Computational and theoretical soft matter

3/6/2024 I am very happy to present our lab work at the Polymer physics in cellular organization and function CECAM workshop here in Zaragoza. Looking forward to exciting science interactions.

20/5/2024 Super excited to go back to Imperial College London for the Euromech Colloquium on nonlinear dynamics at zero Reynolds numbers after 6 years since I left London. Looking forward to a fantastic meeting!

9/5/2024 Great news! Paula's paper on a finite element implementation of stochastic diffusion equations has just been accepted in the Journal of Computational Physics

19/4/2024 I had a great time at the EMBO workshop on nuclear mechano-genomics. I had the chance to meet amazing scientists who are doing fantastic work. 

4/4/2024 New paper out in eLife where we study the self-organization of dense active nematic bundles in the cytoskeleton.

22/3/2024 We invite expressions of interest from candidates interested in a Marie-Curie postdoctoral fellowship in our lab. We have two research lines open: one on computational methods for mesoscale simulations and the rheology of the cell nucleus.

14/3/2024 New paper out in AdvOptMater https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adom.202303137 in collaboration with the group of Dr. Kathernine Villa from theICIQ (https://www.iciq.org/).

1/3/2024 We are happy to welcome Mario Riccio as a new PhD student in our group. Mario will study the dynamics of bubbles in associating polymer solutions.

11/8/2023 Our paper published in Physical Review Letters https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.068301 has been chosen as editor's choice! Fantastic collaboration with the group of Pietro Tierno from the University of Barcelona.

20/7/2023 We have an opening for a PhD position in our lab! Send us your CV if you want to join our group

18/7/2023 Our project on bubble dynamics in polymer solutions has been funded. Stay tuned for Phd and postdoc openings!

2/7/2023 On our way to the 2nd Spanish Fluid Mechanics Conference in Barcelona. 

22/8/2022 Paper out in The Journal of Chemical Physics https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jcp/article-abstract/157/8/084901/2841981/Onsager-reciprocal-relations-and-chemo-mechanical. We study how chemically-active colloids harness chemical reactions and hydrodynamics to propel close and far from equilibrium. 

13/7/2022 Paper out in the Journal of Rheology. We propose a theory for the flow of solutions of polymer that change their conformation in response to chemical-stimuli like pH or salt concentration 

7/7/2022 Great news! I just received the Ramon y Cajal fellowship, a 5-years tenure track position. The Ramon y Cajal is the most prestigious fellowship awarded by the Spanish ministry of science and research. 

19/5/2022 Paper accepted in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics. We investigate the retraction of thin films of liquid coated with insoluble surfactants. We find that surfactant introduce many new qualitative features that are absent in the case of clean films.

5/5/2022 New preprint out! In collaboration with Inacio Pagonabarraga, we demonstrate the Onsager reciprocal relations for chemically-active colloids and investigate the mechanism that leads to the coupling between forces and chemical reactions. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2205.02917

25/4/2022 Excited to participate to the Annual European Rheology Conference in Seville! Presenting some new results on thin-film flow with complex interfacial rheological behavior.

15/3/2022 New preprint out! In collaboration with Marino Arroyo, we propose a model for the flow of polymers that respond to chemical stimuli by changing their conformation https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.06392

11/3/2022  Super excited to go to the APS March meeting in Chicago! It is great to finally go back to an in-person meeting.