cierva Researcher, Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG,

Barcelona) (2008-15)

2. M. Pradas, Associate Professor, Open University, Milton Keynes, London, United

Kingdom; Postdoctoral Position, Imperial College, London (UK) (2009-2013)

3. R. Ledesma-Aguilar, Senior Lecturer, Unversity of Edinburgh, Associate Professor,

Northumbria University, New Castle, United Kingdom (2013-2020); Marie Curie

Postdoctoral Position, Oxford University, (UK) (2009-2013)

4. J. Soriano, Profesor Agregado, University of Barcelona

5. R.Folch, Profesor Agregado, University Rovira I Virgili,Tarragona, Spain

6. A.M. Lacasta, Full Professor, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona


7. J.L. de los Mozos, Postdoctoral Position Centro Nacional de Microelectronica de

Barcelona, CSIC

8. C.B. Picallo, European Office of Patents, Munich; Postdoctoral Position, University

of Lyon, France (2012)

9. A.I. Rodriguez-Villarreal, Postdoctoral Position, Centre de Recerca Matematica,

Bellaterra

10. G. R. Lazaro, Data Scientist, Company of Aplicaciones en Informatica Avanzada;

Postodoctoral Position, University of Brandais, Boston (U.S.A.) (2015-2017)

11. C. Trejo-Soto, Permanent Professor, Universidad Pontificia de Valparaiso


Recent Selected Invited Conferences

1. Vascularization and tumor growth, International focus workshop on phase-field

simulations: Materialscience meets biology and medicine, Max Planck Institute,

Dresden, Germany (2008)

2. Cell differentiation in flower development, Patterning, segregation and differentiation

in complex networks , Mexico D.F., Mexico (2009)

3. Interface dynamicsin microfluidics: Theory and experiments, Dynamical behaviour of

complex systems, Cocoyoc, Mexico (2010)

4. Rheology of vesicles under flow in microchannels, 4th Conference on Patterning,

segregation and differentiation in complex networks, Mexico D.F., Mexico (2014)

5. Phase-field models for the dynamic evolution of shapes in membranes, XII World

Conference on Computational Mechanics, Seoul, Corea (2016)

6. Keynote lecture, Drop emission by dynamic wetting in thin films at the microscale,

CECAM Workshop on Non-equilibrium dynamics of thin-films, solids, liquids and

bioactive materials, Lausanne, Switzerland (2016)

7. Keynote lecture, Drop emission by dynamic wetting in thin films at the microscale: A

Phase-Field Model Approach, 19h International Conference on Finite Elements in Flow

Problems - FEF 2017, Rome, Italy (2017)

8. Keynote lecture, Front microrheology of the Non-Newtonian behavior of blood,

XLVII Winter Meeting 2018, Puebla, Mexico, (2018)

9. Invited conference, Elastic and Dynamic Properties of Membrane Phase-field

Models: the Viscosity of Blood and the Bending Rigidity of Red Blood Cells, 13th

World Congress on Computational Mechanics and 2nd Pan American Congress on

Computational Mechanics, New York City, U.S.A., (2018).


10. Key Note invited conference, Front Microrheology of Blood: Aggregation and

bending rigidity of red blood cells. Symposium organized by the Academia de Ciencias

de Mexico. Welcome of A.Hernandez-Machado as a Correspondent Member. Ciudad de

Mexico, Mexico (2019)

11. Invited conference, Dynamic wetting of fluids at the microscale: drop emission,

inertia and microstructured surface effects. XLIX Winter meeting on statistical physics

Taxco, Mexico (2020)


Recent Selected Invited Seminars


1. Curvature-driven pearling and tubulation instabilitiesin membranes, Department of

Physics. University of Oxford, Oxford (United Kindom) (2008)

2. Interface dynamics in microfluidics: Theory and experiments, Department of Physics.

University of Coimbra, Coimbra (Portugal) (2010)

3. Elasticity of membranes and rheology of biofluids at the microscale, The Hong Kong

University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (China) (2014)

4. Biological and biofluids at the microscale, Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, Institute

of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Holand) (2015)

5. Nonlinear rheology of blood at the microscale, The Open University, Milton Keynes,

London (United Kingdom) (2016)

6. Roughness and wetting at microscales, Imperial College, London (United Kingdom)

(2016)

7. Drop emission by dynamic wetting in thin films at the microscale, Massachusetts

Institute of Technology. Boston (U.S.A.) (2018)

8. Front Microrheology of blood: aggregation and bending rigidity of red blood cells.

Coloquium. Instituto de Fisica. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso.

Valparaiso (Chile) (2019)

9. Dynamic of biofluids at the microscale: drop emission, rigidity and aggregation of

cells and front microrheology, Universidad de Chile. Santiago de Chile (Chile) (2019)

10. Mechanics of biofluids, Master course (8 hours), Instituto de Fisica. Pontificia

Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso. Valparaiso (Chile) (2019)


Committee membership and other merits

1. Invited member of Scientific Committee of Reunion Española de Fisica Estadistica

(2002-2006)

2. Invited member of Grupo Especializado de Fisica Estadistica y No Lineal (RSEF)

(2002-2012)

3. Member of the Comision Ramon y Cajal y Juan de la Cierva (ANEP) (2009)

4. Member of Comisión de Evaluación de Planes de Excelencia y Retos MINECO

(2015)

5. Editorial Board member of Frontiers in Biophysics Journal

6. Referee of Projects: CODEST Projects of European Community; Comission NATO

Scientific Exchange Program; Area de Fisica Matematicas de la Agencia Nacional de

Evaluaci ́on y Prospectiva (ANEP); Ideas Program of European Research Council;

AGAUR Generalitat de Catalunya; Agencia de Cualificaciones de Aragon; Agencia

Argentina de Evaluacion de Proyectos; Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter

(FOM) Netherland

7. Member of the Technical Committee of Flow 17 Conference, Paris, France (2017).

Member of the Technical Committee of International Conference, Microtasc (2020)

8. Referee of Journals: Phys. Rev. Lett., Phys. Rev.E, Phys. Rev. B, Physica D,

Eur. Phys. J. B, J. Stat. Mech., Macromolecules, Physica A., Water Resources

Research, Nonlinearity, Colloids and Surfaces A, Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, Eur.

Phys. J. E., Frontiers in Materials, Frontiers in Physiology, Soft Matter, Phys. Rev.

Fluids, Lab on a chip.

9. Scientific Committee of "Catedras de Excelencia" Universidad Carlos III. Madrid,

Spain (2017 and 2018)